City on the Hill

by Mark Hall (Author), Tatio Viana (Illustrator), Matthew West (Author)

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"Did you hear of the city on the hill?" said one old man to the other / It once shined bright, and it would be shining still / But they all started turning on each other."  City on the Hill is a story for children ages (4-8) and fans of the popular song of the same name by award-winning Christian band Casting Crowns. With full-color illustrations and rhyming verses the book clearly teaches how the church is depicted as the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 12.   Kids will learn that God show more made each of them unique and wants us all to work together, using our different gifts to further His kingdom, to be the light of the world, a shining city on a hill that cannot be hidden! show less

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Okay. When you have the WRONG Casting Crowns song in your head when you start reading this book......

Of course that is going to mess you up.

As a result, I was ambivalent about this book. It is not my favorite song either so that is a part of it. The message of the song lacks the Christian oomph that I know it is trying to convey too.....

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Mark Hall is the lead singer and songwriter for the Grammy Award-winning band Casting Crowns. He has been in ministry for more than twenty years and has served at Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough, Georgia, since 2001. Mark admits he'd be overwhelmed by life's demands were it not for his wife of more than twenty years, Melanie, who show more also serves as the band's road manager. Even on tour, Mark and Melanie homeschool their four children, John Michael, Reagan, Zoe, and Hope. Tim Luke serves as executive pastor at Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church, where he has been on staff for thirteen years after serving as editor of In Touch magazine, the devotional magazine of Dr. Charles Stanley's ministry. Tim worked as a sportswriter for ten years, the last four as a beat writer covering the Atlanta Braves. He has been married to Karen for twenty-five years and has two sons, Jacob and J.P. show less
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Matthew West is well known for writing powerful songs inspired by real-life stories. He is a four-time GRAMMY nominee, a multiple-ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner, Dove Award recipient, and was awarded an American Music Award (2013), a Billboard Music Award (Top Christian Artist, 2014), a KLOVE Fan Award (2016), and named show more Billboard's Hot Christian Songwriter of the - Year (2016). Also an entrepreneur, in 2016 West launched Story House Collective, a multifaceted brand which will house a variety of media and ministry entities, including his own nonprofit ministry, popwe. show less

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First words
"Did you hear of the city on the hill?" said one old man to the other.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Come home.

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Children's Books, Picture Books
DDC/MDS
800Literature & rhetoricLiterature, rhetoric & criticismLiterature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric
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PZ7Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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English
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Paper, Ebook
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