Revolve: The Complete New Testament: Amazon.ca: Thomas Nelson: Books

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In focus groups, online polling, and one-on-one discussion, Transit Books has found that the number one reason teens dont read the Bible is that it is too big and freaky looking. This fashion-magazine format for the New Testament is the perfect solution to that problem. Teen girls feel comfortable exploring the Scriptures in the New Century Version and over 500 further-study notes because of the relevant language and format!

Revolve is the new look for teen Bible publishing!

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5.0 out of 5 stars This Rocks!!!, Aug 19 2003

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Melody (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revolve: The Complete New Testament (Paperback)

This Bible is incredible! As a family pastor, I have seen first-hand this Bible has revolutionized the way that teens - and even adults - look at Bible reading. This translation is easy to read and easy to understand. And teens who have been totally disinterested in opening the Bible to even look at it are dying for a copy of this. It is colorful, attractive, and is filled with devotions and thoughts relevant to any girl or woman today. These important thoughts and devotions are carefully designed as exciting magazine articles which run through the middle of the Bible text. This is a fabulous way to find that the Bible is truly interesting and relevant and to learn what true beauty is really made of. A must for every teen girl - and for those of us who are young at heart!

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1.0 out of 5 stars The disturbing evolution of scipture, July 18 2004

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This review is from: Revolve: The Complete New Testament (Paperback)

Though I am not a devout Christian, as many reviewers here are, I am very open to many concepts in the Bible, as well as encouraging of the intellectual study of the New and Old Testaments as vital historical documents.

However, Revolve strays so far from the "word of god" that it is almost sacreligious.

The biggest problem I have with this zine is the sidebars. Take out the "blab," the quizzeses, etc. and you have a New Testament marketable to teenagers. Many followers of Christianity are raised to read the New Testament with the disclaimer that it was written centuries ago and that not all rules necessarily apply to modern day. However, the writers and editors of revolve have taken the New Testament and applied it literally to modern day situations. This is a very dangerous enterprise, people.

For example: one "reader's question" discusses what one should do if they are being sexually abused by a parent or family member. Yet nearly one third of the moral dilemas presented in Revolve can be allegedly solved by simply submitting to what your parents tell you. How can this piece of literature in good conscience acknowledge the existence of abusive and destructive parents, and then turn around and preach the infalliability of thy mother and thy father.

At a time when teens need to learn to think for themselves and make their own decisions, revolve is teaching them that this ability is unecessary--and in some cases sacreligious.

This is an outrage--and I am one reader whose disgust has nothing to do with lack of faith in god

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1.0 out of 5 stars Revolve portrays young women as "second best", July 15 2004

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Alexandra Contess (Melbourne, FL USA) - See all my reviews

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Getting young people interested in religion seems to be getting more and more difficult daily. But "Revolve" goes about it in all the wrong ways. Encouraging young women to think it is OK to be subserivient to males may have been encouraged by our Puritan ancestors, but I think almost every woman, Christian or otherwise, would agree that the idea doesn't fly today.

Racist issues illustrated by this publication have also come to my attention, with sidebar "facts" declaring that African-American teens are 40% more likely to have had premarital sex than Caucasian teens. Nowhere are these "facts" credited or sourced.

If your family's ideals and values include women following their husbands instead of walking beside them, or a skewed idea that African-Americans, Hispanics, and any other minority is "less moral" than whites, or "unclean", then this could be the book to give your daughters, nieces, or granddaughters. However, if you would rather raise your daughter (or any other young female you may know) in a more equalized (and as far as I'm concerned, Christ was the most "equal" human being to ever walk the planet) environment, then I suggest you stay away from this book and maybe purchase her a copy of the timeless "Our Bodies, Ourselves", or maybe even a standard bible that isn't geared towards one demographic as a moneymaking scheme designed to pull teenage girls in with a pretty cover.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best bible for teens EVER!!!
My parents made it a goal for me to read the whole new testiment of the bible. I tried, and couldn't stick to it for ANYTHING! But then i heard about "Revolve" and OMIGOSH! Read more

Published on July 11 2004 by Lily

4.0 out of 5 stars Very well thought up!
I first saw not Revolve, but Refuel, the New Testament for Guys when my good friend got it. I commented it, and he said, "I think there is one for girls, too. Read more

Published on Jun 24 2004 by Joy Pinkston