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The Radical Rescue

by Kirsten A. Roggenkamp, Heather Blaire

The Jewish people had been looking for a Deliverer for what seemed like forever. The Romans who ruled them made their lives very hard. They needed to be rescued! But what they were expecting and what they got—what we got—were radically different.

The Radical Rescue delivers stories about Jesus for kids of all ages. Follow the ministry of the Savior from His childhood experiences with the priests in the temple all the way to His betrayal, death, and resurrection. Each story shows how Jesus was—and is—the Radical Rescuer from a much bigger problem than the Romans.

Written by teachers, each story brings an engaging lesson followed by Bible verses to read, activities to do, and thought-provoking questions to answer.
Perfect for personal reading, family worship, or classroom study, these vibrant stories will help kids learn how to study the Bible and strengthen their relationship with Jesus, the One who radically rescued each one of us.

Reviews and Endorsements


[Bookshelf Review]

Whatever our stage of life or faith, the basic building blocks of our faith must always be the simple stories of Jesus—what He did, how He lived, what He taught, how He died and rose again. We need to teach these to our children, young people and new believers, and we need to revisit them for ourselves again and again. The Radical Rescue is worthwhile resource to help us do all of these things. Authors Kirsten Roggenkamp and Heather Blaire are both experienced school teachers and—as with their previous books— The Radical Rescue is written first for use in their familiar classroom setting. But the “for kids of all ages” marketing blurb for this book sells it short. A better description: this is a helpful invitation to teach, share and re-visit the stories of Jesus for all of us. Of course, The Radical Rescue is a teaching resource. Each story is only about three pages, with references to the relevant Bible texts, discussion questions and sharing prompts at the end of each story. It would work well for family worship, particularly when you have time together to go deeper into the stories and their meaning. But the story-telling itself is the strength of The Radical Rescue. Most of the stories are retold in the voices of those who witnessed Jesus’ life and ministry. Sometimes these are the disciples; sometime they are created characters—often young people— who have seen the events that are now familiar to any reader of the gospels. These perspectives give a sense of immediacy and the wonder that these first witnesses felt as they tried to understand what was happening among them and who Jesus was. A line repeated in various ways through a few of the stories is “Jesus always takes me by surprise.” The Radical Rescue will draw you into these stories in fresh ways. It is easy reading with an inbuilt sense of wonder and excitement. There are many books about Jesus, with many big and important ideas, but the simplicity and energy of this one makes it worth your attention. —Nathan Brown, book editor, Signs Publishing