Recommendations on a child-friendly Bible for my 8 year old son?
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The nvc Bible is easy to understand! Then we have the My First Study Bible from Tommy Nelson! Then devotional by Oswald Chambers! Jesus wants all of me! We have 4 kids! My daughter is 7 and she loves these! Good luck! GoD Bless You for teaching him the Bible! So many kids have no idea about what it says! bye
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http://www.bible.ca/bible.htm
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try this site. You need to click on Catholic encyclopedia and then they have alphabetic listings to select from.Both Jesuits and ursulin Nuns are here.The site says kid friendly.\nhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15225d.htm     - Hope it works
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actually even the king james version is currupte (nice try trying to help) the only way you'll get the full effect is reading the hebrew text. the message bible is nice but its more of a study guide to the bible then a translation
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Try World Bible School at www.wbschool.org\nGood Luck!!
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a children's bible,i know precious moments has one.put her name,occasion and your name it it ,it will mean alot to her in years to come,it's never too early to read to a child,it really helps their mind develop
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try this link:\nhttp://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/easy_find?Ntk=keywords&Ntt=bible+memory&action=Search&N=0&Ne=0&event=ESRCN&nav_search=1&cms=1&within=N%253D1014662%2526Ne%253D1014662%2526format%253D1014662%2526category%253DKids&Go.x=5&Go.y=12
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bricktestament.com is pretty funny; it illustrates all the stories of the Bible with Legos. LOL You should check it out! It's a screamer. \n\nhttp://www.bricktestament.com
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Well, if it's a baby that is being baptized, maybe a photo frame with a photo of the event?  If it's an older child or adult, a greeting card with a gift certificate or gift card from a local Christian bookstore would be good.  If you know the person well, you shouldn't have any trouble finding a gift (with a religious theme) that fits with the person's individual tastes in a local Christian bookstore.  Also, don't be shy when it comes to asking a sales clerk at the store.
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I stick to my good ol King James Version.  Here's a site that really lays out the differences in bibles......\nhttp://www.av1611.org/biblevs.html
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If it's for religious purposes, why not just have them read scripture? It's much less of a hassle, and the older ones will have heard it enough to not mess up drastically. You could use a children's or youth Bible to make it seem less "stuffy."
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i used the one year bible,it has books and verses set out for you and it takes a year
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Got a Bible handy?\n\nJames 4:6\n1 Peter 5:5-6\nRevelation 18:7-8\n2 Corinthians 11:30, 10:12, :1-21\nActs 12:19-23\nRomans 3:27, 4:2\nMatthew 23:6-12\nMark 12:38-39\nLuke 18:9-14\nProverbs 16:18, 8:13
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Try the following, although some may be a challenge, he should probably enjoy them:\n\nMoby Dick\nCharlotte's Web\n20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\nWatership Down\nThe Wind in the Willows\nBridge to Teribitha\nSeven Little Australians\nAnything by Robin Klein\nThe Railway Children\nHarry Potter books \nHans Christian Anderson tales are great (but he may feel a bit insulted by the 'fairy tale' element)\n\n\nAlso, magazines are good - Time, National Geographic, The Bulletin, etc\n\nAlthough some of these may come from a childs / teens perspective due to the level of education - a lot of these are universal favourites and classics that appeal to all ages.\n\nHope this helps\n\n\n\nThe guy above mentioned Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer - great choices!
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Actually, you come very close!  I suggest an excellent book, "Idioms of the Bible", the author's name is beyond me for now.  It was created by  a Bible scholar who is very familiar with both modern and ancient Hebrew and Aramaic, and has done some wonderful research in various areas relating to the Bible and religion.
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Read to him, talk to him (no baby talk). Go on walks together and examine plants, flowers and animals you see along the way. Play simple board games with him. Make learning fun and he will respond by wanting to learn. We did this with our grand daughter and she is in 1st Grade an A Honor roll student, and loves to learn, it's an adventure for her. Don't put any pressure on your son though, make everything a game. We bought things like a plastic table mat with clocks on one side where she could draw in the hands of the clock to tell the time she went to school, came home, had lunch etc. On the reverse of the mat is the same thing but in written sentences with spaces for her to fill in the missing word. Another table mat we bought for her is a map of the world (simplified), on the reverse is a map of the USA with all the states outlined and named. We bought jig saw puzzles for her from the time she could hold something and place it where she wanted it to go (rather than just wildly throw it). Start with 10 or 12 piece puzzles and build up to the bigger ones.\nKids learn an amazing amount of stuff very quickly, they like to poke about in dirt-make that a learning thing, is the dirt wet or dry, what kind of stones are in the dirt, are there any bugs in the dirt, how many bugs are there? After finishing with the dirt we go wash our hands and feel and see the soap wash all the dirt and germs off, look at the colors on the soap bubbles on our hands. The possibilities are endless with young children, just make it fun!
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gablue430 has listed some of the very best choices.  My list would be similar, with one addition:\n\nNIV Study Bible\nNIV Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible\nESV Reformation Study Bible\nNIV Quest Study Bible \n\nBut I'd like rather to suggest a METHOD for you to make a good choice for YOU.\n\nThings to consider:\n\n1) Which TRANSLATION(s) are you comfortable with?  If you have a fairly strong preference for one you should take that seriously.   Of course, if you're mainly using this book at your desk and happy to keep a copy of your favorite translation at the ready, this may be less important for you --you can focus on Point #2.\n\n(NIV and ESV seem to be the dominant versions in evangelical circles these days [ESV is esp. claiming the old NASB crowd and many NKJV users].  I use both [with others] for study & teaching, but just for reading --silently or aloud-- I think the NIV is superior.  Comparing their Study Bibles, the NIV Spirit of the Reformation vs. ESV Reformation Study Bible are very close in quality -- you translation preference might well be the tie-breaker.)\n\n2) Are there specific study aids within the TEXT that you think would find especially helpful?  and do you know what you want them to do?\n\na) is it cross references that give you a lot of related passages to check out on your own?   -all of those listed ar pretty solid in this area (I have a slight preference for the NIV Study Bible on that; they did an excellent, thorough process of assmebling USEFUL parallels)\n\nb) book introductions, overviews: \nAll of those listed include some helpful book introductions (The book outlines are just OK -- haven't yet found one that is consistently helpful at this point.  At some point they tend to break down into a mere list of contents, without any analysis of WHY they are organized the way they are.  But it's a reasonable start.)\n\nc) text notes:  are you looking for 'topical notes' that answer common theological questions, esp practical ones?  (try Quest);  do you want some good, reliable discussions of what the Bible teaches on many key doctrines?  (try the two "Reformation" Bibles);   do you mainly want note that focus on special features of the specific text you are looking at, the structure of this psalm, etc? (NIV Study Bible probably beats everyone on this point -- this is my own preference and why I've always preferrd this one over the rest for MY use)\n\n3) What about the EXTRA resources in the back?  ( I don't think these are generally as imporant as those under #2 --which tend to be the *main* reason people get a study bible, but do give them some thought, esp. if things are coming out pretty even to this point!)\n\na) MAPS  - how many? how readable are they for YOU?  (some Bible map sections are great... some are awful!)\n\nb) INDEXES:   esp. 'topical guides' & Concordance -- are these enough for your own needs?  will they help you find things you are looking for? (I mostly use a separate complete concordance, but for some folks having more IN their Bibles is important to them)\n\n3) "PHYSICAL" matters, layout, etc.  (some of this may come into play more AFTER you've decided which version you want, when you're looking at size, shape, etc)\n\na) Readability of print:   All of these probably have pretty decent, readable print, etc. but that is not ALWAYS the case.  But you might find you prefer reading a single column ['like other books'] or that two-columns works well for you [tends to decrease the page count, so may lead to a smaller book to carry, or to thicker paper]\n\nb) Some have better quality paper than others as well (oddly I've found some hardcover editions have better, thicker paper than the leatherbound).  \n\nc) binding: You might have a preference on binding, and that may depend on how and how much you use the Bible, as well as the size.  (I have found that I like a smaller leatherbound cross-reference Bibl