To Train Up A Child

CBS has decided to cancel the scheduled interview with Michael Pearl for Friday, March 18th. So far, there are no plans to re-schedule. The network plans to use their correspondent to report the full story.

The Pearls have asked the following:

Continue to pray with us, that the publicity we received as a result of this tragedy will end soon.
Sincerely in Christ, Mike and Debi Pearl

— The NGJ Staff

Please follow this link for an update:

[EDIT CHANGE IN BROADCAST TIME: Due to breaking news, Mike's Interview has been postponed until Friday Morning 7-8am CST.]


This Thursday March 18, 2010, Michael Pearl will be interviewed live on CBS’s The Early Show and given the chance to answer critics.

The Show airs from 7:00 – 8:00 am EST and the interview will be at approximately 7:30 am. It is requested that the interview be covered in prayer:

"Please pray for Michael as he prays and prepares for this interview that God will give him clarity of mind and spirit to answer wisely all the questions that are put to him. Also pray that the report and the interviewer will be honest and fair. Inform your family, friends, and fellow believers and encourage them to pray also. Thank you in advance for your diligence in prayer and support.

Your fellow servants in the Lord Jesus Christ,
The NGJ Staff."

The latest issue of No Greater Joy Magazine is now available online. This issue is packed with valuable information from how to make a child's special chair, herbal nutrition and articles on how to knit the heart of your little one to your own.


Here's a quote from the article CHEERFUL, AUTHORITATIVE, CONSISTENT by Michael Pearl

Being a good child trainer and parent is not beyond the reach of any Christian parent. If you feel incompetent to bring your children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, that is no indication that you are going to fail. There are three qualities parents must possess in order to produce well trained and disciplined young adults: cheerfulness, authoritative command, and consistency.

Of these three, the greatest of these is cheerfulness. It is the first and most important quality a child trainer must possess.

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No Greater Joy January/February 2010

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Debi Pearl is an accomplished writer and no stranger to controversy. With husband, Michael Pearl she co-authored TO TRAIN UP A CHILD. More recently, she caused an outcry among feminists of all stripes with CREATED TO BE HIS HELP MEET a work which presents a Biblically based view of women in God’s created order.

It is with this background that she has taken on the task of publishing her latest book, a work of dramatic fiction, THE VISION. She draws heavily upon the things most familiar to her – herbs, rural living and missions – to provide her readers with an exciting tale of intrigue and romance. Those familiar with the Pearls and their ministry, No Greater Joy will note the obvious parallels as the characters try to publish and distribute a chronological Bible comic book (similar to Michael Pearl’s GOOD AND EVIL, now in color and slated for world-wide distribution in 100 languages). In the process, they face peril on many levels. Throughout THE VISION readers are given references for more reading on various topics that give the plot a very realistic feel.

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THE VISION is a book about a group of people that come together in hopes of publishing the gospel message in every language. Asher is driven to see the message published – a message his mentor died trying to share. Hope also has a dream to see these things through and works with her daughter Cheyenne to finance the work by developing a herbal berry brew. Local White Supremacists attempt to seize the brew for their own purposes. Muslim Terrorists work to prevent translation of the work into Arabic. All of this takes place in the face of government upheaval and a threatening world-wide natural disaster.

While outside forces press inward, this small group finds themselves stretched to the limit by conflicting personalities and struggles from within.

Each character examines the price they may pay to see THE VISION become a reality.

FROM THE COVER

“THE VISION is a touching love story, a dramatic race against evil, and an emphatic reminder of the power of God that will take you on a ride so real you will find it difficult to separate fact from fiction.”

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WATCH THE BOOK TRAILER

Subscribers to No Greater Joy Magazine benefit from regular sales prices on materials. The November-December issue has just been published with prices that are 25% and 1/3 off of the regular price. Don't wait to sign up for your free subscription and take advantage of these prices.

Follow this link for information on the Good & Evil comic book.
Click this link for more information on Created to Be His Help Meet.
Select this link for information on the ABC Bible verse songs.
Read this for more information on From the Ends of the Earth and Rebekah's Diary.

The latest issue of No Greater Joy Magazine is now in a new, online format. This is in addition to the PDF file that can be downloaded. NGJ Magazine is still offered free of charge, to it's subscribers and online viewers.

How different from the first NGJ newsletter: a black and white 8-page issue that was first published in May of 1995:


QUOTE FROM PAGE ONE OF THE FIRST ISSUE:

This newsletter is designed to be an encouragement to you as you 're-pioneer' the nearly lost art of family. In this open line of communication, you wil read answers to your quesitons and hear how others are managing situations similar to you own. We include articles on various subjects that effect the family, education, work, entertainment, worship and health. The articles are not written by psychologists or professionals; they are written by parents who have successfully traveled the road before you. We welcome any questions you may have. We may not be able to answer every letter personally, but we will try.

Now, more than 14 years later, those 8 black and white pages have grown into a 40 page, full-color, bimonthly magazine offered free upon request.

If you'd like to receive the print magazine at your home, click on this link and fill out the order form. Due to recent USPS rate increases, we are not accepting new subscriptions outside of North America. Canada, APO's, and all 50 states are welcome.

If you don't already have a copy, you'll want to purchase the book GOOD & EVIL from No Greater Joy Ministries.

Now, there is an opportunity for you and your family to be part of the next phase of developing this ministry tool. In order to increase the impact of this comic, the current artwork is being used to develop a full-length feature film using anime.

Anime is a type of limited animation that relies heavily upon still artwork. Stylistic camera work and the use of color suggest movement and hold the audience's attention throughout the story. Background scenes can be changed in such a way as to achieve three-dimensional views.

Placing this high definition film onto digital video discs (DVDs) will decrease printing and shipping costs to incurred by No Greater Joy Ministries. The same film can be then be used again and again for different languages. Each new translation will utilize different voices in that language. In this way, the reach and impact of the Good & Evil project will be increased many times.

This undertaking is massive and will require funding. No Greater Joy Ministries allows designated donations so that every penny so directed is used only for the development of this video. Children are setting aside coins. Others are planning yard and flea market sales. All hope to be part of a project designed to impact the world for Christ by going where some missionaries cannot go and by placing a powerful tool into the hands of missionaries in the field.



GET YOUR OWN PROMOTIONAL DVD FREE WITH A $10 PURCHASE!
Follow this link to order your free copy of the promotional DVD for the Good & Evil HD Video Project. No Greater Joy Ministries is asking that you place an order of at least $10 with their online store for each DVD requested.

Has your child ever come to you with a question about the Bible that you weren't able to answer? If so, you may enjoy taking advantage of Bible Questions with Michael Pearl This is an online video series you by No Greater Joy Ministries that allows you or your child to ask Bible questions and hear a considered answer by Michael Pearl.

This week's segment was asked by a young girl that wanted to know why Noah lived to 950 years and modern men don't live nearly so long.

Click on the link to subscribe to the YouTube channel or follow this blog for regular updates. Watch as questions from the online community are answered. Submit your questions by email at biblequestions@nogreaterjoy.org or leave a brief and to the point Bible question at 931-805-4820.

Parenting well takes time and patience. Just as a plant won't grow taller when you tug on the stem, children aren't meant to be tugged impatiently into adulthood. Developing a secure bond of love requires a parent to become a student of all that makes this person unique.

No Greater Joy Magazine offers parents articles that are both instructional and an encouragement as they navigate the years of child training. Within its pages are helps to make the most of those moments when your influence can bring the greatest rewards. Browse through their online archives. Sign up today to receive your free, bi-monthly issue and begin the process of LOVING WHAT THEY LOVE .

Below is an excerpt from an article by Michael Pearl that appeared in No Greater Joy Magazine, September 2004. Follow the links to read the entire article.

"Many parents rush along, demanding clean rooms and finished homework, but take little pleasure in the simple things that delight a child. As we are steering them through the growing responsibilities of life, we must care more about the child’s joy in a thing more than about the thing itself. Many mothers take away a child’s joy of work and play through their need for a perfect product from the child. Many daddies suck the joy of family vacation time by demanding that the child swim correctly or water ski in the right way. When your goal becomes your need for a proper performance or product, then you have stopped loving the child and started loving your own ego. Our goal is not a perfect product; it is to instill in the child a love of learning, of doing, and the joy of creating something with his own hands.

A mother who stays busy maintaining a spotless house, but does not take the time to involve the children in her service, is doing them a disservice and is missing an opportunity to “grow” some love. A daddy who is busy working on his truck, but does not have the time to explain to his son what he is doing and provide an opportunity for him to participate in a meaningful way, is not fellowshipping with his son, is not teaching him to love anything or anyone, is giving him no pleasure, and he is not taking pleasure in his son. A mom who prepares evening meals, but does not daily take the time to encourage her little girl to stir the dough, is missing incredible opportunities to make love and creativity grow and bloom. A dad who is working on the computer finishing the construction of a family web site, but does not have time to sit his little ones on his lap and show them how to draw a face on the screen, has not yet mastered the wonderful thing called love.

~ Michael Pearl, Love is Loving What They Love.

How would you communicate the story of the gospel to people who had never read the Bible and had no interest in doing so? Storytelling is a powerful teaching tool that many missionaries employ. Using simple illustrations, they tell the story of God and man in a systematic, chronological way that places the message in its proper context. But this method only works if you have a missionary to accompany the illustrations.

For Michael Pearl the need for an illustrated book that could both tell and illustrate this story came into sharp focus when his daughter Rebekah was on the mission field in Papua New Guinea. There was not a complete, well-done, inexpensive illustrated Bible story book available. Together with his wife, Debi Pearl, they prayed for a way to make the dream a reality. It was during this time that they met Danny Bulanadi, a retired Marvel Comics artist. Together they worked for nine years to produce what is now known as the book Good and Evil.

Good and Evil is a bold missionary. It can squeeze its way into closed countries where missionaries are not allowed. Its fantastic art, done in the tradition of Marvel Comics by one of their best artists, will make it popular where other gospel literature would be rejected or destroyed. You can walk up to a Muslim or Buddhist street vendor and give him a box of these books and he will sell them, not caring that they advocate Christianity. After all, profit first. These little missionary books will keep telling the message over and over again as they lie around waiting for someone else to pick them up. In many cases a single copy will be read by as many as 100 people. That would be just one cent per person to communicate the message of Christ.

It is our mission to send these little paper missionaries forth into every little nook and cranny on the globe, that every man, woman, and child may hear the good news of Jesus Christ. To that end, it is our vision to translate Good & Evil into 100 languages in one year. This is no easy task, but neither is it an unreachable goal.

What began as a dream to offer the good news in many languages has grown again. Now No Greater Joy Ministries is in the process of creating a film version of the book Good and Evil. Professional filmmakers and studios are now being employed to bring this work of art to film. In this way, the translation of the story would only require the spoken voice tracks to be changed while the visual illustrations remain the same.

If you haven't already gotten your copy, Good and Evil will be a treasured addition to your library. These books are on heavy stock paper, with full color illustrations and carefully referenced so that readers can read the stories for themselves as they appear in Scripture. Your purchase helps further the printing, translation and filming projects that are now underway. Get your copy today.