God's Big Plans for Me Storybook Bible: Based on the New York Times Bestseller The Purpose Driven Life

Lo compre para mis dos nenas les gustó mucho porque trae gráficas y así pueden entender mejor y aprender de la palabra de Dios

I liked this for a multi-cultural relative because the illustrations covered different types of people

Beautiful illustrations but left out the BEAUTIFUL message of the gospel! This storybook bible omits key components of bible stories and makes too much of us and too little of God. I’ll touch on a small handful below (the biggest problem being the presentation of the gospel):Before you read about the crucifixion it says: “This story shows us Jesus understood what it is like to trust God, even when things seem bad.” (Page 182) That’s the summary sentence for the crucifixion story?! Things didn’t SEEM bad, they WERE bad! Jesus (completely innocent and God in flesh) bore our sins in his body on the tree. He drank every last drop of God’s wrath over sin! It doesn’t get worse than that!(I’ve attached the pictures showing how this bible presents and explains the crucifixion of Jesus so that you can see how impersonal and lacking it is.)At the end of this crucifixion story, the take-away for the child to ponder is, “God wants me to trust him - on good days and bad days.” And “Why do you think we have bad days even when we follow Jesus?” (Page 187) The whole gospel message is lost here....This story isn’t about Jesus having a bad day! Nor should we walk away from it thinking that when we have bad days we should respond like Jesus did!Every human being (whether alive now or dead) is going to stand before the judgment seat of God and give an account for our sin. Every single human being is going to fail that test, face the wrath of God, and be separated from God in Hell for all eternity because we are all sinners...BUT BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR US, GOD, WHO IS RICH IN MERCY, DECIDED TO PROVIDE A RESCUE, A WAY TO SAVE US! The crucifixion story is all about that salvation plan - Jesus willingly CHOOSING to take the punishment in our place, and that if we believe in Him, he forgives us and we are adopted into the family of God as a new creature, robed in Christ’s righteousness. As a result, when believers die and face God, we fear no condemnation because we have an advocate, Jesus Christ, who stands up and says, “No, I took their punishment for them. They are forgiven.”“The Good News is that Jesus did exactly what he said he would do. He rose from the dead!...When the Son of God makes a promise, you can count on it!” (Page 188) The whole point of the resurrection is lost here....the resurrection story isn’t about God keeping his word (although he does keep his word). It’s about the power of Christ defeating Satan! Satan thought he won, He had murdered God! But Jesus conquered death and because he lived, died in our place, and now lives again and is seated at the right hand of God, he is able and willing to forgive all who come to him by faith.“You are a child of God.” (Page 14) - No human is born into this world as a child of God. They must be born again and adopted into his family by faith in Jesus Christ.“I will make a man, but he’s going to be different from all the other animals. He will stand up, he will be able to feel emotion, and he will be in charge of the earth and everything that’s in it.” (Page 15) Although this is all true, it left out a critical component: man is made in the image of God!“God trusts you....the earth isn’t ours, it belongs to God. But he needs us to take care of it.” (Page 18) I can see where they’re going with this because God has entrusted things to us, but it really depicts God as needy and dependent.“There was a snake living in the garden. One day this snake said to Eve, ‘Did God really say that you must not eat the fruit from that special tree in the middle of the garden?’” (Page 23) No mention of Satan, and not what he asked.“God made you so he could love you,” (Page 28) No, he made us to glorify him.Please don’t make the same mistake I did and be fooled by the high ratings and beautiful illustrations.... There are far too many awesome bibles out there for kids that are theologically sound for you to waste your money on this. One suggestion which I own and have read multiple times is, “The Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd-Jones.

I enjoyed and learnt so much with our seven year old. Rick Warren is a gifted man.

I absolutely love this devotional. I found out about this book on a mommy blog and I bought it for my kids. My 4 year old loves it and has asked that I read all the stories in the book. However, we're only reading one story a day and reflecting and focusing on the scriptures and questions asked at the end of the devotion. I also love the artistry and illustrations; and how they include people of color. I'm so impressed and grateful for this book by Rick Warren. Thank you!

Easy to read and understand for my two grandchildren ages 10 & 12. The pictures are colorful and help bring the stories to life. I read it with them. The questions at the end of each story have brought up wonderful discussions that wouldn't have happened otherwise.They are getting to know God and Jesus in a more personal way. And they are learning how much they are loved by Him and how they can have a relationship with Him. We are on Day 20. I hope a "Book 2" is published soon!Also, this book has inspired them to look up the same verses in the "big Bible".

This is a great devotional for keeping it simple while emphasizing why the child is important. I’m sad it is only a 40 day book. It would be great to have follow ups after this. Or an extended series as they learn. My 6 year old loves it.

The story Bible was very well received by both the children (ages 6 and 4) and Mom and Dad as it is not too long or short and has nice glossy pictures to go with the Bible stories.

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Corner dented and small dent on front. Love the book and was excited to give it to my grandson, but was disappointed that the cover was dented and did not look new. Packaging wasn't sufficient or it was banged before they sent it. Gave the gift anyway and apologized for the way I received it.

A very good book for kids so they are introduced to the bible.

This is a perfect purchase for my daughter. She loved this Bible. Worth buying