The Sword of the Spirit: The Story of William Tyndale by Joyce McPherson (A Review)
I'm so delighted to see a new children's biography by Joyce McPherson, published by Greenleaf Press . Her newest title is The Sword of the Spirit: The Story of William Tyndale . The Reformation Era is my favorite time period to study in World History, and Tyndale's is a fascinating story about the translation of the Bible into English at great peril. Tyndale studied Hebrew under Martin Luther, constantly fled persecution by the English government, and was eventually betrayed by a friend, arrested, and executed as a martyr for the gospel in 1536. His dying prayer? "Lord, open the king of England's eyes..." Two years later, King James authorized The Great Bible, largely Tyndale's work, for use in the Church of England. I am most familiar with Tyndale through Scott O'Dell's novel The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day , which I've taught as literature in our co-op a few times. Most of our reading selections this coming school year will ...