Overview
Life is a journey along a path, and as Christians, we strive to stay on God's path. This is a Bible 8- to 12- year-olds will enjoy using. Through the use of the NRSV, children will encounter a consistent Scripture in Sunday School and worship.
Children will:
• memorize key verses of Scripture that will stay with them for a lifetime,
• learn and understand the will and attributes of God,
• continue to seek and align their life to God's will,
• learn about people and places of the Bible,* learn to apply the Scripture in their lives today.
This new NRSV for children contains callouts that provide content designed to enhance the NRSV text. Icons draw attention to the specific types of callouts.
• PATH—God's Path—The will of God, God's words, the message of Jesus.* COMPASS—Finding the Path—What the Bible says about how to align your life with God's will.* FLASHLIGHT—Light on the Path—Key verses worth memorizing.* POINT SIGN—Points along the Path—Facts about the Bible lands and life in Bible times.
Synopsis
Life is a journey along a path, and as Christians, we strive to stay on God's path.
Parents and Sunday School teachers will now have a complete NRSV Childrens Bible for promotion Sunday, gifts, teaching, and worship. This is a Bible 8- to 12-year-olds will enjoy using. Through the use of the NRSV, children will encounter a consistent Scripture in Sunday School and worship.
Children will:
* memorize key verses of Scripturethat will stay with them for a lifetime,
* learn and understand the will and attributes of God,
* continue to seek and align their life to God's will,
* learn about people and places of the Bible,
* learn to apply the Scripture in their lives today.
This new NRSV for children contains callouts that provide content designed to enhance the NRSV text. Icons draw attention to the specific types of callouts.
* PATH - God's Path - The will of God, God's words, the message of Jesus.
* COMPASS - Finding the Path - What the Bible says about how to align your life with God's will.
* FLASHLIGHT - Light on the Path - Key verses worth memorizing.
* POINT SIGN - Points along the Path - Facts about the Bible lands and life in Bible times.
FEATURES
* The complete text of the New Revised Standard Version of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible
* Hundreds of callouts to provide content designed to enhance the NRSV text
* Glossary
* Eight pages of 4-color maps
* Introduction page for each book, including a summary of the book and duotone art depicting theme or story from the book
* 16 pages (not including maps) of 4-color artwork by best-selling artist Dennis Jones
* Presentation page
"I love the new Children's Bibles!!!! Every year it's a big decision on which Gift Bible to buy for our 2nd graders and it will be Cokesbury again from now on. I love that you offer it in simulated leather. "
Richea Norden
Coordinator of Children's and Youth Ministry
Summer Grove UMC
Shreveport, LA