We’ve Made Some Changes To Parts of Years 7-12!

[LeslieNoelani]

As I've examined the new changes, I see many free reads moved to a scheduled book, many books moved up or down a year, others that were read in their entirety and are now read in part, some new missionary stories (yay!), and some formerly scheduled books that are now in the optional category. My question is about the devotional books that seem to be dropped altogether. I no longer see the following books in any form (ie as a free read, scheduled or moved)

* The Pursuit of God (Tozer)
*A Ready Defense (McDowell)
*Desiring God (Piper)
*Evidence That Demands a Verdict ( McDowell)
*The God Who is There (Schaeffer)
*Knowing God (Packer)
*The Attributes of God (Pink)
*The Holiness of God (Sproul)
*The Mind of the Maker (Sayers)
* The Pleasures of God ( Piper)

I would love to understand a bit more of why all these books, which are considered classics, are no longer being scheduled or offered even as options? 

A lot of students weren't connecting with them. The God Who is There and Mind of the Maker can be challenging for a lot of adults, and this is an area where it's important for the student to be inspired and reflective.

The books themselves are fine, but we wanted to slow down the pace so students would have time to think about them, and since that meant we needed to use fewer books, we tried to pack as much punch as possible in the books we did choose. It was merely an issue of having to make hard choices, not that we found fault with any of those books.