Best Children's Christian Bible Stories
Brazilian artist Sergio Cariello has created attention-holding illustrations marked by rich coloring, dramatic shading and lighting, bold and energetic designs, and emotionally charged figures. What David C. Cook couldn't know is that Sergio had grown up in Brazil with a Portuguese translation of that very same Picture Bible. Even though he knew as a kid that he wanted to be a comic artist, he never would have dreamed that he would one day get to work on the Picture Bible itself!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I absolutely love The Action Bible! The Action Bible isn't just for kids, I'm 30 and love it."
"Incredible number of stories (over 200)--this thing is THICK and solid. Similar to the Sistine Chapel, it explains Biblical truths in an engaging, dramatic, and artistic way that is relevant to our culture's art-form (i.e. graphic novels). In the same way it would be unfair to see the Sistine Chapel and complain how Michelangelo painted Cane and Able in the nude. I'd rate this PG depending on the maturity of your child and his/her understanding of Biblical text. Perfect for teenagers or kids you're looking to get hooked on Biblical studies."
"Please consider that this is NOT an exact word for word depiction of the bible."
"The artwork in this bible is well received by them as a supplement to the lessons, they still feel like they are "reading" the bible!"
"This bible graphic presents an excellent overview for any aged audience.Many people are curious about bible content but are either intimidated by its size and its controversial content in some sections.Others may be put off by the bible simply based on their own personal experiences.Here's a book that engages and informs you mostly through beautiful and authentic graphic art with comic book bubbles."
"I got a copy to suggest it to our Youth Director at our church."
"I also have a friend and I have a hard time trying to tell him about God because he really hates it wen I tell him about God."
"If you've got any one that you want to share the truth of the Bible with and they need a little coaxing, have this book lying around."
The multiple award-winning Jesus Storybook Bible tells the Story beneath all the stories in the Bible. Tullian Tchividjian, Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church -- PCA, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Jago's award-winning cover art is a foretaste of the whimsically insightful and richly colored drawings that await you on every one of the book's 351 pages. Lloyd-Jones does it as well as any biblical commentator....The title and subtitle are even better than the book's delightful illustrations and narrative -- because they provide, in one deft stroke, the interpretive key that unlocks the meaning of the whole Bible. True, that's to be expected when you combine the mesmerizing illustrations of Jago and the award-winning writing of Sally Lloyd-Jones, a Brit with an uncanny knack for storytelling. True, that's to be expected when you combine the mesmerizing illustrations of Jago and the award-winning writing of Sally Lloyd-Jones, a Brit with an uncanny knack for storytelling. -- More to Life Magazine In the interests of full disclosure, let me reveal that I had the privilege of reading the manuscript of this book several years ago as a theological consultant to Zondervan, the publisher. I hope that every family, and even people without young children, would get a copy of this book just to remind them of what the Real Story of the Bible is all about.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I've tried three or four toddler Bibles, but they ranged from the meaningless and banal (Read With Me Bible For Toddlers) to the downright horrifying in their interpretation (The Story For Little Ones). The Jesus Storybook Bible, on the other hand, seeks to show how God's plan of salvation is unfolding through each story, and largely succeeds in doing so. First of all, there are children's Bibles like the Read With Me Bible that are simply bland. Granted, toddlers are not going to pick up on every nuance of a story from the Bible, but the Read With Me Bible often chooses the wrong points to emphasize, entirely leaving out important points of narrative along the way. One story simply lists miracles Jesus did with no context, failing to communicate that Jesus' miracles actually anticipate and begin to realize a new world, a world where God's Kingdom and rule are breaking into the world in a new and exciting way. This simply displays a level of ignorance about the story of Samson that is beyond belief for someone writing (interpreting) a Bible for children! So, for example, the story of the Exodus is told not as the story of God's great magic show, but instead on the great, mighty, and terrifying rescue of God's people from their slavery, pointing forward also to humanity's slavery to sin and coming rescue in Jesus. But again, the strength of this Bible is that it gets the story right, interpreting the main idea correctly and always pointing toward Jesus."
"I learned about THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE from my pastor, who recommended it for every parent and grandparent of young children."
"Along with "God's Love" by ChampThornton, "The Bible's Big Story" by James Hamilton, "The Biggest Story" by Kevin DeYoung and "What's in the Bible With Buck Denver?""
"I love this, I have toddlers and want them to know about the happiest, greatest story in all the world<3 Its simple and sweet and I love how each biblical story ends with how that story paves the way for Jesus. Mostly the main message, the good news; God loves the world, loves YOU, no matter what!"
"It’s great to read alternate translations (even kids versions) while retaining biblical accuracy."
"I was delighted to find out that not only did we finish it but she also brought it back to me after a few weeks and wanted to read it through a second time!"
"So many of the versions out there are just the regular bible verses with colorful kids pictures incorporated."
"Every single Bible story is tied to Christ and points children to the understanding of God's overall plan of redemption and salvation through Christ."
Here is the entire story of the Bible, narrated by master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. Reading like a great historical novel, The Book of God dramatizes the sweep of biblical events, making the men and women of this ancient book come alive in vivid detail and dialogue. Wangerin helps you understand what it was like for each person to be caught up in the events of a particular time and place--a time and place where the eternal God somehow reached out and touched ordinary men and women. He partitions the whole into eight parts: half focus on personalities (The Ancestors, Kings, Prophets, The Messiah), and half concern themselves with epic themes (The Covenant, The Wars of the Lord, Letters From Exile, The Yearning). Instead, he imagines the finer points of the tension between Sarah and her slave, Hagar; the words Isaac might have used in blessing Jacob; or the drama of Jesus's baptism by his cousin, John. For adult readers who are intimidated by the sheer bulk of the Bible, or for those who desire a novelist's different perspective on some very familiar stories, Wangerin is likely to be a welcome voice; for others, however, the novel will feel like an ornate but pale imitation of a great book.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great book by Wangerin - this was a replacement to my personal library of a paperback copy that I read years ago and gave away to a friend."
"For those struggling to get through the Bible, this book puts it in a narrative form which was the first way I was able to get through the entire Bible."
"If you want to read the Bible a any other story."
"Gift for husband."
"Well up to Wangerin's high standards."
"Written in true Wangerin style!"
"New insight into Bible characters and stories I've heard for years, Really enjoying it."
Best Multiple Translations Christian Bibles
In this first-of-its-kind study Bible, the Bible is presented with commentary from the ancient Christian perspective that speaks to those Christians who seek a deeper experience of the roots of their faith. This is the only resource Bible written with study aids and articles written from an Orthodox Christian perspective- the New Testament and Psalms are interpreted from the doctrinal foundation of the Orthodox Church.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"For purposes of full disclosure allow me to say, first of all, that I'm a practicing Catholic Christian of the Latin Rite who hopes to grant a unique perspective regarding the offerings of this particular Bible. Allow me to articulate exactly why: The case for the Septuagint Old Testament: The unique and most compelling reason to acquire the OSB: it is the only complete Bible in English to be published with the Greek OT right next to the NT. This is so, because Greek was the common language of antiquity in the region and the Septuagint translation (which includes the apocryphal/deuterocanonical "hidden books" of the "second canon") was completed more than a century before Christ's birth. If you don't already have a Septuagint, it's well worth picking one up, and the OSB version is preferable to the aging Brenton translation and even to the flawed-NRSV-based NETS (if you're a conservative practitioner of your faith, it's really hard to take the NRSV seriously with its literal-but-intentionally-unorthodox renderings of scripture as well as its politically-motivated gender-sterilized language). The case for the NKJV New Testament: Other reviewers have mentioned a distaste for the New King James Version and, as someone who also affirms most of the critical methods of modern NT scholarship, I can certainly empathize. Though the NKJV relies on the Textus Receptus (a Reformation Era-variant of Byzantine text-type manuscripts, compiled by Erasmus) and maintains such renderings in the body of scripture, its footnotes are the most comprehensive of any translation. The overriding benefit to the selection of the TR is that the NKJV retains the same eloquent, familiar phraseology and literary grace that caused its predecessor to leave such an indelible mark on English language and literature ever after. If you're an Eastern Catholic, this will fit you like a glove since all scripture references cited during Byzantine Divine Liturgy are clearly referenced and the appendix even includes a lectionary for the entire liturgical year. The potential benefits to such future volumes would be references to papal encyclicals, pertinent teachings from the Catechism, and explanations by intellectual giants like Dr. Scott Hahn, Curtis Mitch, or other faithful scripture scholars. Despite this, text ghosting from the other side is surprisingly minimal--I just worry about dropping this one day and forever creasing a couple hundred pages for its potential lack of resilience. Other observations of note: The OSB does suffer one logistical drawback shared, for example, by the Douay-Rheims (the traditional Catholic Bible translated from the Clementine Vulgate): the verse numberings occasionally deviate from the standard (which has been set by an OT in Hebrew and a NT in Greek). Also, the publisher has more or less recently come out with a red, genuine leather edition that is significantly pricier, but which sports a beautiful and ornate gold cover design."
"I was surprised to find a variant of the chronologies, such as Gen 5 and Gen 11, to see how the LXX is so different from the MT."
"Really good."
"Excellent study Bible and useful for students of the Apocrypha as revealed in the LXX."
"As an Orthodox Christian, I consider the print version of the OSB an invaluable resource, as it is the only modern and scholarly translation of the Septuagint in particular that has an easily-used and usually easy-to-read print format. The scholarly value of this translation is best left to those with more reputation than I. I am mainly writing this review to point out that the Kindle version that I bought last month has a few design flaws that make it difficult to use on a Kindle touch."
"I reasoned that the Kindle was lighter, and I could have the whole OSB as an eBook, so I forked out $15.00 and downloaded it, only to find that the notes are absent, and what this version calls "notes" are just references of one passage to another, much as you will find in any version of the Bible This greatly diminishes what I have in the print version -- I might as well have bought a NKJ, Don't get this Kindle version if you are expecting to get what you find in the print version of the Orthodox Study Bible."
Best New International Reader's Bibles
The NIrV Adventure Bible for Early Readers takes you on a fun, exciting journey through God’s Word. Here’s a quick tour through the features: “Life in Bible Times” Articles and illustrations describe what life was like in ancient days “People in Bible Times” offer close-up looks at amazing people of the Bible “Did You Know?” provides interesting facts that help you better understand God’s Word. The Adventure Bible NIV and Adventure Bible for Early Readers NIrV are complete Bibles from Zonderkidz, with numerous educational features and illustrations for children. Both books offer the full text of the Bible (New International Version) along with teaching sidebars such as: “Words to Treasure”, “Did You Know?”, “Life in Bible Times”, “People in Bible Times”, and “Live It!”. The Adventure Bible for Early Readers takes you on a fun, exciting journey through God's Word. Here's a quick tour through the features: 'Life in Bible Times' Articles and illustrations describe what life was like in ancient days 'People in Bible Times' offer close-up looks at amazing people of the Bible 'Did You Know?'.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The color and pictures keep their attention without making it a baby bible or taking away from the purpose of the bible."
"It’s eye catching and written to be a little bit easier to understand that your basic Bible, but it doesn’t distort anything."
"Additional features make a superb first “big Bible” for young readers."
"The only thing that was disappointing to me was that this did not match the one I got my son (the one with the blue turtle)."
"Received this in the mail yesterday, and presented it to my daughter right away."
"This is a very attractive Bible."
"I like the version/translation/adaption, but the Kindle book (maybe the app) is hard to quickly maneuver through this Bible."
"He loves having his Bible read to him in words he can understand."
Best Children's Bible Reference
Answers questions about Christ that even adults struggle to answer.You meet skeptics every day. SPANISH BIO: Lee Strobel tiene una licenciatura en periodismo de la Universidad de Missouri y una maestria en estudio de leyes de la Universidad Yale. Es autor de exitos de ventas del New York Times de casi veinte libros y ha sido entrevistado por numerosos programas nacionales de television, incluyendo 20/20 de la cadena ABC, Fox News y CNN. Cuatro de sus libros han ganado el premio Medalla de oro y uno de ellos fue el ganador del premio Libro cristiano del ano 2005 (el cual escribio junto a Garry Poole).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a great book to start with."
"Great book for parents to read and then explain to younger kids!"
"Lee Strobel does an excellent job examining the facts."
"My kids and I really enjoyed reading this book."
"We are reading this to our granddaughter's (ages 12 and 14 1/2) for our daily devotions."
"Great book, great story, based on a true story ."
"Perfect!"
"This book had a lot of good evidences for Christ."