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The Big Picture Story Bible Review
The Big Picture Bible Story Book is perfect for parents to read to their children, and eventually, for children to read on their own. It is an excellent way to introduce them to a book that will guide them through all of life. User Submitted The Big Picture Story Bible ReviewsNovember 23, 2008 Best children's Bible story book! The title says it all! This book tells the "Big Picture" story of the Bible. It uses different narrative stories to outline a Biblical theology. It is builds general, but very solid foundation for understanding God's work through biblical history! November 16, 2008 Great kids bible! This Bible was recommended to us by our Pastor. It is a great Bible to read to your kids because it explains in kid friendly language and illustrations God's redemptive plan through Scripture. It is also a very accurate and God centered/honoring Bible for kids...it has been great for my daily Bible reading time with my 3 (& even 9) yr old girls. It has also been very useful for our Sunday school classes for young children that is currently going through John Piper's young children curriculum. It is one of the few (if not the only) Bibles that we can use in conjunction with the curriculum because he encourages the teacher to paraphrase/retell/rewrite Scripture to ensure that it is God centered and age appropriate for the younger kids to understand along with the lessons---THANK YOU for writing/creating such a wonderful Bible! October 20, 2008 A Tremendous Addition to Your Child's Library Congratulations go to author David Helm, illustrator Gail Schoonmaker and the good people at Crossway Books for putting out a book that I have read more than fifteen times this year! If I could pick only one story Bible for my children,The BIg Picture Story Bible would be the one. Other Bible story books turn Old Testament stories into moralistic lessons. Joseph? Share your toys. Daniel? Stand up for Jesus. David? Be courageous. If these moralisms are your idea of a children's Bible, you probably won't like The Big PIcture Story Bible. But if you are like me and you have long hoped for a book that teaches children the biblical story from Creation to New Creation - a book that anticipates Jesus in the Old Testament and makes his crucifixion and resurrection the proper climax of the New Testament - then this book is for you. This book is pure gold. Even the illustrations convey a message. The artist thoughtfully and strategically places a "star" upon God's chosen representative, from Abraham to Isaac, from Jacob to David and Solomon. There are future glimpses of Jesus throughout the Old Testament. The story itself contains one central plot aim: "God's people in God's place under God's rule." This theme provides direction for every story in the book. The Bible stories are told creatively. Take for instance the preface to Jesus' birth: Caesar, the Roman ruler, the king of the whole Roman world, began counting all his people to show everyone how great he was. What Caesar did not know was that... God, the world's true ruler, the king of the universe, was getting ready to show everyone how great he was. And do you know how God was going to do this? Not like Caesar... not proudly, by counting all his people, but humbly, by becoming one of his people. Some stories might be more abbreviated than you expect. (David and Goliath receives two pages within a longer passage about how God keeps his promises to his people. The prophet Daniel is only mentioned in the context of his prayers for the Messiah.) But whereas some of the excitement of individual stories gets left out, the growing anticipation of God's people being under God's rule more than compensates. The Big Picture Story Bible does not shy away from theology. Of course, theological concepts are kept simple for children, but the author takes great care in pointing to Jesus through the Exodus, the kings, the prophets - reaching back to past events to fill in the meaning of the atonement. All of the stories ultimately point ahead to Jesus. I fully expect that The Big Picture Story Bible will one day be considered a classic Storybook for children. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Our son loves it, and we do too. It has been a tremendous addition to our library. October 4, 2008 Great for young learners I teach kindergarten and this book has been a huge blessing. The students I teach have very low English proficiency and they just can't focus well without a lot of visuals. The Big Picture Bible has illustrations that cover the entire page and also is a good bit larger than other kids Bibles making it a great tool to use with larger groups. I would recommend this Bible to anyone looking for a good children's Bible, but particularly for teachers looking for a good way to share Bible stories with their classes. September 22, 2008 A Deductive Perspective I looked all over for a Bible story book for my younger kids....one that would focus on the point of the Bible, and not just all the individual stories within it. If you are a deductive thinker, or have little deductive thinkers, you will make a much bigger impression in their minds approaching them from this angle. The stories are short--great for the attention span and comprehension of a bright pre-schooler. They leave in just the right amount of details to give your child a framework for what they will learn about God and the Bible as they get older. September 19, 2008 Great overview of the Bible We were very pleased with this overview of the Bible for Children. The artwork is beautiful and the story is well written and accurate. September 12, 2008 Fantastic Young Children's Bible I bought this for my daughter who just turned 5. She loves this book. We have been reading this book every night for her bed time for the last several week at her request. She's just starting to read and this book is just perfect for her age. Many have already commented about content so I will just say that the content is well done for young children. It keeps central message of Bible alive in words that young children can understand. August 21, 2008 This is the ONE If you are going to buy only one story Bible, make this the one. I have been blown away by reading this Bible with my kids -- I love that many of the illustrations are drawn from an "above" perspective -- from God's vantage point, as it were. This is the "big picture" of the Bible -- that people need saving, and God saves us. So yes, the book has "big pictures" as in illustrations, but it also presents the "big picture" of God's plan. The Big Picture Story Bible -- get it? The illustrations are so good, it's like watching a movie. My kids are spellbound. Twice we have sat down and read the entire book -- takes 1 hour, 15 minutes to go all the way through. The kids are 3 and 6 and have nothing like the attention span you would expect for kids to be able to sit still that long. They just fall into the book. When we break it up and read it bit by bit, they clamor for more. There are 450 pages of absolutely amazing illustrations, and all pointing to God's plan. The consistency of the message in the book is great. I'm going to buy more for new baby gifts -- talk about an amazing book! July 10, 2008 Wonderful! I bought this book for my godchild and it is perfect for a beginner reader! The pages are extremely colorful and eye-catching and the sentences are easy for him to understand. This is a perfect book for a child to start learning about the Bible. June 23, 2008 Amazing!! This book is OUTSTANDING!! When I read it to my preschool class, they begged me to read "Just one more chapter!" each day! It really does an excellent job of telling God's Story of the WHOLE Bible, connecting the individual stories from Genesis to Revelation, even including the time of waiting for the Messiah between the Old and New Testaments. The pictures are beautiful and colorful, showing the people from God's point of view. The text is written to carefully follow the Bible and is VERY child friendly - it has just enough text to go with each illustration. This book is great for children of any age AND the adults that read it to them!! For more The Big Picture Story Bible reviews click here.
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