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Prove It! the Catholic Teen Bible-Nab

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Amy Welborn's latest addition to the Prove It! Series is a great resource for teens. As an accompaniment to the complete New American Bible, this paperback edition includes a series of Prove It! inserts that make this a great Bible for teens and young adults. The book's introduction is addressed at the questions of why and how to read the Bible. Additional topics covered throughout the main sections of the Bible include answers to basic (and not so basic) questions about God, Jesus, the Church, prayer and more. A special concluding section entitled "the map" is an excellent compilation of important data and prayers that should form the basis of catechesis for any young Catholic. Along with all of our traditional prayers, the Stations of the Cross, the Mysteries of the Rosary and much more are included.

This light weight and compact Bible will be a great resource for your Catholic preteen, teen or young adult for years to come.

What drew me to this particular bible, out of the rest of the Catholic teen bibles were the inserts by Amy Wellborn. I have, through other publications become familier with her as an author and commentator and really enjoy her insights and straight forward approach to her topics. As a catechist for the RCIA for teens this year, I was really looking for a Bible the teens in my group could really connect with and not see it at as another "classroom textbook". I ordered one for myself first at the beginning of the week and received it rather quickly (by the end of the week). When I received it I read through the introduction, checked the fine print, it has the Nihil Obstat & Imprimatur. I read all the inserts sprinkled through the OT and NT on God, Jesus, Prayer, the Church, You..et al,and finally in the back the "roadmap". I thought it was a very good bible, but I wanted to put it to the ultimate test....in the hands of a teen. It passed. This teen was so impressed, he wanted a copy and was sharing with it with other teens in our teen group and before long our DRE had a list of all the teens who wanted one. One of the main things our teens emphasized is that this Bible is not only easy to use, they especially liked the "prove it" inserts because it used language they understood without being completely dumbed down or full of fluff to soften theological truths....one of them even said it answered an important question he had been struggling with.

Regarding the version of the bible; as an instructor, I wanted it to be the NAB version, being that is what the Church uses (in the US)in the Mass scripture readings. The main reason for this though, is during "breaking open the word", during class & bible study, I found using the same version less confusing than other versions.

i bought a collection of these bibles for the bookshelf in my youth room...and, my teens are REALLY enjoying these bibles...they find them interesting and informative and i have had MANY of them ask where they can get one for themselves...as a youth minister, i am always concerned with making sure my teenagers are getting the best bibles to fit their needs...and, i think i have finally found a winner!

It's a great complete bible and it comes with great extra information that will help you understand the text more. it is in a great format that is easy to read. Amy Welborn's inserts are easy to understand teachings about the bible! This is a great teen bible.

Of all the teen bibles I looked at, this one had the busyist cover. Don't judge a book by it's cover, I guess! However, inside was a pleasant surprise. The inserts were placed appropriately, not distracting from the bible contents. It was easy to hold and the print was easily read, unlike some teenage bibles I've looked at.

My 15 year old daughter loves this Bible. It has already answered many of her questions and she has been avidly discussing her favorite stories with me. It is written in a way to help teens understand and stay engaged. Very well done!

i love the way its wrote for teens but unlike the other "teen" bibles, its not directed at preteens or talking to us like we're 9 years old. im 18 and its exactly what i wanted. the way its wrote is not too hard to understand and the questions were most of the questions i'd been asking my (biased) dad but been getting one-sided answers. i love that it has our prayers in the back and how to say the rosary, since ive wanted to start doing that again since my family wuit doing it altogether years ago.

the book was in like-new condition even though i payed for a "very good" book.

all i need now is a bible reading plan (because i dont like that most bible's "reading plans" are to read this chapter, then that chapter, then the rest. and you have no idea where else you should start.

I am a pastor of three small Catholic parishes located in the Mississippi Delta. We have a confirmation class of 6 students this year who live in three different counties. It is a tradition to present the youth in our parishes a new Bible at the start of their confirmation journey. After looking at many different Bibles, we chose this one. I wanted to make sure that the Bible we got the youth would be the same text they would be hearing at mass - this is not the case with all Catholic study Bibles. The youth and their teacher are very pleased with it. The colorful study sections located throughout the book are very well presented and appeal to the way teens learn. Several parents in our parish have gotten these Bibles for their other children after having seen how wonderful these Bibles are. Amy Welborn is a wonderful Catholic author and educator. She led a women's retreat at a parish where I served in Jackson, Mississippi, and was a big hit with the women. When I saw her name on this Bible, as having written the commentary, I knew that it would be a Bible that would be well-written and that would present a sound Catholic point of view. This is a great Bible for Catholic youth. You will not be disappointed.

I've bought over 250 of this Bible in the last three years for my Catechism students, and they love it! It's youth friendly, easy for them to read, understand, and afford. They love the "Teen Thoughts", "Facts" and questions sections. This Prove It Bible does a great job bringing the Word of God to the hearts, minds and lives of our teens, who happen to be inner-city/urban city youth facing a whole lot of life challenges. I highly recommend this Bible to anyone who works with teens.

I bought this for my granddaughter and started reading it for myself. Very easy to read and understand and the note pages are great. I would like to see them go a little further with encouragement but I was so impressed with this book I ordered another copy for another grandchild.