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Media Angels
Media Angels is one of my favourite websites… Felice Gerwitz is an incredibly knowledgeable teacher of Creation Science. I am a creationist. I say it boldly and proudly. I believe that those scientists who have deluded themselves into believing that science has “proven” there is no God will be sorely disappointed come the day of reckoning. I pray for them, that they will stop being “willfully ignorant” of the Truth. I read somewhere online… (and I’m sorry to the author, if you are he, please let me know so I can credit you properly) The Truth is hardest to see when you believe you already have it. I think it was in reference to apologetics, but I believe it applies to Science as well.
Media Angels is a website is a valuble tool for the parent teaching their children the truths of Creation Science. There are so many free resources, and articles of interest and now there are even MYSTERY NOVELS! I know how much I would devour Nancy Drew when I was a “Tween”… and these teach important lessons that equip our kids with the knowledge they need to stand up for what they believe when faced with the members of the ”church” of Evolution (after all, if believing in God takes faith, wow… I can’t imagine the mountain of faith it must take for those evolutionary scientist faced daily with evidence for God’s wonderful creation).
Christina, Felice’s daughter, decided while she was just a young teen, that she wanted to write a novel. Felice was daunted, confessing that she didn’t know anything about writing novels… yet her motivated daughter assured her that they could “find out”… and out of that came the Truth Seekers Series of novels. Action packed and full of examples of how real kids can glorify God while standing up for what they know to be His Truths, the Truth Seekers head off on an adventure not soon forgotten!
I was asked to review the first book in the series, “Missing Link: Found!”. After having read it myself, and realising that although I found it entertaining on a young level, I asked my 14 year old son to read it. These were his comments:
”The Missing Link book was exciting but I found it to be somewhat unrealistic because there were lots of scenes that didn’t make a lot of sense or were irresponsible of the kids - and at the end it all seemed to come together too easily. I think this book would be good for younger kids than myself. I like that another homeschool has a book published but probably woudn’t want to read any more of the series.”
Now, mystery novels are NOT Ev’s genre… he’s a fantasy fan (which makes the above comment about being “unrealistic” even funnier to me… LOL!) - so dragons, griffins, warriors and elves are more his “thing”. SO… to be completely fair, I asked my friend’s daughter who is also 14 but is not such a die-hard genre fan, and enjoys reading all styles of books (she loves the Dear Canada series right now). Katherine said:
“This book is very good for those who really like mysteries that are not to hard to get in to. The end of the story is more or less predictable, but it’s interesting too. I like the fact that this book actually makes you consider God in everything that happens to us. Not many authors do that enough as they should. I hope my mom gets more of the Truth Seekers Mysteries for us.” (she’s also sharing the book with her 13 year old sister, so I may be adding in Angelik’s thoughts too… and when we get it back, I’ll get my daughter who is also 13 to read it and tell me her thoughts… so check back in a month and I’m sure I’ll have even more opinions!)
Reflecting on it, I think that I will most likely be picking up the rest of the 3 book series at only $22.00 US, that’s a wonderful gift under the tree… maybe I’ll get the set for my un-churched neices as well! I think it’d be a great series to have available, not only to get the kids talking and thinking, but also to use as a resource (there is THAT much Good Science in the series!!).
Blessings!
As a review blogger, I am provided a free copy of the book, curriculum or product to test and use in order to write an honest review. I receive no other compensation and the opinions I share are my own and not influenced by the company in question.