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Close Your Eyes So You Can See: Stories of Children in the Life of Jesus
The daughter of Jarius, the boy with the five loaves and two fishes, and other young people in the New Testament relate events involving children in the life of Jesus.
- GenresChristian
48 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1996
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Michael Card
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Michael Card (born April 11, 1957) is an American Christian singer-songwriter, musician, author, and radio host from Franklin, Tennessee. He is best known for his contributions in contemporary Christian music, which couple folk-style melodies and instrumentation with lyrics that stem from intensive study of the Bible. Since his debut in 1981, he has sold more than 4 million albums and has written 19 No. 1 singles.He has also authored several books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner A Sacred Sorrow.
http://www.michaelcard.com/#/about-mi...
Michael Card (born April 11, 1957) is an American Christian singer-songwriter, musician, author, and radio host from Franklin, Tennessee. He is best known for his contributions in contemporary Christian music, which couple folk-style melodies and instrumentation with lyrics that stem from intensive study of the Bible. Since his debut in 1981, he has sold more than 4 million albums and has written 19 No. 1 singles.He has also authored several books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner A Sacred Sorrow.
http://www.michaelcard.com/#/about-mi...
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June 21, 2026
Mostly good!
I disagree with two creative liberties, each costing one star.
Page 30:
"Jesus! Jesus! My son is sick! He's going to die!" he shouted in the darkness through the closed door. My father had been worrying about me all the way to Cana, afraid that even now he might be too late.
Jesus came to the door scratching His head and wiping the sleep trom His eyes.
"Come, before my son dies!" my father blurted out, almost in tears. "I will pay any price you ask. Just make my son well."
Jesus spoke slowly, as if he thought my father couldn't hear very well. "You can go," He said, looking my father straight in the eye. Your son will live" His voice calmed my father's fear. And He didn't mention wanting any money.
Contrast to the Biblical account:
John 4:46-53
The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
"Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”
The man took Jesus at his word and departed.
The Biblical account shows a man with strong faith, and made no mention of money. This feels almost like slander.
Page 42:
When John's friend passed by, I asked, "Are you also one of His disciples?" I assumed he was since they were together.
"No," was all he said as he pushed past me, never even looking me in the face.
They walked over to the fite to warm themselves. As they stood close together, someone else asked John's friend, "Are you another one of His disciples?" I heard him say again that he did not even know Jesus.
Peter was talking to a tall man beside the fire. The man asked innocently enough, "You have a Galilean accent. You must be one of His disciples too."
Peter said a bad word through his teeth and shouted angrily, "I don't know Him!"
Contrast to the Biblical account:
John 18:15-26
So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in.
The servant girl at the door said to Peter,
"You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?"
He said, "I am not."...
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "You also are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not." One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of "the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you "in the garden with him?"
Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.
There was no "innocently enough" - the people asking were very aggressive - Jesus was getting slapped in the background - and Jesus had forbidden Peter to fight back, even going so far as to put the dude-Peter-attacked's ear back on.
Peter's life was in very real danger.
Yes, of course, Peter shouldn't have denied Jesus, but pretending he denied Jesus over gentle, innocent questions feels - yes, again - almost like slander.
I disagree with two creative liberties, each costing one star.
Page 30:
"Jesus! Jesus! My son is sick! He's going to die!" he shouted in the darkness through the closed door. My father had been worrying about me all the way to Cana, afraid that even now he might be too late.
Jesus came to the door scratching His head and wiping the sleep trom His eyes.
"Come, before my son dies!" my father blurted out, almost in tears. "I will pay any price you ask. Just make my son well."
Jesus spoke slowly, as if he thought my father couldn't hear very well. "You can go," He said, looking my father straight in the eye. Your son will live" His voice calmed my father's fear. And He didn't mention wanting any money.
Contrast to the Biblical account:
John 4:46-53
The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
"Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”
The man took Jesus at his word and departed.
The Biblical account shows a man with strong faith, and made no mention of money. This feels almost like slander.
Page 42:
When John's friend passed by, I asked, "Are you also one of His disciples?" I assumed he was since they were together.
"No," was all he said as he pushed past me, never even looking me in the face.
They walked over to the fite to warm themselves. As they stood close together, someone else asked John's friend, "Are you another one of His disciples?" I heard him say again that he did not even know Jesus.
Peter was talking to a tall man beside the fire. The man asked innocently enough, "You have a Galilean accent. You must be one of His disciples too."
Peter said a bad word through his teeth and shouted angrily, "I don't know Him!"
Contrast to the Biblical account:
John 18:15-26
So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in.
The servant girl at the door said to Peter,
"You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?"
He said, "I am not."...
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "You also are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not." One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of "the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you "in the garden with him?"
Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.
There was no "innocently enough" - the people asking were very aggressive - Jesus was getting slapped in the background - and Jesus had forbidden Peter to fight back, even going so far as to put the dude-Peter-attacked's ear back on.
Peter's life was in very real danger.
Yes, of course, Peter shouldn't have denied Jesus, but pretending he denied Jesus over gentle, innocent questions feels - yes, again - almost like slander.
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