What Bible for my 14 yr old son

[liz67_1]

My wonderful 14 yr old son was saved when he was 8 , well needless to say many things happened and i didnt take him to church like i should. May God have mercy on me.. Well this past saturday he had a bad accident in his football game. Which scared him deeply and made him realize he wanted to get close to Jesus again. I took him to church last night and we will be going regualr now. But i was looking at teen bibles and hear so many conlficting opinions . Could any one advise me on what one that would be easy to read Yet not so watered down.. Thanks

[70thWeek]

Are you just looking for a Bible or a study Bible?

[AJSHOPE]

Well, we have some younger teens in the youth group at my church and they just use the NIV or the NKJV. I personally have a NKJV Spirit Filled Life Bible. The youth minister has the same Bible and he said that he believes there is a teen version as well. I like the NKJV Spirit Filled Life Bible, but I also just recently bought the Tim Lahaye NKJV Prophecy Stuby Bible (this one may not be quite as good for a teen unless he's interested in prophecy).

[70thWeek]

Well, we have some younger teens in the youth group at my church and they just use the NIV or the NKJV. I personally have a NKJV Spirit Filled Life Bible. The youth minister has the same Bible and he said that he believes there is a teen version as well. I like the NKJV Spirit Filled Life Bible, but I also just recently bought the Tim Lahaye NKJV Prophecy Stuby Bible (this one may not be quite as good for a teen unless he's interested in prophecy).

Yes, there is a teen version of the Spirit Filled Life Bible. I have one as well as one of the regular ones, but of course, I should have one, my Dad contributed to it.

[col311]

My wonderful 14 yr old son was saved when he was 8 , well needless to say many things happened and i didnt take him to church like i should. May God have mercy on me.. Well this past saturday he had a bad accident in his football game. Which scared him deeply and made him realize he wanted to get close to Jesus again. I took him to church last night and we will be going regualr now. But i was looking at teen bibles and hear so many conlficting opinions . Could any one advise me on what one that would be easy to read Yet not so watered down.. Thanks


If you want to avoid a later topic on which translation is better, you would be safe in sticking to the NKJV.

And if its a study Bible you want then get the John MacArthur Student Bible.

[blitzkreig]

Get them all.

At 14 he is more wired than you may ever be. Get him online in any number of the good Bible sites ... or get him on e-Sword.

Show him some teen Christian forum sites in which he can meet Christians from around the world.

You will only have to prime the pump once. At 14 they are very computer savey.

If you want to make Christianity current and cool ... the "onion skin paper with the gilt edge all in a leather bound" anything ain't going to cut it mom.

Start here ---> http://www.blueletterbible.org/

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[Charity4Ever]

I would get him a paper one too. You can't bring a program or website to a study group with you at school or something.

In terms of that, I would suggest seeing what his peers are reading or from which version is being read from first. IMO it's really difficult to have the KJV in front of you when the pastor or group is reading from the NIV, or vice versa.

[blitzkreig]

I would get him a paper one too. You can't bring a program or website to a study group with you at school or something.Good point. Get him e-Sword on the Palm computer or perhaps PocketPC.

I use a laptop computer but your are right Charity4Ever ... folks call me old fashioned ...


Better yet ... show him the options mentioned here and ask him. Would you prefer leather or wireless? Onionskin or perhaps widescreen ...


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[bopeep1909]

I bought my grand daughter the NIV teen version and she loves it. She would have a hard time with KJV.<><

[Charity4Ever]

iPods or the Pocket PCs in my experience don't have enough memory to fit the whole Bible on the thing. My iPod and the pocket PC I used to have didn't.
Fine if you're going systematically, but if you need to skip around or pull up random Scripture you're out of luck.

I wouldn't bring my pocket PC or iPod to school anyway. Those things are fragile and break, get smashed in bottoms of pockets or whatever, and they're expensive!

I would see which version his school mates or youth group or friends read, and get him a small paper Bible of that version he can easily carry around with him or two--one for instances where it is read from the King James in the thing and another from the NIV. Hard to understand when it's a different version than what is being used. Get him one that can fit in pockets--I never had room in my back pack for one, didn't want the weight, and things always got ruined in there. I could read it between class, and now it serves as a very portable one, or easy to bring extra.

The Bible version he finds is used or used the most (KJV or NIV, probably) I would also get him an electronic pocket Bible of that version that is very small and relatively inexpensive, has the whole thing, nothing but, and has a keyword search he can bring to class and stuff. This is used for in-class assignments, or when a professor or TA said something and you want to respond and you need full Scripture w/verse. Especially useful for religious studies or Bible professors and such who know the Bible less than you and need to be corrected :nod I needed one a great many times, and for those I either missed the opportunity to witness or it was awkward.

The reason I would suggest both paper Bibles and an electronic pocket Bible with search is that it is harder to read and you don't have cross-refs electronically, and you don't have the search on paper.

[kattallysn1]

I grew up using the KJV ( our private school would only allow that version ) and its really not that hard as everyone is making it out to be.

[Stephanie]

I would get him the Student's Life Application Bible. That's what I got for my daughter when she was a teenager. Now that she's college-aged, she uses the Ryrie... but the Student's Life App is wonderful.

It has lots of...


articles interspersed between the various books which cover issues of importance to Christian teenagers;
each book begins with an outline of the book and what it covers;
an excellent concordance in the back;
contains 'time lines' to help you understand the order in which certain events occurred;
provides historic and geographical information
maps, and other really helpful tools.


It comes in a variety of versions, too. (My daughter's Student Life App was in the NIV format - but there are other versions to choose from.

Note to people with younger kids: there's also a Kid's Life App... and of course there's the regular Life Application Bible for adults.

edit to add: For myself - I use the Ryrie NIV. Previously, I used the Life Application (that's the first study Bible I used, because up until 1990/91/92 - somewhere around there - I just used an ordinary Bible without any footnotes. Once I switched over to the Life App, I loved it and really got a lot of use out of it. But then my daughter and I discovered the Ryrie, and now, it's my favorite (but I still use the Life App now and then). I also have a copy of The Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible (not to be confused with The Reformation Study Bible, an altogether different animal)... but I'm a little disturbed by some of its footnote comments. It's nice to have the Westminster Confession of Faith and other historic documents in the back, though - so there *is* good reason to have The Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible around for in-depth study.

-Stephanie