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Title: Revolve: The Complete New Testament by Nelson Bibles ISBN: 0-7180-0358-6 Publisher: Nelson Bibles Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.05 (74 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Revolve Review
Comment: To all those who jeered, got a good time out of, and felt entertained by, Revolve, this review is aimed at you as I give my own opinion about this New Testament/Seventeen magazine cross.
Teenagers (and children and college students, too) have a hard time with church. If you look at statistics for the amount of teens that bother to go to church, the number is rather daunting. Less than half of all teens attend church at all, and many teens and college students that I have met throughout my life would not attend church if you paid them a million dollars to do so. They would not touch the Bible with a ten foot pole. My generation is that unhappy with evangelical Christians and with church in general.
But many, many teen girls read Seventeen, YM, Teen People, and Cosmo Girl. Sales of these magazines are through the roof. I remember as a teen that sometimes these magazines would sell out, whereas the teen Bibles that reviewers feel are better than this (I'm more partial to my study Bible myself, but alas, I was raised in church) would sit on the shelf at the bookstore and yellow with age. The fact that this "Bible Zine" made the Teen bestseller list says a lot! This means that teens are interested in God. Perhaps this is the way to reach my generation, a generation of "mosiacs" who have iPods, computers, TV's, discmans, and Insta Messenger to take their time. My generation hates reading. Our idea of reading is the boring books we are forced to endure in school and the handful of magazines we read on a monthly basis. Revolve, while it does look like Seventeen, is very different. It is a New Century version New Testament with comments, character bios, quizzes, and quotes from guys throughout. There are parts that I did not agree with, such as "revolve girls don't call guys" but for the most part I thought that this magazine/Bible is a very good way to reach my generation, many, if not most, who do not know Christ.
Telling us that our method of reading the Bible is wrong is just plain rude and snobbish. If you feel that way, perhaps you should stay in your stuffy, boring old church with its pipe organ and shrinking population.
Teens, college students and even children see church as stuffy and boring with overly judgmental people in the congregation who are completely not into accepting us as we are. This Bible shows teens that there is someone out there who will take them as they are. It is such a shame that His people are not willing to accept us as we are.
Oh, and by the way, once you finish revolve, it has a note at the end to tell you to go by the complete Bible made by Thomas Nelson, and meant as the "next step" for girls who start with Revolve.
A twenty-one year old
College student
Logan, Utah
Rating: 1
Summary: nice idea, but it doesn't work
Comment: I am a college student and during my Intro to Bible class this bible was brought up when it first came out. It is really a nice idea and all, but it is never going to accomplish what it is setting out to do. Firstly, if the "Biblezine", as it has been dubbed, is going to add sidebars about how to be beautiful and that it comes from the inside, don't clutter your pages with girls who are all the same build (thin, no curves) and are all wearing the latest trends and fashions. A friend of mine has just bought a copy of the Refule Bible for guys, and as we did with the Revolve...we are all Christians attending a Christian school and we sat around in our lounge reading through the sidebars making fun of it. Some of the lists are worth it, but for the most part it seems that the writers were only grasping for something to write because they had no other ideas. Two sidebars from the Refuel for guys Bible were "How to wrestle an alligator" and "how to rope a steer"...and both made very loose, hard to come by relations to the Bible at the end...I'm sorry, but I just don't see what this has anything to do with scripture. Connections that are made to scripture or Biblical ideas is poorly thought out and it seems like its one of those times when they're stretching it just a little too much. If kids are reading this, I can guarantee its not for the Biblical scripture. Even my friends and I read through it for the "other stuff"...if a teen is looking for a magazine that has spiritual concepts, check out Brio or Breakaway by Focus on the Family, or Guideposts for Teens. The connections made in these magazines will FAR surpass any found in Revolve or Refuel. To read scripture, buy a teen a BIBLE...not a BibleZINE...
Rating: 5
Summary: Great way to read the New Testament!
Comment: I'm 14yo and I've always wanted to read the Bible regulary, but after a few days of trying to read it, I would get bored with it. This New Testament is just amazing, I love reading it, and it keeps my interest with the notes and Q&A parts in it that help explain it. It's easy to read, anybody can understand it, and I love the quizzes! The reading plans in the back are great too! I can't wait for the OT Revolve's coming out soon, and I would recommend this to anybody!
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Title: Refuel : The Complete New Testament for Guys by N, A, Thomas Nelson Publishers ISBN: 0718006763 Publisher: Nelson Bibles Pub. Date: 15 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Extreme Teen Bible : No Fears, No Regrets, Just A Future With A Promise by Nelson Bibles ISBN: 0718001648 Publisher: Nelson Bibles Pub. Date: 20 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Girl Talk With God by Susie Shellenberger ISBN: 084994290X Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 13 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: The Rules : Ten to Live By by Mark Nicholas ISBN: 0849944171 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 03 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: Witnessing 101 : by Tim Baker ISBN: 0849944163 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 07 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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