The Scroll Christian Bookstore

October 12th, 2009

The Scroll Christian Bookstore is a nonprofit organization, here in Tyler. The Scroll is a great place to find an inspirational gift for friends or any Christian music, books and children literature.

If you are looking for a Bible the Scroll has all version, NIV, New King James, King James, or The Message, and much more. You can also find woman study Bibles, men study Bibles, student Bibles, children and teen Bibles and much more. You could also get beautiful leather Bibles and, for a small fee, get your name engraved into the cover.

Find beautiful paintings and woodcarvings to display an inspirational message in your house or give to your friend. Get a beautiful carving to hang on your wall with your favorite scripture. Frame a beautiful painting that moves you.

Find the newest CD by your favorite Christian artist, or find some of the best of the oldies. Pick up your favorite worship CD or fun children’s worship CD. Find all artists that you hear on the Christian radio such as Leland, Newsboys, Toby Mac and so much more. You will always find what you want at great prices.

If you need to do some shopping with your frustrated little children, let them play in the kid’s corner and watch a fun movie with a great lesson. Also you can find all your kid’s favorite books and stories. Find some great movies for your children, such as “Veggie Tales” and “3-2-1 Penguins.” you can be sure your children are watching good, clean and educational movies. And you will be certain that your children will learn good Christian morals. Let your kids learn through great books and fun toys and Biblical stories on sale. Also find stories on CD; let your children travel through life lessons while listening to “Adventures in Odyssey”. So come and let your children have some fun shopping!

You can pick up some of the most inspirational movies such as “Passion Of the Christ” and last year’s “Fire Proof” (the book and “the Love Dare” also available). You are always going to find these great movies and many other Christian movies at great prices.

If you are a home schooling parent you can find all the curriculum you need, from math to Literature. You can be sure that all you science books are Biblically based and teaches that we are all created by God in His image. Be sure that you children are getting the best education.

The Scroll offers all the Christian literature that you are looking for. You are able to find books on relationships for newly weds, couples married for 50 years, and couples preparing for marriage. No matter how mature you are in your relationship the Scroll has great books. You can find the most recommended books on both marriage and sex. You also can find great devotional books for whoever you are. Look through the great Christian novels and fiction novels, by some of the most know writers, such as Francine Rivers or C.S. Lewis.

The Scroll is a nonprofit organization that supports many different mission organizations here in East Texas, such as, Living Alternative, a home for pregnant teen mothers, and Pine Cove, a Christian Camp for children, and 89.5 Christian inspirational radio station, “The voice of encouragement”.

Remember to sign up to be on their mailing list to receive coupons and booklets to see what is new. Also you can order online and have it delivered to your house. So shop either from the comfort of your sofa or come visit the Scroll Christian Bookstore in Tyler TX and be inspired.

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The New Lifeway in Tyler

October 9th, 2009

Since I started writing for tylertxdirectory.com some of the businesses and schools I have written about have either expanded or changed locations and I have attempted to make additional notations, or write new articles when becoming aware of these developments. One such change has occurred with the opening of Lifeway Christian Store’s new location on South Broadway next to Best Buy.

The new local is a great one. The shopping center has become one of the busiest in Tyler and the bookstore will definitely pick up a lot of new walk in customers. The inside of the store is open and much less constricted and crowed than the old store. The selection is large as well. The product runs the gambit from art, to books, music and various gift items; even small pieces of jewelry. Lifeway has definitely become Tyler’s Christian Barnes and Noble.

My criticisms of the store remain the same as they were in my original piece. The theological persuasion of Lifeway Christian is extremely sectarian, being that it is a Baptist affiliated business. Anyone belonging to a more traditional denomination should be prepared to look elsewhere for relevant material. While searching for information on St. Francis of Assisi for a Sunday school class, an acquaintance of mine from church was told, rather priggishly, that “we don’t carry Catholic stuff.” The fact is, most of the literature in the store is popular religious writing, only written over the last fifty years, (and that’s probably a stretch, but I’ll give them an extra twenty). I’ve heard it said (and I whole heartedly agree) that for every new book one reads he should read three old ones. This could prove a difficult mantra to follow by shopping only at Lifeway Christian. Good thing Tyler has so many other book stores.

Even though I didn’t find much literature of interest to me (possibly because I wasn’t looking for a particular title), I will admit that I enjoyed browsing in the store. It’s neat, clean and well organized. Dispite my friend’s experience the staff is generally helpful, and while doctrinally narrow, it is a family friendly environment. So lest my readers think my evaluation too harsh, I give the New Lifeway Store a three, out of five stars. To read my original article on the store, go to the Tyler Blog section of this site and look for the title “Lifeway Christian Store in Tyler,” or for more information on the organization, see their website at www.lifewaystores.com.

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Tyler’s Book Barn

September 15th, 2009

Well, I mistakenly believed that I had written about all the bookstores in Tyler; that is until I was told about the Book Barn. So out of a desire to do justice to all the small local booksellers I paid the passed over store a visit.

The Book Barn advertises as a used bookstore with new bookstore atmosphere. While I would love to say that the establishment lives up to its mantra, it just doesn’t. I walked through the store and found that nearly the entire inventory was composed of paperbacks which could be found in an airport newsstand. They carried the usual thrillers and tech novels, and of course the ever present romance novels, but the history section was pathetically thin. If cookbooks and self help books are what you’re after, than sure, this may be the place, for you, but you may need to look elsewhere for classic literature, especially if you want a hardcover.

If you’ve read my review of Pea Picker Books, (which can be found under the Tyler blog section of this site), you’d know I’m not a huge fan of that particular store, but at least their huge volume makes it worth checking out. You may even discover some hard to find selections there. Unfortunately, Book Barn’s selection is very small. There are an awful lot of gaps on the shelves, and what they carry is mostly mainstream and easily found elsewhere. The store has yet to find its own niche in Tyler’s already crowded market.

The fact is, there is more to owning a used bookstore than just loving books and having a big library. Book Barn needs to offer something readers can’t find at other area establishments besides promising a lower price. There are plenty of other options offering the same advantage with a better selection. And the atmosphere is not a big enough draw to pick up the slack.

On a scale of one to five I’m forced to give the Book Barn a two. I’d love rate the store higher out of a desire to help a local bookseller, but I just wasn’t that impressed with the selection. For those who are still interested they are located on South Broadway in the French Quarter around the corner from China King. Perhaps other readers will have better luck finding what they are looking for than I did.

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