Today on renewing your mind, R. C. Sproll reads his children's book, The Lightlings. Here's a preview.

After the lightlings left the garden, the king began to remove his light from that garden.

And the garden soon became cold and covered with weeds and thorns and sticky briars.

It was awful living in the dreadful darkness all the time,

where the only light they ever saw was in barely lit shadows that danced in the forest.

In fact, they couldn't tell the difference anymore between night and day.

Music between night and day. Most of us know John 316, but do you know John 319?

The light has come into the world,

and people loved the darkness rather than the light

because their works were evil. As you'll hear today,

on a special edition of renewing your mind, not everyone is afraid of the dark. Some are afraid

of the light. R. C. Sprole was committed to bringing the truth of scripture to the next generation,

and he had a wonderful ability to do that through

his stories. The Lightlings, which you'll hear him read today, is one of my favorites. You can request

your own copy when you give a donation in support of renewing your mind and reaching the next

generation at Renewing Your Mind.org. It's Ligeneer's commitment to passing

down the faith to our children and grandchildren that encouraged us to develop a K-3-5th-grade

curriculum for children. I'll tell you more about that later, but you can explore this brand

new resource and pre-order copies at Growing in God's Word.org.

Well, I encourage you to gather your family together to enjoy a tale that captures the essence of the biblical story of redemption.

Here's Dr. Sprawl. One evening, in a house in a quiet neighborhood, a little boy was getting ready for bed.

The boy's name was Charlie Cobb, and as his mother was tucking him in, she covered him with blankets to make him

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