The Prince's Poison Cup

The Prince's Poison CupWith The Princes Poison Cup, Dr. R. C. Sproul continues his series of books designed to present deep biblical truths to children on their own level. In this work, he focuses in on the atonement to show that Jesus had to endure the curse of sin in order to redeem His people from their spiritual death. When Ella gets sick and has to take yucky medicine, she wonders why something that will help her get well has to taste so bad. When she puts the question

With The Prince’s Poison Cup, Dr. R.C. Sproul continues his series of books designed to present deep biblical truths to children on their own level. In this work, he focuses in on the atonement to show that Jesus had to endure the curse of sin in order to redeem His people from their spiritual death. When Ella gets sick and has to take yucky medicine, she wonders why something that will help her get well has to taste so bad. When she puts the question to Grandpa, he tells her the story of a great King and His subjects who enjoyed wonderful times together―until the people rebelled against the King and drank from a forbidden well. To their horror, they found that the beautiful water in the well made their hearts turn to stone. To reclaim His people, the King asks His Son, the Prince, to drink from a well of horrid poison. The poison will surely kill the Prince―but He is willing to drink it to please His Father and help His people. Richly illustrated, The Prince’s Poison Cup will help children appreciate the great love of God for His people and the awful price Jesus had to pay because of sin. A “For Parents” section provides assistance in unfolding the biblical elements of the story.

Publisher: Ligonier Ministries
Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9781567691047

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R. C. Sproul, the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, was known for his ability to communicate the deep truths of the Christian faith. He wass president of Reformation Bible College, preached at Saint Andrew's Chapel, and teached on the daily rad

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‘Purchased this for a 7 and 8 year old boy and girl. The parallels to scripture were really easy to see and understand. The pictures are gorgeous and captivating so it was able to hold their attention while listening to the story. This isn't a book that my kids could read on their own yet due to the volume of text and the vocabulary, but when I was their age I WAS reading books like this on my own, so I guess it just depends on your kid. Mine usually rush me to go to the next page when there's a lot of text like this, but the story itself and illustrations are so captivating that they never did that ONCE with this book. They kept stopping to talk about how it's just like Jesus, and to ask questions about whether or not Jesus actually did do and say some of the things that the Prince did. I was moved to tears because I had to stop and explain that He really DID do and say those things. It was also a great opportunity to teach them "symbolism" which has never come up before, but will be useful in the future when we study Jesus' parables. I LOVE this book. Every church youth class and homeschool library should have one of these.’ Lilly