This week's Tract Review is what I like to call a "digital tract" of sorts. It's a video produced by World Video Bible School with Don Blackwell as the speaker. 

An Apology     
     You may be wondering why the tract review is of a video. The simple answer is because I am a strong believer that the use of videos, such as the one being reviewed this week, in evangelism is something that the church hasn't utilized to its full extent and something that is vital in the world in which we live (i.e. "techtopia"). Also, World Video Bible School has done something tremendous in providing congregations with a very affordable way of passing the videos out. 

with an open Bible (I'm estimating maybe an hour if you actually pause the video, open your Bible to the verse, read that verse and its context and continue on in the video) but it's truth, which is saying something when speaking about a video that is online today!
     One of the best things about this video is the depth into which the viewer is taken with regard to the steps of salvation and the verses connecting those steps together! Don does a wonderful job at explaining how to be saved without getting bogged down by hypotheticals or man-made doctrines. 

Welcome to the all new series here on the PFP's blog called "Tract Review" where we will take a tract and, well, review it!

     "What Should I Teach My Child About Baptism" is a brand new tract from House to House, Heart to Heart written by none other than Allen Webster, the author of all of H2H's tracts. It is yet another great resource for Christians and non-Christians alike in that it is aimed toward Christians but subtly teaches the truth about baptism to those that are not members of the New Testament church without wavering. 

The Author of the Tract
     Allen Webster is near and dear to my heart. He was "my first preacher" when I was baptized in 2009 at the Jacksonville Church of Christ in Jacksonville, AL. Allen is, as was mentioned, the author of all the tracts published by Jacksonville's evangelistic work called House to House, Heart to Heart. He has been preaching the Gospel since 1984 and has been with the Jacksonville congregation since 1995. Allen has authored a number of wonderful books (including, All the Devils Apples Have Worms, Seven Things A Loving God Hates and Why Not Be A Prodigal?) along with the tract series which is numbering in the hundreds at this point. He is the co-founder of Polishing the Pulpit, a gathering of thousands of Christians each year in Sevierville, TN and is the editor of the House to House, Heart to Heart magazine which has a readership larger than many well known newspapers and publications in America, reaching into sixteen million homes each year. Needless to say, Allen is a valiant soldier for Christ!

The Attributes of the Tract
     There is a reason why this tract stuck out in my mind when I opened the box yesterday from House to House containing the new tracts and the extra copies of the magazine that we send out as a congregation. I am in the works to become an adoptive parent! That being said, there are more reasons why I would recommend this tract to any person, regardless of whether or not they are parents. 

   The Concept - As a future parent I can not fully understand the difficulty in teaching a child the ways of God without being "over his head" but I know the importance of doing so. These tips will undoubtedly help a parent get his child to understand baptism using things that he is familiar with. In a world where children are being taught the relativistic principles of humanism and denominationalism more brethren need to take heed to this tract and teach the next generation, the church of tomorrow, the undeniable truths of Christ.