The RIGHT stuff…Politically InCorrect

The 100 day devotional Teen People Of The Bible will be officially released tomorrow. When I was asked to review it, I originally had some reservations. My initial thought was “Okay, here’s going to be another one of those typical relationship centered ‘if it makes you happy’ teen devotionals that’s no different than what I see on the bookshelves at the Christian book stores”. I’m happy to say that I was proved completely wrong.

In fact, I’ve been waiting a long time for a devotional like this to come along. Daniel Darling’s Teen People Of The Bible is by far the best Bible study I’ve ever seen thus far. It’s not a watered down “warm fuzzies” version of the Bible for teens, it takes you deeper into The Word and is both challenging and convicting. As I was going through it, I was incredibly blessed and challenged by the life applications.

Another great thing about this devotional is the way it’s set up. First, you’ll read the theme verse and the passage in the Bible. For example on Day 4, the overall theme is legacy. The teen we’re studying is Abel, the verse is Genesis 4:10 and the passage is Genesis 4. You’ll have to read the passage and the chapter in order to fully understand the “digging deeper” section. In that section and in the “Just Like You” section we’ll see ways to apply what we just learned. At the end of every lesson there is a spot for journaling, which makes you think deeper and also helps you understand the application. There’s also a prayer included in every day’s lesson that relates directly to what we discovered in scripture that day. Each lesson is only about 2 pages long, which means that it doesn’t take 3 hours to complete, and leaves you with something to think about and apply after you close the book.

Teen People Of The Bible is not a “feel good” devotional, but it is definitely one that when applied will change your life and bring you closer to Christ. This is one devotional that I highly recommend.

(Teen People Of The Bible will be put in the resource page, and can be bought on Amazon.com. It would make a great Christmas or Birthday present, I’ve already got a list of people I’m going to give it to.)

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