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Whether you are a toddler or a seminarian, you need to read and be filled with the truths of the remarkable book: The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name. Every story points to Christ. Every story remembers the big picture. I refuse to call it a children’s book. Our family is working through it for the second time together.
From the introduction:
No, the Bible isn’t a list of rules, or a book of heroes. The Bible is most of all a Story. It’s an adventure story about a young Hero who comes from a far country to win back his lost treasure. It’s a love story about a brave Prince who leaves his palace, his throne–everything–to rescue the one he loves. It’s like the most wonderful of fairy tales that has come true in real life!
You see, the best thing about this Story is–it’s true.
There are lots of stories in the Bible, but all the stories are telling one Big Story. The Story of how God loves his children and comes to rescue them.
It takes the whole Bible to tell this Story. And at the center of the Story, there is a baby. Every Story in the Bible whispers his name. He is like the missing piece in a puzzle–the piece that makes all the other pieces fit together, and suddenly you can see a beautiful picture.
AMEN, Ryan! I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of this book. What a blessing it was for my family! I am actually planning to incorporate some of its approach to Scripture into my preaching to our whole church next year.
It is the best book we have used with our kids. We are on our third time through it. The one thing I wish was different is the length. I just wish there was more.
This is an excellent book. The Big Picture Story Bible is every bit its equal and takes the same approach in telling the unified narrative of Scripture. I don’t much like the artwork in either one (why did they decide to draw the men like Linus and Charlie Brown caricatures?), but that is the only quibble.