Daddy Is That Story True or Were You Just Preaching?

Popular author James W. Moore recalls how several years ago while delivering the sermon at his church one Sunday morning he had told a moving story about a boy and his dog. The authors then-five-year-old son Jeff was fascinated by the story but feeling a bit uncertain about some of the details of it during the familys car ride home from church Jeff asked his father Daddy is that story true or were you just preaching?Highly amused by Jeffs question Jim Moore went on to explain to his young son that there are two kinds of stories: TRUE stories stories that happened factually in history; and TRUTH stories stories like Jesus parables which are shared to underscore a dramatic truth in life. The several short chapters and stories in this book are designed to highlight such life-truths with chapter titles such as Go out Singing Roadblocks Should I Forgive? One Step at a Time Whos in Control Here? What Can One Person Do? Tell Me Please How to Be Happy Why not You? Keep on Keeping On Jesus: The Message and the Messenger The Importance of Uniqueness and others. This book contains a discussion guide.