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“A sower went out to sow . . . seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. . . . As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit” (Matthew 13:3, 8, 23).

“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth” (I Corinthians 3:6-7).

Planters Press^TM is the imprint of Bob Walton, who for more than thirty-five years has been teaching Bible in Christian high schools in the Philadelphia area. The books published through Planters Press represent courses he has developed, taught, and refined over many years in the classroom. Lord willing, these books will be of use to teachers and students alike in Christian schools, churches, and homeschool settings.

Eternal Values for a Valueless Age contains the author’s Christian Ethics course in book form. The book is a survey of the Ten Commandments, beginning with an introductory chapter that examines and critiques various unbiblical approaches to ethical decision-making, then contrasts them with fundamental biblical principles. Each succeeding chapter focuses on one of the commandments in the Decalogue, opening with background material that will help the reader understand the ideas behind each commandment, then treating a series of practical and/or controversial issues associated with it. The book is intended, not only to help readers who desire to follow Christ to think through some of the great issues of the day from a biblical perspective, but also to enable them to articulate principles of Christian morality in a society that increasingly rejects those principles. 240 pages,$15.95.

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Making Dry Bones Live contains the author’s Church History course. The book covers the Ancient Church (to 476), the Medieval Church (476-1517), the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648), the Modern European Church (from 1648), and the American Church (from 1607). The book’s forty-five chapters are suitable for classroom use; the text also includes study and review questions for students. The author attempts to bring the history of the Christian Church to life, not only by telling exciting stories of Christians of the past, but also by explaining doctrinal issues with which the Church has grappled and seeking to apply the lessons of the past to the reader of the present. The text is suitable for pastors and laymen and for teachers and students in Christian schools, Sunday Schools, and home schools. A teacher’s manual is available free of charge from the author in electronic format with the order of ten copies or more. 538 pages,$24.95.

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Thinking Inside the Box contains the author’s Christian Perspective course, a survey of academic disciplines students are likely to encounter in college. Thirteen disciplines are included, broken down into sections on the Humanities, the Social Sciences, the Natural Sciences, and the Fine Arts. Each discipline is examined with the intention of distinguishing between biblical and secular worldviews in approaching the subject. Readers are taught to look for unstated assumptions and discern how those assumptions lead to the conclusions that are presented by professors and textbook writers. Everyone has a worldview, a set of presuppositions, often unstated and sometimes unconscious, that provides the picture frame through which he interprets reality. For the Christian, this worldview must be derived from the Scriptures – God’s revelation is the box through which we view the world as we seek to “think God’s thoughts after Him.” 196 pages,$13.95.

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More books are planned for this series, including the following:

The Bible Tells Me So (Bible Doctrine)

The Greatest Life Ever Lived (Life of Christ)

For other material by Bob Walton, see:

Chronological and Background Charts of Church History (Zondervan, 1986; revised and expanded, 2005)

Faith Reformed Baptist Church Sunday School Curriculum Project (Sunday School curriculum)

Notes on Classic Literature for Christian High School Teachers (free teachers’ notes on 150 books)

If you wish to place an order from Planters Press, write to the e-mail or “snail mail” address below. Be sure to include your name, address, phone number and e-mail address, along with a list of the materials you wish to purchase. Please send a check for the appropriate amount with your order, made out to the author, not Planters Press (for those outside the United States, prices are in US dollars). Materials will be shipped as soon as a check for the appropriate amount is received.

Planters Press
Robert C. Walton
1516 Elson Rd.
Brookhaven, PA 19015-1927
(610) 872-5305

Questions? Write to me now at: rwalton@rcwalton.com