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Including older teens or adults in groups of children and younger teens is a good way to add interest and perspective to the conversation and learning. It can be used with groups of the same age learners or several different ages. When interacting with the Conversation Pages, learners and leaders will consider together how Bible stories can inform their lives, shape their view of the world, and articulate what means to be a faithful disciple. Picture the Bible places serious emphasis on biblical texts as well as on issues of social justice. Picture the Bible seeks to occupy the intersection of the Bible and peoples’ lives in God’s world. To encourage and guide discussions, Conversation Pages include a great variety of ideas, images, art, questions, information, and background that bring together the Bible and people lives. Picture the Bible is designed to engage learners and leaders in conversation, everyone learning from each other. Picture the Bible is an approach to Bible study it is not curriculum in the traditional sense. Order here! See the trailer here! An Approach, not a Curriculum

Proud to announce the publication of the new Picture the Bible book, published by Pilgrim Press. Picture the Bible adapts to a wide variety of congregational settings connects worship, education, and mission and provides a link between church and home.

The images and corresponding student engagement pages offer a creative approach to Bible study that fosters biblical literacy and interpretation, and encourages people to see connections between their lives and the biblical story. “The questions in The Big Picture Story Bible invite interaction with my children and help them anticipate what is coming next in the story.Picture the Bibleis a set of 52 images depicting 52 individual Bible stories. Joey Cochran, pastor, Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, Illinois My family will be enjoying this book for years.” This is a worthwhile investment for your children. The illustrations will stir children to ask questions about God’s story. “ The Big Picture Story Bible effectively achieves its aim to give children a majestic picture of God. I am excited to heartily recommend The Big Picture Story Bible.” My kids are eager to bring the book to me to read and this gives me great joy as a parent. David Helm regularly asks questions in the course of the book, proving to be helpful fodder for discussion and interaction with your child. The author labors for biblical precision, emphasizing a big God and the ugliness of sin. “This book is wonderfully illustrated and carefully written. Your children will learn and grow through the marvelous words and pictures, and your heart will be refreshed and comforted again and again with the greatest story of all.” “This book is an outstanding resource for parents who delight in invading their children’s lives with the gospel. Buy this book and use it with your children.” “A powerfully done, relevant book for parents to teach their children about God. Philip Graham Ryken, President, Wheaton College Even better, Helm’s redemptive-historical orientation helps even the youngest Christians see the fundamental unity of the Bible and its single gospel message of salvation in Christ. “ The Big Picture Story Bible is written in a simple way with pictures that reinforce the meaning of the biblical text and often contain details that generate conversation and lead to a deeper understanding of the gospel.

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Nancy Guthrie, Bible Teacher author, Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series The Big Picture Story Bible provides a foundation for children (and their moms and dads) to grasp God’s intention for his people to be in his place under his loving rule from the first page of the Bible to the last. But somehow we missed the big story that all of the stories fit into.

“When my son was growing up we read lots of Bible storybooks. Trevin Wax, Managing Editor, The Gospel Project author, Gospel-Centered Teaching, Counterfeit Gospels, and Holy Subversion Here’s a Bible storybook that shows the biblical story from Creation to New Testament-a book that anticipates Jesus in the Old Testament and makes his crucifixion and resurrection the proper climax of the New Testament. “When serving as a pastor, I frequently purchased and gave this Bible to families with young children in hopes that the parents would read and absorb its message. Albert Mohler Jr., President and Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Parents, grandparents, and others will see this book as a friend as they teach their children the things of God.” The biblical story is told well and in a way that will compel the attention of children. “Christians parents looking for a Bible storybook they can trust will welcome The Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm and Gayle Schoonmaker.

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