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paperback, 8 chapters, 112 pages
David Lipscomb is one of the most important men in the history of the Lord’s church. But how do you teach him to your kids?
Standing between Alexander Campbell's generation and the congregations many families attend today, Lipscomb is the man who held the ground. He was homely, tone deaf, and sick most of his life. He forgot his first sermon in front of the whole congregation and had to ask someone else to finish it. He dreaded public speaking for sixty years and stood up anyway. Nobody was ever impressed by him on the way in.
But this isn't just the story of an unlikely leader. It's a book about a man who asked one question of everything: What did God actually ask for? It's about a Christian who told both armies in the Civil War that he would fight for neither and was threatened with hanging for it. And it's about an editor who fed a starving South, walked into cholera houses everyone else had fled, and drove ten miles by buggy every day for over twenty years to teach the Bible for free.
Who Was David Lipscomb? makes this remarkable life accessible for today's young readers. Written in a warm, conversational style that doesn't sanitize the hard parts or talk down to kids, this guide follows Lipscomb from a wagon coming home from Illinois to a rocking chair in Nashville with:
Real scenes and real words—so young readers meet the actual man instead of a polished statue
Honest engagement with difficult content—including slavery, war, and church division, handled in age-appropriate ways that spark real conversations
Real-life application—with four points of application and five discussion questions in every chapter, connecting Lipscomb's convictions to the choices kids face now
Whether your child is learning why your congregation worships the way it does, wrestling with how a sincere person can be badly wrong about something important, or ready to understand where the churches of Christ came from, Who Was David Lipscomb? will show them that God has never needed impressive people to do enormous things.
Perfect for family reading, church classes, or independent study.
paperback, 8 chapters, 112 pages
David Lipscomb is one of the most important men in the history of the Lord’s church. But how do you teach him to your kids?
Standing between Alexander Campbell's generation and the congregations many families attend today, Lipscomb is the man who held the ground. He was homely, tone deaf, and sick most of his life. He forgot his first sermon in front of the whole congregation and had to ask someone else to finish it. He dreaded public speaking for sixty years and stood up anyway. Nobody was ever impressed by him on the way in.
But this isn't just the story of an unlikely leader. It's a book about a man who asked one question of everything: What did God actually ask for? It's about a Christian who told both armies in the Civil War that he would fight for neither and was threatened with hanging for it. And it's about an editor who fed a starving South, walked into cholera houses everyone else had fled, and drove ten miles by buggy every day for over twenty years to teach the Bible for free.
Who Was David Lipscomb? makes this remarkable life accessible for today's young readers. Written in a warm, conversational style that doesn't sanitize the hard parts or talk down to kids, this guide follows Lipscomb from a wagon coming home from Illinois to a rocking chair in Nashville with:
Real scenes and real words—so young readers meet the actual man instead of a polished statue
Honest engagement with difficult content—including slavery, war, and church division, handled in age-appropriate ways that spark real conversations
Real-life application—with four points of application and five discussion questions in every chapter, connecting Lipscomb's convictions to the choices kids face now
Whether your child is learning why your congregation worships the way it does, wrestling with how a sincere person can be badly wrong about something important, or ready to understand where the churches of Christ came from, Who Was David Lipscomb? will show them that God has never needed impressive people to do enormous things.
Perfect for family reading, church classes, or independent study.
