The Prince's Poisoned Chalice

In The Prince's Poisoned Cup, R.C. Sproul continues his series of books designed to introduce profound biblical truths to children at their own learning level. In this material, the author focuses on the atonement to show that Jesus had to endure the curse of sin in order to redeem His people from spiritual death. When Ella gets sick and has to take medicine she doesn't like, she wonders why something that will make her feel better must taste so bad. When she asks her grandfather, he tells her the story of a great King and his subjects with whom he spent a wonderful time, until the people rebelled against the King and drank from the forbidden well. To everyone's horror, they realized that the beautiful water from the well turned hearts to stone. To reclaim his people, the King asks his son, the Prince, to drink from the well with that horrible poison, this poison would surely kill the prince, but he is willing to please his father and help his people.

Beautifully illustrated, The Prince's Poisoned Cup will help children appreciate God's great love for His people and the terrible price Jesus had to pay because of sin. A "for parents" section provides help to explain the biblical elements of this story.