resources for effective children's ministry
The New Inductive Study Bible
Publisher - Harvest House PublishersThis Bible is an excellent choice for parents, teachers, pastors and youth who are serious about genuinely studying Scripture for understanding and application. The features are designed to encourage productive study with lasting results - it is a Bible that will be used, and used and most importantly understood so it can be lived. Extremely well done Harvest House Publishers!
- Favorite Features:
- New American Standard Bible, Updated Edition - excellent for understandability and accuracy
- helpful information to help with the understanding of how to study the Bible inductively
- maps, time lines, charts, cross references and concordance
- help with how to mark your Bible for key words
- information on interpreting and applying the bible
- introduction to each book of the bible
- Space to write theme for each chapter in the Bible
- in text maps, charts and insights - excellent
- text space to write notes and lessons learned
- key words for each book
Serendipity Bibles
Serendipity Group Bible for Leaders - New Testament Serendipity Student Bible Serendipity Bible for Groups Publisher - Serendipity House Any of these Bibles would make an excellent choice to help small group leaders effectively guide their group through real Bible study for genuine application while the group also learned to build relationships with each other - as Jesus modeled with His disciples. I highly recommend these Bible for group leaders, group members, parents - anyone serious about Bible study. Extremely well done Serendipity House!
- Favorite Features:
- Group Bible for Leaders
- NIV text for understandability
- in-text group studies with options for light or heavy Scripture teaching
- in-text study helps, ice breakers, guided questions, flow questions
- Student Bible
- NIV text for understandability
- excellent resource for youth leaders as well as an effective study Bible for teens
- build in studies from eight issues kids face in their real lives
- each category provides many topics to choose specific studies to meet the needs of your kids
- each topic has two options - light or heavy study
- in-text flow questions start with easy, non-threatening questions and move to deeper questions designed to help group members open up and truly get to know each other
- center section includes ice breakers - 86 to help get kids ready for bible study and to get to know each other
- Bible for Groups
- NIV text for understandability
- studies for 10 group types
- margin questions to help groups, families or individuals study Scripture with cup questions to help get the conversation started, Bible questions for study and understanding Scripture and heart questions to help with application
- two levels for study - beginner questions and deeper levels
- excellent choice for family devotions!
Over the past year we have taken a look at a number of Bibles for children, youth and adults, and while any of them may certainly be utilized effectively, the Bibles I am most impressed with from the point of being put together with study helps to encourage genuine understanding and living of God's Word are the following Bibles:
I recommend all of these Bible equally as all of them are excellent, however, any Bible we reviewed over the past year would be a great choice - just find a Bible for yourself, your children, your students, your volunteers and use it. In the coming year, we will be reviewing a number of excellent resources to help you better understand your Bible and to help you study it effectively, we hope you will find this information helpful.
- Children's Bibles
- Kid's Life Application Bible - Published by Tyndale House Publishers . . . excellent!
- The Treasure Study Bible - Published by Kirkbride Bible Publishers . . . excellent!
- The Kid's Quest Bible - Published by Zondervan Publishing . . . excellent!
- Youth/Adult Bibles
- The Rock, Youth Bible - Published by Tyndale House Publishers . . . excellent!
- The Life Application Bible - Published by Zondervan Publishers . . . excellent!
- The Serendipity Bibles - all of them - Published by Serendipity House Publishers . . . excellent!
- The Quest Study Bible - Published by Zondervan Publishers . . . excellent!
- The New Inductive Study Bible - Published by Harvest House Publishers . . . excellent!
About The Children's Department - Volume 4, Edition 2 Copyright © Lynda Freeman Last Updated September 16, 2000 Web Page by Lynda Freeman
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