Bible

by Amy


This year, I am not doing my own Bible class with the kids. Brad wanted to use our "school Bible" (the one I bought for school this year) for family devos instead. We have been reading The Children's Story Bible by Catherine F. Vos. We're about 30 chapters into it and have really enjoyed it. There are not many pictures in it, but my kids are fine with that. I like that it seems to basically tell all the stories, not just Noah, David and Goliath, and the other "famous" ones. It's also unique in the sense that the author does quite a bit of extra explaining and providing background info. So far, we have appreciated her explanations. It's clear to our kids that she is retelling these stories. (They know it's not God's words, but that the content is from Him.)

When Savannah does her own devos, she's been using the ESV Illustrated Family Bible. We like this because it gives her actual ESV verses without adding/changing anything. (We want to carefully monitor what's added - so we wouldn't give the Vos Bible to read on her own until we had read it all ourselves.) The only difference between her ESV and mine is that hers doesn't have all the verses, and it has some pictures. Each "chapter" is a good length for Savannah to read on her own in the morning. We've all been really pleased with it.