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Treasure Box Books | Dads Building Relationships, Reading Great Books, Preparing Children for Life

Treasure Box Books | Dads Building Relationships, Reading Great Books, Preparing Children for Life

By: Nathan Ching | Christian Homeschool Dad Lover of Good Books
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 ⚔️ Do you long to inspire your children with stories of heroes in history and with the greatest story ever told--the word of God? 🛠️ Do you want to equip your children for life in the world, so that they’ll have wisdom and understanding as they face the challenges in whatever work God calls them to? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Do you desire to live and learn together with your family, using good books and real-life experiences to build relationships that will last a lifetime? In this podcast, you’ll find real-life tips and recommendations for books our homeschooling family loves, and discussions of how we as dads can make it easier to read to and with our children. My mission is to equip you with hope and help as you seek to train your children in God’s way and lead your family, relying first on the Bible and then learning from the wealth of great books that are available for the taking. If you’re ready to uncover instructional, inspiring books to read to and with your family, to build strong family relationships by reading, talking and living together, and to prepare your children for life and eternity with great books & activities, then join us for Treasure Box Books! Hi, I’m Nathan Ching, a redeemed child of God, happy husband and homeschooling dad, and lifelong lover of good books. For years--even before I became a father--I eagerly looked forward to leading my children to know, love, and serve God. As a young man, I realized that reading, beginning first with the Bible, then other books, unlocked my understanding. The Old Testament prophet said, ”I Daniel understood by books….” When I prayed about how to train my children for God, I became convinced that reading to and with my children would be an essential element in helping them to delight in God and do His will. While I can’t claim to have perfected the art of leading my family, I am happy to say that the Lord has taught me practical, useful lessons--lessons I believe would serve other dads as they lead their families. That’s what this podcast is all about. There are treasures to be found in books that simply can’t be found anywhere else. Come join us on our journey, and let’s go find the treasures in books! 📖 Download free Bible audio: www.refreshpublishing.com/bible 🧑🏻‍💻 Visit the Website: www.treasureboxbooks.com 📩 Email Me: support@treasureboxbooks.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ https://feed.podbean.com/treasureboxbooks/feed.xml Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.Copyright 2023 Nathan Ching. All rights reserved. Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Parenting & Families Relationships Spirituality
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  • 069 | Four Ideas for the Fourth of July

    069 | Four Ideas for the Fourth of July
    Jul 4 2025
    Hey fellow dads, Happy Fourth of July! As your family celebrates America’s birthday, have you thought about the ideas that formed the foundation for our nation and the first Independence Day? Join us today as we talk about a book that reveals the largely unknown true history of America’s independence and discuss how to teach our children a Christian patriotism. —Nathan Scriptures 📖 Proverbs 22:4 By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life. 📖 Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to any people. 📖 Psalm 33:12 Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 📖 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Book 📚 The Patriot’s Reference: Documents, Speeches, and Sermons that Compose the American Soul, Edited by Joel J. Miller and Kristen Parrish, published by Thomas Nelson. Not mentioned in podcast, but also helpful: 📚 The Revolution Myth by Glen Chambers and Gene Fisher. Out of print, but available from some used book sources. John Dickinson and Thomas Jefferson on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 6, 1775 We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force.—The latter is our choice.—We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.—Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them. Our cause is just. Our Union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.—We gratefully acknowledge as signal instances of the Divine favor towards us, that his Providence would not permit us to be called into this severe controversy, until we were grown up to our present strength, had been previously exercised in warlike operations, and possessed of the means of defending ourselves. With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves. Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.—Necessity has not yet driven us into that desperate measure, or induced us to excite any other nation to war against them. We have not raised armies with ambitious designs of separating from Great Britain, and establishing independent States. We fight not for glory or for conquest. We exhibit to mankind the remarkable spectacle of a people attacked by unprovoked armies, without any imputation, or even suspicion of offence. They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birthright, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it— for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall' be removed, and not before, With an humble confidence in the mercies of the supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the Universe, we most devoutly implore his Divine goodness to protect us happily through this great conflict, to dispose our adversaries to reconciliation on reasonable terms, and thereby to relieve the empire from the calamities of civil war. As quoted by Thaddeus Allen, in An Inquiry into the Views, Services, Principles and Influences of the Leading Men in the Origination of Our Union and the Formation and Administration of our Early Government, vol. 1 (Boston: Saxton & Kelt, 1847). Four simple, practical ideas to teach our children about the 4th of July: Tell them the stories of America’s past, with the words of the founders themselves.Show them that God did hear the humble prayers of the founding ...
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  • 068 | Father’s Day Gifts—For Your Family

    068 | Father’s Day Gifts—For Your Family
    Jun 15 2025

    Hey Fellow Dads,

    What’s on your Father’s Day wishlist? It’s pretty easy to find items for ourselves . . . but what if this year we chose some gifts for our family? Here are a few suggestions—and they don’t even cost a thing!

    —Nathan

    Scriptures

    📖 Hebrews 5:1-2

    📖 Proverbs 23:26

    📖 Deuteronomy 11:19

    📖 Ecclesiastes 3:4

    📖 John 19:25-27

    📖 1 Cor. 15:3-8

    📖 Mark 7:24-30

    Books

    📚 How to Be Your Wife’s Best Friend: 365 Ways to Show Your Love, by Dan Bolin and John Trent

    📚 How to Be Your Daughter’s Daddy: 365 Ways to Show Her You Care, by Dan Bolin

    📚 How to Be Your Little Man’s Dad: 365 Things to Do With Your Son, by Dan Bolin and Ken Sutterfield

    📚 Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire, by Bret Baier

    📚 Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark, by J.C. Ryle

    Other Resources

    🎧 Patch the Pirate Goes to the Jungle

    🎧 Patch the Pirate and the Great American Time Machine

    🎧 The Custards’ Last Stand

    Gifts to Give Your Family

    1. Patience
    2. Presence
    3. Playfulness
    4. Priority
    5. Prayer

    Related Episodes

    Episode 25—“We Need You, Dad”

    Episode 28—“Keep Daddy (& Mommy) Times”

    Episode 54—”Role #4: Priest”

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  • 067 | D-Day’s Principles for Dads

    067 | D-Day’s Principles for Dads
    Jun 7 2025

    Hey Fellow Dads,

    Many of us enjoy reading war stories—and I’ll recommend some great ones in today’s episode—but have you ever considered what needs and roles we might have in common with the heroes of those stories? Specifically, what principles can the history of D-day teach us for our roles as dads? That’s what I’ll discuss in today’s episode. —Nathan

    Scriptures

    📖 Ecclesiastes 9:10

    📖 Proverbs 24:6

    📖 Psalm 127:4

    📖 Proverbs 13:22

    📖 Proverbs 14:15

    📖 1 Samuel 12:23

    Books

    📚 Three Days in January, by Bret Baier*

    📚 The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion, by Douglas Brinkley*

    📚 The King’s Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy, by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi*

    📚 Band of Brothers, by Stephen Ambrose*

    • Due to some situations and inappropriate language, these books are not recommended for children without parental censoring.
    Five Principles of D-Day
    1. The principle of seeing reality.
    2. The principle of planning.
    3. The principle of preparing.
    4. The principle of being decisive.
    5. The principle of praying.
    Links
    • Imperial War Museum website
    • President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s call to prayer

    • Gen. Eisenhower's Order of the Day

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    💡 See the show notes, with Scripture references, quotes, and more, at https://refreshpublishing.com/067-d-day's-principles-for-dads 🎙️Please subscribe to the podcast so you can listen again next week! ✍🏻 Leaving a review is the best way to say "thanks" so that others can find the podcast, too! In Apple Podcast app, scroll down to the bottom of the episode list (right above the "About" section) and click the tiny link to "Write a Review." ➡️ Take a screenshot or click the "Share" button in your podcast app to let your friends know. 🧑🏻‍💻 Join the Facebook group 📧 Read more and subscribe to our newsletter at treasureboxbooks.com

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