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Bible for Boys

wreckless448

wreckless448

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My friend and I have read "Raising a Modern Day Knight" by Robert Lewis and one of the things we want to start doing is getting them started on the right path. Around 8 or 9 we would like to get them their first bible. Does anyone have any reccomendations for a first bible for 8/9 year old boys that they won't "grow out of" before 13 or 14?
 
It seems that usually when a book is aimed at 8..... the targeted age doesn't appeal to 12 year-olds.
 
What, in particular, are you hoping for them to get from the Bible, initially?
 
Mom got me and my sister bibles with a zipper cover hers was white mine was black they were both King James versions..

tob
 
Unfortunately, the KJV was about all that there was for anyone when I was a kid, so, of course, that's what I got. It's taken decades to unlearn a lot of that book.......... Baptist preaching and Sunday School didn't help.
 
wreckless448 said:
I'm not quite sure what I want them to get out of it. Right now, I just want them to have their own.
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I mean, memorizing, sword drills, story concepts, relational identification,,,, ? Those kinds of things.
 
I think mine was an NIV Bible for Boys, that was about 12 years ago. When I was 12/13 I was reading a regular Bible.
 
wreckless448 said:
I think that at that age, getting the story and knowing the way around the bible would be my goal for them.
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Have you Googled "Bibles for Boys"? I did, and I came with two that seem to be designed specifically for boys. Give it a try.
 
Maybe the NCV (I think that's it) Bible? Mine was paperback, with a bunch of Max Lucado wisdom on the sidebar. I was 24/25 and at Teen Challenge, but my brain was fried and I was crazed, so...yeah...it was about what I could handle, lol. If I could handle it back then, your (presumably intelligent) kids should master it just fine, with or without the Max Lucado insights.
 
Christ_empowered said:
Maybe the NCV (I think that's it) Bible? Mine was paperback, with a bunch of Max Lucado wisdom on the sidebar. I was 24/25 and at Teen Challenge, but my brain was fried and I was crazed, so...yeah...it was about what I could handle, lol. If I could handle it back then, your (presumably intelligent) kids should master it just fine, with or without the Max Lucado insights.
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Max Lucado has a lot of good kid's stuff.
http://www.christianbook.com/page/christian-authors/max-lucado
 
Im somewhat interested in this topic, and I had this thought. (I intend no disrespect)

If many people believe you have to accept Jesus first before baptism, and that children shouldnt be baptized. Then would giving a child a bible to learn and accept jesus nullify the idea that children can not be baptized.

Is my thinking right there?
 
I would suggest getting the same version that your church uses during services, that way they are able to follow along.

The only problem with that that we are having is that our elders will read the scripture on which the sermon is based out of the NASB, while our pastor will read additional verses out of the NKJV, so that can be a little confusing.
 
poetofparables said:
Im somewhat interested in this topic, and I had this thought. (I intend no disrespect)

If many people believe you have to accept Jesus first before baptism, and that children shouldnt be baptized. Then would giving a child a bible to learn and accept jesus nullify the idea that children can not be baptized.

Is my thinking right there?
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No disrespect, but are you sure you chose the right word there?
 
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