The CSB Grace Bible for Kids was created in partnership with Holman Bibles, 2K/DENMARK and Cambridge University. This kids Bible is designed to enhance readability for kids with all levels and varieties of dyslexia and other reading challenges.

CSB Grace Bible For Kids

The CSB Grace Bible for Kids features innovative and academically tested typeface, layout, and design principles. These principles include distinct letter forms and added space between letters, words, lines, and paragraphs. Included with the Bible are 10 colored overlays, created by Cambridge University’s Research Department, that enhance visual processing. Kids with dyslexia, and other reading challenges, can choose the color that works best for them.

Grace Bible Review

I started a tradition with our oldest, that when they learned how to read, we got them a Bible with their name on it. We continued that with all 6 of our children. Now we have 3 grandchildren, with the oldest now in Kindergarten. And I get to start the tradition over! All that to say, I have been looking at Bibles for kids again.

Here’s a tip I learned. A lot of Christian book stores will imprint a name on the front of a Bible you purchased from them for free. I recently found out that the store closest to me will imprint a name on a Bible you bring in for a fee. Well worth it to be able to bring in your choice of Bible to have a name imprinted on it.

I have fallen in love with the CSB Grace Bible for Kids! The large print, easy to read layout, the colored overlays, study helps geared towards kids. All help to make reading this Bible easier and enjoyable for kids. And if it’s enjoyable, they will read it more!

There are more study helps and special features than I can include photos of. These are two of my favorite. A picture timeline of Jesus’ life. And the family tree of Abraham. Both a great help for kids in understanding the Bible.

I’m now looking forward to my granddaughter progressing with her reading so I can give it to her! I highly recommend the CSB Grace Bible For Kids. Perfect for those who struggle with reading, and it’s also a great Bible for all kids!

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We did an Experiencing God by Henry & Richard Blackaby Bible study at church last year that I really liked. So when I saw that the Blackaby’s had a new Encountering God Study Bible available, I looked forward to using it.

The Blackaby family have spend decades pastoring, planting churches and developing books and Bible studies to help everyone have an encounter with God. The Encountering God Study Bible is the crowning work of the Blackabys. Look how many Blackabys contributed to this Bible!

Featuring their trusted approach to Bible study, this Study Bible includes:

Notes highlighting how God might choose to encounter you in His Word
Notes explaining ideas, events, people and places in the text
Word studies, character studies, and biographical sketches of figures from church history
Notes to help you navigate current cultural issues

Encountering God Study Bible Review

First off, the black, leathersoft Bible is a very handsome Bible, with nice stitching, and metallic printing on the spine. One of my favorite things about this study Bible is that it has two different colored, attached ribbon bookmarks. My other Bibles either have one or no bookmarks. The Bible reading plan we are using at church this year has us reading a chapter from the Old Testament, and the New Testament, every day. So I really appreciate the two ribbon bookmarks.

Inside the Encountering God Study Bible, the font is a good, easily readable size. They call this “Comfort Print”. I found the font to be pleasant to read. The pages are formatted as other Bibles. With two columns of text, with a middle column of verse cross references. As well as notes across the bottom of the pages.

Study Bible Features

This Bible also features “Encounter Notes” throughout. These encounter notes highlight how God has chosen to encounter us in His word. There is not one on every page, but the Encounter Notes have the verse that it applies to in the corner, so it’s easy to refer to the verse it is referencing.

Bible Character Studies are scattered throughout this Bible. Also included are biological sketches, Historical Encounters, of people who have lived out their faith.

There is a nice introduction section at the beginning of each chapter of this Bible. This introduction features 4 sections. Introduction, Significance, Structure, and Encountering God Through “name of book”. I found these Encountering God sections to contain information not found in other Bibles that I own. Yes, I own several different Bibles.

There are many reference sections in the back of this Bible. Including an Index to Special Features, 4 pages long, where you can find all of the special notes I mentioned above.

You can go here to read the book of Genesis from this Bible.

The Encountering God Study Bible comes in a variety of cover options. Hardcover, leather, and leathersoft – which is what I received, as well as a couple of different colors. However, it only comes in one version, NKJV.

I have enjoyed using this awesome study Bible. It can be used on it’s own, clearly, but it is also works nicely alongside any reading plan or bible study that you are using.

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I love to make Easter a special time of the year. So when I saw the book It Is Finished: A 40-Day Pilgrimage Back to the Cross, I knew I wanted to read it. It Is Finished is the new book written by Charles Martin, the best selling author of 25 books. Some faith based, some fiction.

It Is Finished

Through forty days of captivating storytelling, the author takes you on a journey back to the cross, encouraging you to look at it from a different perspective each day and ask God to reveal to you:

What did Jesus mean when he said, It is finished as he was dying on the cross?

When did what Jesus finished at the cross begin?

How does Jesus’ death 2,000 years ago relate to me today?

What is God offering at the cross that I often forget or take for granted?

What does God know about me that I don’t realize?

The book aims to open your eyes and heart to the answer to the question that can change your life: ‘Lord, why me? Why did you endure the cross and despise the shame for me?’

It Is Finished is perfect for reading during Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter. It can definitely be read anytime, though!

Mr. Martin states in the forward that he wanted each days devotion to be about a cup of coffee long. Maybe two. I don’t drink coffee, lol, but I found the length to fit that scenario. It takes me an average of 15 minutes for each days reading. Of course, that will vary for everyone.

It Is Finished Book Review

I found each devotional to be both interesting and informative. I have learned a few things that I didn’t know. Which leads to something else I loved about It Is Finished. The Notes section in the back of the book. Here the author references every Bible verse used, and version of the Bible he used. (He uses the ESV Bible, unless otherwise noted.) As well as any books, or online articles he got information from.

For example, on Day 1, he talked about heel bone crucifixion, which I don’t recall hearing about before. So there are a couple of articles in the notes section that I was able to look up. Which is something I love from an educational viewpoint.

It Is Finished Book

Each day’s reading features the main body of the devotional, a Walk With Me Back To The Cross section, Pray With Me and a And God Responds section. Each section varies in length each day.

The Walk With Me Back To The Cross section does just that. Takes the reader back to the cross. To Jesus. The reasons He went to the cross, the love He has for us, and more, citing Bible Verses to take us there.

Pray With Me is a written prayer for the reader to pray that relates to what was discussed in that days devotional.

And God Responds contains Bible verses that relate to the prayer.

A devotionals purpose is to help you grow closer to God. To find one that educates as well, is a wonderful mix. In my opinion, It Is Finished accomplishes both of those. I love Charles Martin’s writing style in this devotional. It held my attention throughout. This isn’t a quick, get it done devotional. It will take you deeper.

Here’s a quote from the Forward:

His desire is to expose the ugly in us in order to reveal the pure and beautiful and Holy in Himself. Why? The next forty days are my attempt to answer this question.

Lent this year is Wednesday, February 14, to Thursday, March 28. Get It Is Finished now to use as your devotional!

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