Book: The Perfect Lamb

22 May 2019 · 1 min

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Dave Edgren's children's book follows Sammy, a lamb raised by a family and brought to the temple, as a way to help kids understand Jesus' sacrifice. The story connects Sammy's journey to the moment the temple curtain tears at the crucifixion, giving families a love-focused way to talk about the cross.

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Hi, my name is Dave Edgren, and I'm the author of The Perfect Lamb. The Perfect Lamb is a story about the cross. It's a story about the final sacrifice that a family would make, taking a lamb to the temple, a lamb that they had raised in their own homes, a lamb that children would have loved. And that lamb in this story is Sammy, and he goes to the temple, but he just happens to be the one, the one lamb who's being offered when the temple curtain is torn from top to bottom as Jesus dies on the cross. And Sammy jumps down and he runs home. By reading this book to your children, they will learn about learning to love the Lamb, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. They'll also get an understanding of the cross that makes sense to children. And it's a book for parents as well, to help you explain what Jesus did for us on the cross in a way that connects it to love in a child's mind. I would invite you to grab a copy of The Perfect Lamb and read it together as a family.