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The Life of Our Lord: Written for His Children During the Years 1846 to 1849
Charles Dickens
3.76 AVERAGE
38 reviews for:
The Life of Our Lord: Written for His Children During the Years 1846 to 1849
Charles Dickens
3.76 AVERAGE
Reading this aloud together each December is one of my favorite Christmas traditions.
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Not only is this book great to explain Christ’s life, purpose, and death to children, but it’s a great break down that can help new believers understand Christ.
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"No one ever lived, who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry for all people who did wrong, or were in anyway ill or miserable, as he was."
I had no idea Dickens even wrote this, until the trailer for The King of Kings (now one of my most anticipated movies) came out. That was when I decided to read The Life of Our Lord, and I'm glad I chose the version with illustrations inside, they made the whole thing even better.
It's fairly simple (as he wrote this for his children), and not always completely accurate, but I would say it was worth the read. I'd gladly give this to some younger relatives who'd probably appreciate it even more than I did.
I had no idea Dickens even wrote this, until the trailer for The King of Kings (now one of my most anticipated movies) came out. That was when I decided to read The Life of Our Lord, and I'm glad I chose the version with illustrations inside, they made the whole thing even better.
It's fairly simple (as he wrote this for his children), and not always completely accurate, but I would say it was worth the read. I'd gladly give this to some younger relatives who'd probably appreciate it even more than I did.
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
I inherited a lovely first addition of this small book several years ago, and recently decided to read it, to see if it might be useful during Biblestudy with my children.
This was written by Charles Dickens, for his children, and was never intended for publication. It's written in simple, clear words, and is intended as a summary of the life of Jesus Christ.
Nearly right away, Dickens blatently denies the God-head of Christ. In supposedly quoting the angel's speech to the shepherds, shortly after Christ's birth, he writes: "There is a child born today in the city of Bethlehem near here, who will grow up to be so good that God will love Him as His own Son...and His name will be Jesus Christ; and people will put that name in their prayers, because they will know God loves it, and will know that they should love it too." He clearly states that God will love Jesus AS a son, so denying that Christ IS God.
Later on, describing Christ's adult life, he writes: "And because He did such good, and taught people how to love God and how to hope to go to heaven after death, Jesus was called Our Saviour." Notice that, according to Dickens, we can only HOPE to go to heaven, based on our good deeds. He's not our Savior because his death delivered us from slavery to our sin nature. Instead, he's simply a moral man and good teacher.
There are several other examples of this type of heresy throughout, but I'll end with this final one. The book ends with two prayers Dickens wrote for his children to learn. One contains the following: "...and let me never be cruel to any dumb creatures, for if I am cruel to anything, even to a poor little fly, God, who is so good, will never love me..." There's no mention of forgiveness of sin, only moralizing based on fear of rejection.
Altogether, this book preaches social justice more than Christ ever did, while meanwhile missing who He is entirely.
This was written by Charles Dickens, for his children, and was never intended for publication. It's written in simple, clear words, and is intended as a summary of the life of Jesus Christ.
Nearly right away, Dickens blatently denies the God-head of Christ. In supposedly quoting the angel's speech to the shepherds, shortly after Christ's birth, he writes: "There is a child born today in the city of Bethlehem near here, who will grow up to be so good that God will love Him as His own Son...and His name will be Jesus Christ; and people will put that name in their prayers, because they will know God loves it, and will know that they should love it too." He clearly states that God will love Jesus AS a son, so denying that Christ IS God.
Later on, describing Christ's adult life, he writes: "And because He did such good, and taught people how to love God and how to hope to go to heaven after death, Jesus was called Our Saviour." Notice that, according to Dickens, we can only HOPE to go to heaven, based on our good deeds. He's not our Savior because his death delivered us from slavery to our sin nature. Instead, he's simply a moral man and good teacher.
There are several other examples of this type of heresy throughout, but I'll end with this final one. The book ends with two prayers Dickens wrote for his children to learn. One contains the following: "...and let me never be cruel to any dumb creatures, for if I am cruel to anything, even to a poor little fly, God, who is so good, will never love me..." There's no mention of forgiveness of sin, only moralizing based on fear of rejection.
Altogether, this book preaches social justice more than Christ ever did, while meanwhile missing who He is entirely.
Charles Dickens offers a charming narration of the life of Jesus in this book, originally written for his children. I'm quite impressed by how he manages to condense the various elements of the gospels into one coherent, easy-to-follow story. However, from a scholarly perspective, this is also its main flaw. By imposing univocality on the different gospels, Dickens merges the various perspectives into a moral retelling of Jesus' life, sacrificing much of the depth found in the original texts. Nevertheless, this approach is common in children's Bibles, and given that the book was intended as an introduction for his children, one can hardly fault Dickens for the omissions.
No new information here, but a tender testimony from a father for his children.