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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated The Story (Teen Edition): Read the Bible as one seamless story from beginning to end in Books

Apr 27, 2018  
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The Story (Teen Edition): Read the Bible as one seamless story from beginning to end
Randy Frazee | 2011
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The Story contains excerpts of the NIV Bible in a modern day format, as if the Bible was a novel. The text fills up the full page rather than the usual two columns, and it it has the regular paragraph breaks and quotation marks. History and explanations are italics, poetry is indented, and events and dialogue are in regular body text.

One thing I really like about this version is the quotes. In many Bibles it's hard to tell when someone is saying something, or quoting something from somewhere else. In this version, it's very clear, because it sets it in a block quote, with proper quotation marks.

Again, this version is excerpts. It's not the full version. It's not something that can be referenced, because the books and chapters and verse numbers aren't shown. It's separated into chapters with titles rather than the traditional books and chapters.

This is good and bad. Good because I think it would be easier for some people to read, and maybe more friendly to teens who are just trying to get an overall grasp of the Bible. It's not so great because then if you say "Wait, where is that in the Bible, and what chapter/verse is it?" it's not going to be easy to find.

I think The Story is a nice way to read the Bible in a casual setting, or for a small group or Bible study for people who want to get the big picture of the Bible and want to see how it ties together on a larger scale, but it's not really suitable for intensive study (which is fine; you need both).
  
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KatyShubo (75 KP) rated Bible in Apps

Jan 6, 2019  
Bible
Bible
Reference, Book
10
10.0 (3 Ratings)
App Rating
Access to any translation you desire (2 more)
Opportunity to leave notes
Share passages with friends
Is it pushing electronic over actual pages (0 more)
A truly pocket sized Bible
This app is a marvel. Allows you to always have access to a bible, I try to carry my Bible always but I can’t read my small one well and the one I can read is HUGE and therefore heavy.

This app allows me to read passages in several different translations with great ease.

I am currently doing a bible study with this app with friends in Australia and Rome and yet this app makes it possible for us to read together and connect and share our thoughts as though we were all together.

The app offers a verse of the day and really does encourage people to interact with it.

My only concern is that with this app being so good will people stop picking up their actual Bibles because electronic is no match for actual pages.
  
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Lindsay (1717 KP) rated Noah (2014) in Movies

Sep 7, 2017  
Noah (2014)
Noah (2014)
2014 | Action, Adventure, Drama
10
5.6 (23 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Cast does wonderful (0 more)
Noah is a good action pack movie. I tell the story of Noah from the Bible. If you have heard of Noah and the Ark, or Noah who builds an Ark. Well, the movie “Noah” brings to life. It was worth watching. It quite action packed and it keeps all interest throughout the movie.

Russell Crowe does a wonderful job of playing Noah. This is about Noah and how he and his family need to survive. The cast does so well and what a way to see a bible story come to life. I now understand the story of Noah better. If I were to read the bible story.
  
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TacoDave (3640 KP) Oct 16, 2020

Except it isn't accurate to the Bible. At all. So if it gives you an "understanding" of the Bible story, it has taught you to believe things that aren't true...