“I could help you put the instruments on your bike,” she offered.
John nodded quietly as if agreeing. But then a frown crossed the
boy’s face.
“But we need to go get the toys in the dump first,” John blurted
out. “They belong to me.”
“Can’t you just forget about those dumb toys for a little while?”
Susan asked.
“You just don’t like the idea that I found them first,” John
accused. His eyes suddenly went into little angry slits. “You want them for
yourself. Well, I’m going to get back what belongs to me, and you won’t stop
me.” With those words, John strode into the house, slamming the door behind
him.
Book: TheToy Campaign by John Bibee, Intervarsity Press, 1987
Genre:
Fantasy/Allegory
Target
Audience: Boys and Girls 12-16
Subjects:
Greed, Selfishness, Good vs. Evil
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Notes: The
Toy Campaign is the second in the Spirit Flyer Series. The series uses a
flying bicycle to represent faith in Christ. The bicycles are made by the
“Three Kings”. When a person chooses to believe in them, the bicycle arrives
and will fly when they are trusting. The series takes place in an end times
setting, with it finally ending at the rapture. Throughout the series, the
struggle between good and evil is shown in those choosing to ride Spirit Flyers
battling Goliath Industries, an organization that desires to see death and
destruction. At the end of the first book, the rest of John’s family received
Spirit Flyers. John went into the “deeper” world, meaning he was able to sort
of see a spirit realm and interact with the demon-like characters. Now he is
believing what he was told there – that a mountain of toys belongs to him – as
long as he stops riding his Spirit Flyer and trusting the Three Kings. It’s a
look at how secure our salvation is. John stops trusting, and the demon-like
characters tell him he wasn’t good enough, that his chains are not broken. The
truth is that he picked up broken chains and is choosing to wear them, but he
was never abandoned or rejected by the Three Kings.
I highly recommend this book as well as the others in the
series. It offers great spiritual value as well as a creative storyline and
enough suspense and adventure to keep readers interested.
Spiritual
Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5
Reviewer:
J:-)mi
John 10:28-29 – I give them eternal life and they shall never
perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father who has given them to
me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
Luke
12:15 – Then
he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an
abundance of possessions.”
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