Mettle Guide to the Bible - Softcover

Brant, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853455121 ISBN 13: 9781853455124

Publisher: CWR, 2009

Synopsis

The Bible. You think you know what's going on but, to be honest, you're not quite sure. There's a bunch of characters doing seemingly random things, a lot of rules and regulations, difficult language ... You may find yourself asking, 'What's all this got to do with me?'

The answer is: it's got everything to do with you! In the pages of the Bible, God reveals THE PLAN - why things went wrong with the world and how it's all going to be fixed. Adam, Eve, Moses, Mary ... you, me - we're all caught up in this amazing story.

Starting with a brief look at the Bible's overall plot-line, the Mettle Guide goes on to give summaries of all sixty-six 'mini-books' in God's Word, some background info on Bible places and cultures, facts about the main characters and more.

God's plan is not to confuse you; He wants to show you the way to the best life ever - life with Him. So, dig in and fin out what it's all about ...

The Mettle range of books is designed for young people aged 14-18.

About this title

Product Description

Adventure, romance, war, miracles, angels, healings, exorcisms - amazing things happen in the Bible, and amazing things happen to people who read it. The Mettle guide will help you understand the who, what and why of the wilderness, cities, kings, poems, prophets and more. It makes the Bible come alive in a really cool way and easier to understand for 14 to 18-year-olds.

Review

Mettle Guide to the Bible is an excellent pocket manual that will engage and inform today's teenagers and uses a similar format to the Mettle daily dated Bible reading notes, produced in collaboration with Youth for Christ. Young people can find that reading the Bible is a bit like trying to watch satellite TV without a decoder - the action and storyline appear and disappear through a thick fog. It is possible to think they have got the gist of what the Bible is teaching only to quickly lose the thread. The original context and the cast of historical characters can leave them baffled and unconvinced that the Bible has any relevance to life today. In this exciting addition to the Mettle series for 14-18-year-olds, Jonathan Brant offers a `decoder' for young people as they read the Bible. Stressing the importance of reading the actual Bible as well as this guide, he explains how the people of the Bible lived, what they liked and disliked, what they were afraid of and what their concerns were, as well as when and why a particular book of the Bible was written. The guide opens with a really helpful and enjoyable introduction that outlines how to approach Bible reading. The body of the guide is stylishly designed with pithy, grabbing sub-sections. `INTERESTING BITS!' stands out and helpfully sums up the section just read. The Mettle Guide for the Bible is written in language that 14-18s will understand and includes colour maps and illustrations. -- Steve King

Edition details

• Publisher: CWR
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853455121
• ISBN 13: 9781853455124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196