His Friends and Servants is a children’s Bible story book by Rev. Nathan Langerak. The book consists of 30 Old Testament stories for children aged 7-10. Each story is paired with beautiful full-colour illustrations.
By the wonder of salvation in Jesus Christ, God establishes a covenant with us His people, making us His friends and servants. In His mercy, He also makes a promise to us: I will be your God and I will never forsake you.
Jehovah is always faithful to keep the promises He makes to us, even as He kept His promises to the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob. We may suffer terrible troubles in this world like Job or Joseph, but God rules all things through Jesus Christ for our sakes and so His plan for us is always good.
As His friends and servants, we seek heaven and flee the temptations of the world. The God who delivered His servant Daniel from the lion’s den also delivers us from the devil and keeps us safe until He brings us to heavenly glory.
Following Jehovah’s Mighty Acts, this second book in the Tell His Wonders Bible series includes stories about Job and the patriarchs, Joseph and his brothers, several judges, King David, Daniel and his three friends, and more.
About the author: Nathan J. Langerak is a pastor and author including a two-volume commentary, Walking in the Way of Love, on the book of 1 Corinthians. He and his wife and their six children live in Crete, Illinois.
About the illustrator: Michael Welply has illustrated more than eighty books, including The Random House Book of Bible Stories and Biblical Times, published by Simon and Schuster. He has two adult children and three grandchildren. He and his wife live in Levet, France.
What others have said about volume 2:
“The Reformed Free Publishing Association has recently released the Bible Story book His Friends and Servants. It is a beautiful book. The illustrations quickly draw the reader’s eye into the story and help our imagination picture how the story unfolded in real life. The stories in the book focus on how God worked out covenant history through His friends and servants of the Old Testament. While the target audience is 7-10-year-old children, I think even younger children can understand the stories. This book is the second in the series; the first being Jehovah’s Mighty Acts. The same can be said for this book as the first: it is doctrinally sound without being overly doctrinal. The stories are simply told, and covenant truths are carefully and simply woven throughout. One will quickly notice that much of Old Testament history is skimmed over or skipped. Yet if side by side to the first book, you will see that the books complement one another, covering most of OT history. Should one care to, they could follow chronologically from one book to the next in order to maintain the flow of history. We ought to be reminded as we study God’s OT friends that God chose, loved, and fulfilled his purposes through sinful man. God uses us too. What a comfort and motivator to us and our children …” – Sarah H.
