Revolve: The Complete New Testament (Paperback)

by Holy Bible (Author) "This is the family history of Jesus Christ..." (more)
Key Phrases: Jesus Christ, Son of Man, Christ Jesus (more...)

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Product Description

In focus groups, online polling, and one-on-one discussion, Transit Books has found that the number one reason teens don't read the Bible is that it is "too big and freaky looking." This fashion-magazine format for the New Testament is the perfect solution to that problem. Teen girls feel comfortable exploring the Scriptures in the New Century Version and over 500 further-study notes because of the relevant language and format!

Revolve is the new look for teen Bible publishing!

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Nelson Bibles (July 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0718003586
• ISBN-13: 978-0718003586
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #287,601 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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45 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Did I miss something?, October 7, 2003

By A Customer

I've never been more embarrassed to be raised Christian. Why not change all the words in the bible? Why not change all the meaning? Bit by bit its original message is degraded in a whisper chain of translations until the person at the end is left with something resembling The Book of Mormon. There are all sorts of people who interpret the bible for any number of reasons, including Nazi's, cultists and well meaning fund raisers, but the problem is the same no matter what the purpose. To change the words inevitably in some way alters the meaning. To interpret the words gives you only one point of view- the interpreters. God wanted you to have your own point of view.

The author says that girls are intimidated by the big words and the old language of the bible. Why girls? Are they so stupid? Are they so much lesser than other parts of human culture that they need a bible written especially for them in the language of pre-adolescent morons? If girls are so pathetically ignorant, that they can't understand things people educated and uneducated alike have understood for over 1000 years, maybe they should spend a little less time shrinking their pores and a little more time paying attention at school. All this book does is say that girls are freaking idiots and so much so that they need their own version of the bible (with lots of pictures) to be able to hold their short lived brainless attention for more than 5 minutes. So anyone supporting this book supports the empty brains of girls everywhere saying "it's ok pretty thing, if you don't understand the big mean complex world, we'll just make it conform to you so you can go about putting on your make up and not have to deal with anything so bad as reality."

The best a girl who relates to this book can hope for is a husband who understands how practical yet conversationally useless she really is. That way she won't have to understand anything past simple "godly" commands. "Go make my dinner and fold my clothes and when you're done with that and putting the kids to bed go lay down on the bed naked. I'll be in eventually to please myself then you can know you've done gods work. Oh yeah... and I love you."

Girls please don't short change your self ever by thinking you are too stupid to understand something as complex as a book. There is more to you than make-up and boy angst. You were born with a brain because God wanted you to use it, not so that it could be used by those around you. If you want to start your own religion, rewrite the bible (or any religious text) in your own interpretation. If you want to be a Christian read the bible. If you want to be a Muslim read the Koran. If you want to be an idiot read this book.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's a sad, materialistic world, October 6, 2003

By A Customer

What has the world come to when we have to package the Scripture in a Seventeen magazine?? Yeah, study Bibles are cool... when they help you understand the scriptures. Nowhere in scripture does it compare makeup foundation to Christ as the foundation of your life. That is, unless you are reading Revolve. It's sad this sort of stuff is even sold in Christian bookstores, let alone endorsed by the Christian media.

Things like this destroy young girls. It's more destructive, I would venture, than even YM or Teen People. Because no longer is the message, "you need to look like this to be popular." The new message is this: "you need to look like this in order for God to love you."

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Brainwashing for Young Girls, September 22, 2003

By	Melissa Maskevich (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Don't get me wrong... I have nothing against Christianity or religion. I'm certainly in favour of anything that can help provide young girls with some stability in their lives.

But this is not the way to go about it.

I didn't think much of "Revolve" when I first heard about it, but the more I looked into it, the more disturbed I became. Never call a boy and always let him take the lead in a relationship...? That's got to be some of the worst advice I've read. I can only imagine what will happen to the girls who follow this, only to find themselves in an abusive relationship.

And what's with the "never question your parents" bit? To a certain extent (like curfew times) this is not a bad idea. However, parents can be wrong. And it's not bad to disagree with them on larger issues like politics, homosexuality or abortions. We are individuals and, as such, we should know that there is nothing wrong with making up our own minds.

This magazine is about telling girls WHAT to think, not HOW to think. It's a manual in how to turn their brains off. I'm afraid that it will do more harm than good, and it certainly isn't going to provide help to the people who need it the most.