Definitely points for name dropping Carmen San Diego! Love the shirt as well. I actually saw the Adventure Bible in Hobby Lobby today while looking for something else, lead me to your video. And down the rabbit hole of Disciple Dojo I go. 👍
I know its far from being a legit bible... but even as an adult i enjoy flipping through the action bible once in a while! For what it is, it is beautifully done.
I even like using this Bible in addition to commentary to help me understand some of the more complex/confusing stories or the parts that might be a bit less interesting shall we say and it helps invigorate me to continue on versus having to labor through long sentences and be a little bit confused on what’s happening. Like an additional resource to my regular Bible since it puts things in simpler language wording.
Can you speak to how the adventure bible handles topics that are divided among Christians? Like you did with the kids Study Bible and how it explained both stances of egalitarian and complimentarian? Also - do you have a video of the adventure bible that is NIrV? Maybe it’s new?
Long story short, we've lived overseas for the last 8 years, and I'm looking to get a youth Bible for my 10 and 8 year old. The Visual Study Bible was recommended by a friend, and I really liked your explanation of it, but now, because of their age, I might go with the Investigator's Holy Bible. Do you still recommend Investigator's Holy Bible for 3rd and 5th grade over Visual Study Bible? Or is it more a six to one and half dozen to the other situation? I have no idea how to lead them in an actual bible study. Do you have any recommendations for an online youth Bible study resource or possible youtube channel? I will say that I also lean egalitarian in my approach.
Those look cool for kids . Each look like a good tool and would have a great application depending on who it’s for . One thing I would like is if something as simple as these children’s Bibles were reformatted for adults. The big issue I run into is adults with a underdeveloped reading ability. Thanks for the video! One additional thing my smellovision isn’t working, what’s with the shirt ? 😆 Blessings
@@DiscipleDojo Cool! 2 Corinthians 2:15 [15] For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, I didn’t see that lol 😆 was watching over the top of my glasses 🤓 Thanks Again Blessings
I must admit as an adult I am guilty of reading from a children's Bible (the ICB) in church whenever I was on the rotation for scripture. One time I was invited to read at an ecumenical service (United Church of Canada, Mennonite Brethren, and Anglican combined to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the village I lived in). Not wanting to go up to the front with my bright pink sparkly Bible I ended up photocopying the relevant passage and paper clipping it into a black leather KJV. It's not that I can't read it's just I'd rather use simplified language and not risk having a bunch of harder to say words appear. Interestingly, people have come up to me and asked what translation I used as they liked the phrasing.
I'm guessing you're Protestant (so am I) but after watching your video of the Oxford study Bible which contains the Apocrypha it makes me wonder if you'd be able to do a review of the Catholic Children's/Youth Bibles by St Mary's Press?
That tends to mean it's out of print, not always but most of the time. That's not Amazon's price, that's the individual retailer that still has some or a private individual. Amazon owns Thriftbooks. So if you click the buy used option you can probably find several copies listed for way less.
For what it's worth i think the book is great but not as a primary study type Bible. The extra biblical notes are not about explanationing what the passages are about but more about reinforcing a truth through a tangible project. It's great for a child that's into STEM/STEAM projects. Or maybe as a resource for a homeschooling family.
Love the NIrV for little kids! Learned about it from Mark Ward’s channel. I really don’t like truncated and patronizing Bible info for anyone, even children. My four year old and I have had lots of conversations about the Bible and I don’t sugarcoat it for him. I keep it age appropriate for understanding purposes but I don’t dumb it down. Your small child can grasp more than you think and even if they don’t fully understand it now, familiarizing them with actual biblical terminology and concepts is helpful, in my opinion.
I am looking for good bibles for my niece and nephew. He has adhd and ASD so I want to get him a good one but also a normal kids Bible when he’s ready and my niece is 5.
Children's bibles have such a great opportunity to call out interesting things for children to learn. I haven't found one that does everything. Perhaps that would make it too large? A split of old and new testaments might be a better option. Some features that are nice: Dictionary Concordance Maps Ancient life (what life was like in those days, pictures, how children themselves might have lived and worshiped) Accurate pictures and illustrations, not too cartoonish Key theology - important to callout and grasp high level concepts like God's nature, trinity, law, sin, fall, coventants, punishments, prophets, kings, etc etc Key historical shifts - callouts to very memorable and large moments in history Key figures - blurbs that summarize the biography of people Gender focus - despite the modern world we live in, I think it would be good to have callouts specifically written with male/female points, how something relates more uniquely to them. Callout key points in the OT that forshadow Jesus or future events, prophesies etc. Daily living - Callout how the child can consider the passage and apply to their life Prayer - Callout when a certain passage can be used for a prayer or type of prayer (for healing, for wisdom, etc) help kids learn how to pray scripture Callout (in the NT) where something was a fullfillment of OT prophesy. Gospel callouts - Key passages that directly relate to what it means to become a Christian, share the gospel, what to believe etc You get the idea. Even though my daughter has an NIrV, she gets bogged down by walls of text. After all, you have to see 4 columns of text when open to any page. So all the above types of callouts and info blurbs are a good way to break up the boring nature of walls of text. It helps you think about what you're reading a little more deeper, despite being simpler English.
"I haven't found one that does everything." No Bible is supposed to do that. That's why God gives children parents. A bare-bones pew Bible and a dedicated parent is all you really need. Part of the problem is that parents don't want to PARENT. They want to hand kids a Bible and drop them off at Sunday School/Youth Group & have them do their job for them. Most kids don't even read books these days. They have their faces in their screens. And so do their parents. These are the real problems. They won't be fixed no matter how jam packed with information and pictures a Bible may be.
@@Yesica1993 That is a bit overly cynical don't you think? Children are going to have a hard time with abstractions and trying to visualize life from thousands of years ago. To be able to understand more deeply through illustrations and extra teaching points and interesting facts will help them in their personal reading. Of course kids need their parents involvement, and of course they also need their sunday school and church and home devotions etc. But ALSO, it's nice if their personal bible has extra information, pictures, facts to help make non-obvious texts come alive more. Nothing wrong with that!
Good for you! I’ve just bought one. I was ok at school and even went to college but now I’m getting old. I can’t remember so well. And a kids bible does help with tricky bits I didn’t get before.
that scripture you mentioned that's constantly misinterpreted, that is what Paul is trying to say, but when you read it out of the King James, that's how some might take it as is. by the way John is a Calvinist i think, not evangelical, Paul Washer is in that same Calvinist camp. they tend to be King James only types.
An interesting observation about the two best known translations for kids or younger readers. This is from Genesis 4:1 NIrV Adam loved his wife Eve and slept with her. She became pregnant... ICB Adam had intimate relations with his wife Eve. She became pregnant... And for comparison here is the same verse in some of the "adult" translations KJV And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived,... NET Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant... I bring this up just as a warning to parents that the NIrV and ICB can sound more clinical/explicit which might bring up awkward questions from your 8 year old.
the part about Jews is partially true, but there confusing the Jewish scribes during Jesus. they were trying to live by what they know, which can be described as works to some degree. but the people back during Abrahams time, Jacob, Moses, Joshua and David, they all lived by there faith. but they did have to make a sacrifice. they had to use the lambs blood, and that was there way God forgave there sins. but that's why he sent Jesus, because he knew it wasn't enough to keep having the people repeat a pattern. so Jesus became the final and perfect sacrifice, so now when you repent admit your a sinner, you confess what Jesus did for you on the cross, and you accept him into your life and from that moment i will now live for you. after that all your past and future sins are wiped clean, and your spirit is born again. you'll still make mistakes though, none of us are perfect, but once Jesus makes us with God, we just live one day at a time in a walk with him.
I do not like the superhero Bible. Nope nope nope. Very bad Bible. There are notes and crap all over the place in the text. For me who is blind and uses an OrCam and is learning how to read the Bible in print not a good fit for somebody that’s just learning how to read print. Nope nope nope The venture Bible does seem like something that I would read because it sounds like the way they do. Things is a little more organized. The Bible translation I use and love is the international children’s Bible. But I do like the NI RV because you get more options for themes, nice concept. Superhero is a good concept for a Bible but the way it’s executed is not very good at all. That Bible is big and clunky and really sucks. Don’t buy it! The fact that it’s big is not a dealbreaker but what is the deer dealbreaker is the really cluttered chaotic text. It’s just too busy. I want the Bible text with not really any notes, but it has the study tools in the beginning of the book and at the end of each book or story. That sounds like that’s what it has so if I do get an actual real and ARV in print again this is the one I would probably get. I mean NIRV. I could even get the kid quest study because it’s in leather soft and I love having my Bible that’s in leather soft. That’s what my international children’s Bible is. And I love my Bible because I love the different introductions for each book and how things are presented. The references and notes instead of cluttering up the text are actually on their own separate pages. And I can tell because those pages are thicker and a different texture. Being both blind and autistic that is really nice.
Can you speak to how the adventure bible handles topics that are divided among Christians? Like you did with the kids Study Bible and how it explained both stances of egalitarian and complimentarian? Also - do you have a video of the adventure bible that is NIrV? Maybe it’s new?
Definitely points for name dropping Carmen San Diego! Love the shirt as well. I actually saw the Adventure Bible in Hobby Lobby today while looking for something else, lead me to your video. And down the rabbit hole of Disciple Dojo I go. 👍
Welcome to our Bible-nerdy rabbit hole! :)
I know its far from being a legit bible... but even as an adult i enjoy flipping through the action bible once in a while!
For what it is, it is beautifully done.
I’m adult with learning disability I’m wondering is it okay for me to buy a kids bibles.
Of course! Whatever helps you understand the content better is perfectly fine!
I read that the NIrV is written at a 3rd grade reading level. This may be a helpful resource for you. Grace and peace.
I even like using this Bible in addition to commentary to help me understand some of the more complex/confusing stories or the parts that might be a bit less interesting shall we say and it helps invigorate me to continue on versus having to labor through long sentences and be a little bit confused on what’s happening. Like an additional resource to my regular Bible since it puts things in simpler language wording.
Can you speak to how the adventure bible handles topics that are divided among Christians? Like you did with the kids Study Bible and how it explained both stances of egalitarian and complimentarian? Also - do you have a video of the adventure bible that is NIrV? Maybe it’s new?
From your analyses, you could write/edit and excellent children’s bible! I’d like to see that.
This was great! Have you reviewed the girls NLT life application study Bible for kids? I was curious to compare that and the kids visual study Bible.
I have not. If someone sends me a copy I'd be glad to. :-)
NLT is not a real Bible. Avoid.
i appreciate this sooo much! also i love the shirt!
Long story short, we've lived overseas for the last 8 years, and I'm looking to get a youth Bible for my 10 and 8 year old. The Visual Study Bible was recommended by a friend, and I really liked your explanation of it, but now, because of their age, I might go with the Investigator's Holy Bible. Do you still recommend Investigator's Holy Bible for 3rd and 5th grade over Visual Study Bible? Or is it more a six to one and half dozen to the other situation?
I have no idea how to lead them in an actual bible study. Do you have any recommendations for an online youth Bible study resource or possible youtube channel? I will say that I also lean egalitarian in my approach.
Check out the channel "Context for Kids" by Tyler Dawn Rosequist. She does amazing Bible studies that are kid friendly and adults learn too!
ua-cam.com/users/ContextForKids
@@DiscipleDojo Thank you so much for the link. In the end, we went with the Visual Study Bible. They will be great Christmas presents for the kids.
But are they reformed? 😜 Thanks for the reviews. Will revisit when my kids get a couple years older.
Well, they are Zondervan, not Crossway...so... 😅
Those look cool for kids . Each look like a good tool and would have a great application depending on who it’s for .
One thing I would like is if something as simple as these children’s Bibles were reformatted for adults. The big issue I run into is adults with a underdeveloped reading ability. Thanks for the video!
One additional thing my smellovision isn’t working, what’s with the shirt ? 😆
Blessings
Hint: look real close at the Scripture reference on the shirt. 😉😁
And yes! A simplified adult Bible would be very helpful to many!
@@DiscipleDojo
Cool!
2 Corinthians 2:15
[15] For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
I didn’t see that lol 😆 was watching over the top of my glasses 🤓
Thanks Again
Blessings
I must admit as an adult I am guilty of reading from a children's Bible (the ICB) in church whenever I was on the rotation for scripture. One time I was invited to read at an ecumenical service (United Church of Canada, Mennonite Brethren, and Anglican combined to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the village I lived in). Not wanting to go up to the front with my bright pink sparkly Bible I ended up photocopying the relevant passage and paper clipping it into a black leather KJV. It's not that I can't read it's just I'd rather use simplified language and not risk having a bunch of harder to say words appear. Interestingly, people have come up to me and asked what translation I used as they liked the phrasing.
Thanks for doing this!!
I'm guessing you're Protestant (so am I) but after watching your video of the Oxford study Bible which contains the Apocrypha it makes me wonder if you'd be able to do a review of the Catholic Children's/Youth Bibles by St Mary's Press?
I'm happy to review any Bible people send me! :-)
I am looking for a larger print Bible for kids, not too distracting. But with photos. Any ideas?
The Kids Visual Bible that I reviewed above would be my recommendation.
Wow, Amazon has that NIrV, Kids' Quest at $129.98 for the imitation leather and $129.27 for paperback. That's outrageous.
That's crazy. I think sometimes bookstore softward autoprices things and you end up with insane prices like that.
That tends to mean it's out of print, not always but most of the time. That's not Amazon's price, that's the individual retailer that still has some or a private individual. Amazon owns Thriftbooks. So if you click the buy used option you can probably find several copies listed for way less.
@@Voodoofairy88 Aw, no! I didn't know Amazon owns Thriftbooks! I'd been using them to try to avoid Amazon!
Are you sure that’s not for bulk orders?
@@tonydames I don't think it was. But that was months ago, so I can't remember.
Thanks! Any thoughts on the Hands on Bible?
I'm not familiar with it, I'm afraid.
For what it's worth i think the book is great but not as a primary study type Bible. The extra biblical notes are not about explanationing what the passages are about but more about reinforcing a truth through a tangible project. It's great for a child that's into STEM/STEAM projects. Or maybe as a resource for a homeschooling family.
Love the NIrV for little kids! Learned about it from Mark Ward’s channel. I really don’t like truncated and patronizing Bible info for anyone, even children. My four year old and I have had lots of conversations about the Bible and I don’t sugarcoat it for him. I keep it age appropriate for understanding purposes but I don’t dumb it down. Your small child can grasp more than you think and even if they don’t fully understand it now, familiarizing them with actual biblical terminology and concepts is helpful, in my opinion.
I am looking for good bibles for my niece and nephew. He has adhd and ASD so I want to get him a good one but also a normal kids Bible when he’s ready and my niece is 5.
ASD Alumi here
Children's bibles have such a great opportunity to call out interesting things for children to learn. I haven't found one that does everything. Perhaps that would make it too large? A split of old and new testaments might be a better option. Some features that are nice:
Dictionary
Concordance
Maps
Ancient life (what life was like in those days, pictures, how children themselves might have lived and worshiped)
Accurate pictures and illustrations, not too cartoonish
Key theology - important to callout and grasp high level concepts like God's nature, trinity, law, sin, fall, coventants, punishments, prophets, kings, etc etc
Key historical shifts - callouts to very memorable and large moments in history
Key figures - blurbs that summarize the biography of people
Gender focus - despite the modern world we live in, I think it would be good to have callouts specifically written with male/female points, how something relates more uniquely to them.
Callout key points in the OT that forshadow Jesus or future events, prophesies etc.
Daily living - Callout how the child can consider the passage and apply to their life
Prayer - Callout when a certain passage can be used for a prayer or type of prayer (for healing, for wisdom, etc) help kids learn how to pray scripture
Callout (in the NT) where something was a fullfillment of OT prophesy.
Gospel callouts - Key passages that directly relate to what it means to become a Christian, share the gospel, what to believe etc
You get the idea. Even though my daughter has an NIrV, she gets bogged down by walls of text. After all, you have to see 4 columns of text when open to any page. So all the above types of callouts and info blurbs are a good way to break up the boring nature of walls of text. It helps you think about what you're reading a little more deeper, despite being simpler English.
"I haven't found one that does everything."
No Bible is supposed to do that. That's why God gives children parents. A bare-bones pew Bible and a dedicated parent is all you really need. Part of the problem is that parents don't want to PARENT. They want to hand kids a Bible and drop them off at Sunday School/Youth Group & have them do their job for them. Most kids don't even read books these days. They have their faces in their screens. And so do their parents. These are the real problems. They won't be fixed no matter how jam packed with information and pictures a Bible may be.
@@Yesica1993 That is a bit overly cynical don't you think? Children are going to have a hard time with abstractions and trying to visualize life from thousands of years ago. To be able to understand more deeply through illustrations and extra teaching points and interesting facts will help them in their personal reading. Of course kids need their parents involvement, and of course they also need their sunday school and church and home devotions etc. But ALSO, it's nice if their personal bible has extra information, pictures, facts to help make non-obvious texts come alive more. Nothing wrong with that!
I am 53 I use a kids Bible everyday I have a learning disability and I don't understand the adult bibles
What matters most is that you are reading it! :-)
Good for you! I’ve just bought one. I was ok at school and even went to college but now I’m getting old. I can’t remember so well. And a kids bible does help with tricky bits I didn’t get before.
What is your opinion about this bible: Girls Life Application Study Bible--soft leather-look, teal/pink with flowers?
I've never seen it. But if it's the Life Application Study notes then it's probably okay.
@@DiscipleDojo thank you
that scripture you mentioned that's constantly misinterpreted, that is what Paul is trying to say, but when you read it out of the King James, that's how some might take it as is.
by the way John is a Calvinist i think, not evangelical, Paul Washer is in that same Calvinist camp. they tend to be King James only types.
Very helpful thank you.
An interesting observation about the two best known translations for kids or younger readers. This is from Genesis 4:1
NIrV
Adam loved his wife Eve and slept with her. She became pregnant...
ICB
Adam had intimate relations with his wife Eve. She became pregnant...
And for comparison here is the same verse in some of the "adult" translations
KJV
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived,...
NET
Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant...
I bring this up just as a warning to parents that the NIrV and ICB can sound more clinical/explicit which might bring up awkward questions from your 8 year old.
This is clearly knit picked by a Bible Teacher 🥸
@@mrstofu2 yeah...that's kinda the point.
the part about Jews is partially true, but there confusing the Jewish scribes during Jesus. they were trying to live by what they know, which can be described as works to some degree. but the people back during Abrahams time, Jacob, Moses, Joshua and David, they all lived by there faith. but they did have to make a sacrifice. they had to use the lambs blood, and that was there way God forgave there sins. but that's why he sent Jesus, because he knew it wasn't enough to keep having the people repeat a pattern. so Jesus became the final and perfect sacrifice, so now when you repent admit your a sinner, you confess what Jesus did for you on the cross, and you accept him into your life and from that moment i will now live for you. after that all your past and future sins are wiped clean, and your spirit is born again. you'll still make mistakes though, none of us are perfect, but once Jesus makes us with God, we just live one day at a time in a walk with him.
I do not like the superhero Bible. Nope nope nope. Very bad Bible. There are notes and crap all over the place in the text. For me who is blind and uses an OrCam and is learning how to read the Bible in print not a good fit for somebody that’s just learning how to read print. Nope nope nope The venture Bible does seem like something that I would read because it sounds like the way they do. Things is a little more organized. The Bible translation I use and love is the international children’s Bible. But I do like the NI RV because you get more options for themes, nice concept. Superhero is a good concept for a Bible but the way it’s executed is not very good at all. That Bible is big and clunky and really sucks. Don’t buy it! The fact that it’s big is not a dealbreaker but what is the deer dealbreaker is the really cluttered chaotic text. It’s just too busy. I want the Bible text with not really any notes, but it has the study tools in the beginning of the book and at the end of each book or story. That sounds like that’s what it has so if I do get an actual real and ARV in print again this is the one I would probably get. I mean NIRV. I could even get the kid quest study because it’s in leather soft and I love having my Bible that’s in leather soft. That’s what my international children’s Bible is. And I love my Bible because I love the different introductions for each book and how things are presented. The references and notes instead of cluttering up the text are actually on their own separate pages. And I can tell because those pages are thicker and a different texture. Being both blind and autistic that is really nice.
Can you speak to how the adventure bible handles topics that are divided among Christians? Like you did with the kids Study Bible and how it explained both stances of egalitarian and complimentarian? Also - do you have a video of the adventure bible that is NIrV? Maybe it’s new?