How God Stopped the Pirates: And Other Devotional Stories

Building on the Rock #2

by Joel R. Beeke, Diana Kleyn

As the pirates near the helpless ship, they raise their grappling irons and prime their cannons for battle. The captain stands ready to defend his vessel and the lives of the people on board. The missionaries go to their cabins to pray. Can anyone stop these pirates? God can.
There are many stories in this book. Read about the pirates, a burglar and a Russian servant girl as well as many other stories about the amazing things that missionaries encounter as well as how God can change lives.

Genres: Christian, Childrens

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Dr. Joel R. Beeke serves as President and Professor of Systematic Theology, Church History, and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He has been in the ministry since 1978 and has served as a pastor of his current church, Heritage Reformed Congregation, since 1986. He is also editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society. He has written, co-authored, or edited fifty books and contributed over fifteen hundred articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias. His Ph.D. (1988) from Westminster Theological Seminary is in Reformation and Post-Reformation Theology. He is frequently called upon to lecture at Reformed seminaries and to speak at conferences around the world. He and his wife, Mary, have three children: Calvin, Esther, and Lydia.

Reviews

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this better than the first one for some reason. There were lots of decent stories that taught good lessons and provided conversation points with the kids.

[Loretta F. Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good short stories of the hand of God in people's lives. The downside is some are too abrupt and leave the reader wondering what happened. Also, it seems the focal point is solely on the lessons instead of subtly showing them through the stories themselves. Might work for devotional readings with young children.

[Logan Santiago · Rating 5 out of 5]

My dad read these to me when I was little. There a nice little gem for little kids. I loved them.

[SSM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Some incredible conversions in this one. Rly moving!

[Rkeddins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Redeeming in the fact that it is explicitly Christian. It is a bore and very poorly written. It even takes some good Christian short stories and condenses them into tripe.