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Holy Bible: The New King James Version
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Enhance your time reading and exploring God's Word. Experience a whole new level of visual comfort and biblical study with Thomas Nelson's "NKJV Personal Size Giant Print End-of-Verse Reference Bible." This Bible is filled with references and study aids to strengthen your Bible reading. Plus, it features giant print type, making reading more enjoyable than ever. Ideal for...more
Hardcover, New King James Version, 1536 pages
Published
March 7th 2006
by Thomas Nelson
(first published January 1st 1982)
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An absurdly confusing generation-spanning saga.
Apart from being generally long-winded, there are too many inconsistencies in the plot to ignore. The pointless digressions and Tolstoyesque cast of thousands makes it very difficult to follow, let alone identify with any of the protagonists.
The ending makes no sense whatsoever.
Apart from being generally long-winded, there are too many inconsistencies in the plot to ignore. The pointless digressions and Tolstoyesque cast of thousands makes it very difficult to follow, let alone identify with any of the protagonists.
The ending makes no sense whatsoever.
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If there is only one book you read in your life, make it this one. It contains the actual history of the world, not what modern scientists would have us believe. Man is lost in sin and we will all answer for the sins we commit in this life. However, there is hope for us. God's only begotten son, Jesus Christ, came to earth 2000 years ago, lived the perfect, sinless life, and willingly let himself be crucified by those who opposed him. He gave his life as a perfect sacrifice to atone for the sins...more
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The Bible is our instruction manual, our way to living a Godly life...there is so much we do not know until we read and study the Bible. It's so important to be opening our Bibles, making sure what we are being taught and/or what we hear is true because there are so many miss teaching it. It's also important to be attending a Bible-believing Church.
Until we choose to follow God, to truly believe and have faith in Him and accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior we will always feel empty and w...more
Until we choose to follow God, to truly believe and have faith in Him and accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior we will always feel empty and w...more
I started reading the Bible as soon as i could read, which was before kindergarten. My mother started me reading a few verses a day, then a chapter, and the more times i went through it the more i wanted to read it. I've lost count of how many times i've read it cover to cover...it's the living Word of God, relevant to today in a way that many people don't realize because they don't study it - instead, they pick through what they like and don't like. Don't do that...read it and be open to what G...more
WARNING: This a work of fiction. Do NOT TAKE it literally.
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Contains verses descriptive or advocating suicide, incest, bestiality, sadomasochism, sexual activity in a violent context, murder, morbid violence, use of drugs or alcohol, homosexuality, voyeurism, revenge, undermining of authority figures, lawlessness and human rights violations and atrocities.
EXPOSURE WARNING: Exposure to contents for extended periods of time or during formative years in children may cause delusion...more
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Contains verses descriptive or advocating suicide, incest, bestiality, sadomasochism, sexual activity in a violent context, murder, morbid violence, use of drugs or alcohol, homosexuality, voyeurism, revenge, undermining of authority figures, lawlessness and human rights violations and atrocities.
EXPOSURE WARNING: Exposure to contents for extended periods of time or during formative years in children may cause delusion...more
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It was difficult to read, especially as a curious kid.
The stories are interesting, but thinking back to it, I question why people would believe it is 100% true and accurate. From a historical point of view, it is intriguing. However, there are plenty of works that were partially historic and partially fiction with notations about "the gods." The Bible seems no different than any other ancient work, but has withstood the lashes of time. With only parts of it being canonized and recanonized, trans...more
The stories are interesting, but thinking back to it, I question why people would believe it is 100% true and accurate. From a historical point of view, it is intriguing. However, there are plenty of works that were partially historic and partially fiction with notations about "the gods." The Bible seems no different than any other ancient work, but has withstood the lashes of time. With only parts of it being canonized and recanonized, trans...more
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I read this book 1 chapter a day, from Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 & I will NEVER get those 3 years back. What a waste of time...
It's a shame that people worship a childish & jealous, psychopathic murderer.
The psychosis of Abraham is a horrible malfunction of common sense & rational... IT'S PATHETIC. What kind of man would be willing to kill his own son at the request of an invisible being? Is that what is required of you from your god? That's the father of Judaism, Christianity & Islam. Th...more
It's a shame that people worship a childish & jealous, psychopathic murderer.
The psychosis of Abraham is a horrible malfunction of common sense & rational... IT'S PATHETIC. What kind of man would be willing to kill his own son at the request of an invisible being? Is that what is required of you from your god? That's the father of Judaism, Christianity & Islam. Th...more
I hesitated to include the Bible (any translation) as it's not just another book it isn't to me...but 5 stars.
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"I won't say it is very hard to write a review about the Holy Bible because I am a Universalist and a Pluralist so I don't find it hard at all to review this book no matter what any ""Christian"" may say to me. What I do have to say is that this is an excellent book written by numerous authors throughout the history of the Old and New Testament. Why I say that is because this is a collection of so many different books by many authors, some writings may differ from one person compared to the othe...more
WOW! I finally finished my journey through the Bible. It has been fascinating as I have put many things into perspective. I loved listening to this semi-dramatized, modernized language version of the scriptures. It gave me a unique perspective. I am sure I will listen to it over and over again as I work at understanding all that is there for me. Except for "Leviticus." I will never listen to it, or read it, again!! It is the worst book EVER. Not that all the rest of it is wonderful, because ther...more
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This book had interesting stories, but it was obviously written and edited by committee: multiple authors within different time periods, some quite talented, others with almost sinister agendas. It was most likely written by nobles for Kings since they were the only ones literate enough to write these many 1000's of years ago.
And considering the language used throughout, Lord, Kingdom, it was obvious the last edition was heavily tainted in Feudalism.
Generally, this book was disjointed and obtus...more
And considering the language used throughout, Lord, Kingdom, it was obvious the last edition was heavily tainted in Feudalism.
Generally, this book was disjointed and obtus...more
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I read this from cover to cover and discovered that it was in some part a list of people in a simple form as father to son, plus, it was full of fantasy and proclamations. There were, if the people were real at all, people with severe mental issues such as Abraham who almost murdered his son because he heard voices and Moses, who led his people into the desert and then spent days carving on rocks so he could give them a list of rules to follow. If we were to follow all the rules and things in th...more
If there is only one book you read in your life, make it this one. It contains the actual history of the world, not what modern scientists would have us believe. Man is lost in sin and we will all answer for the sins we commit in this life. However, there is hope for us. God's only begotten son, Jesus Christ, came to earth 2000 years ago, lived the perfect, sinless life, and willingly let himself be crucified by those who opposed him. He gave his life as a perfect sacrifice to atone for the sins...more
The most unfortunate thing about reading the Bible is that it’s nearly impossible to do it without preconceived notions of what it is, what it isn’t, and what it’s actually saying. Many believers seem to read the Bible with the notion that it’s one work, the original language being English, and that despite endless translations and paraphrases, including a continuing debate over whether or not the Apocrypha is scripture, it can contain no fallacies of any kind. Non-believers, though they seem to...more
Alright. I readily admit that I'm an atheist, but I was raised as a good Catholic boy and besides you should really know exactly what it is your rejecting.
A decent if somewhat dry read. Some good, fanciful stories if you don't take them literally. Although if you've alteady read Sumerian mythology you'll recognise a lot of the same elements. A lot of draggy sections full of a lot of beggeting. Really picks up in the second half when a young radical named Jesus appears on the scene and teaches us...more
A decent if somewhat dry read. Some good, fanciful stories if you don't take them literally. Although if you've alteady read Sumerian mythology you'll recognise a lot of the same elements. A lot of draggy sections full of a lot of beggeting. Really picks up in the second half when a young radical named Jesus appears on the scene and teaches us...more
Luke 1:15-17 (15) For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother"s womb. (16) And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. (17) He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, "to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children," and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
John fulfilled Isaiah 40...more
John fulfilled Isaiah 40...more
I will be currently reading this great book for my entire life until every page is swollen and worn from years of use. I hope to never get tired or worn out from reading it and pray that my children and husband will do the same. If you don't have a bible of your own please let me know and I will buy you one or give you one of mine. It's the greatest love story ever written about a Savior who loved the people of the world so much that He gave His own life for us to live.
Taken as literature alone the Bible is worth reading. It has a certain epic quality - it's full of violence and the justification of violence but has its quieter moments: Jesus comes out as a thoroughly brilliant character, particularly given the brutality of the times.
The Song of Solomon is a fine piece of erotic writing.
Paul comes out as a bit of a villain. He seems to move from persecuting innocent Christians to championing them in an excessive display of remorse taken to the ugly conclusio...more
The Song of Solomon is a fine piece of erotic writing.
Paul comes out as a bit of a villain. He seems to move from persecuting innocent Christians to championing them in an excessive display of remorse taken to the ugly conclusio...more
A lot of violence and mysoginy, a story of people who lived thousands of years ago in an arid country within a very rigid patriarchy, a lot of superstition, a lot of invocations from a God above. But a lot of stories of human trial, suffering and human capability in spite of it all.
My favorite books: Proverbs, stories of Jesus in the books of Matthew and Luke, particularly the story of the Sermon on the Mount, a fantastic parable about the sharing and possibiities of human kind.
The story of Gene...more
My favorite books: Proverbs, stories of Jesus in the books of Matthew and Luke, particularly the story of the Sermon on the Mount, a fantastic parable about the sharing and possibiities of human kind.
The story of Gene...more
Dawkins said it best: "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."
Some great lost Sheaksperian poems in Psalms.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are apparently psudonyms, but the writting is not good enough for me to try to track down the actual author(s).
Some good ideas in the text, but they are incredably offuscated... perhaps that is why some many Christains don't follow them.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are apparently psudonyms, but the writting is not good enough for me to try to track down the actual author(s).
Some good ideas in the text, but they are incredably offuscated... perhaps that is why some many Christains don't follow them.
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Holy crap this thing is long! It's not exactly a page turner, but it does have lots of sodomy, rape, incest, people living in the sky and underground in pits of fire, burning bushes, canes that turn into snakes, and a race of giants! Wait a minute, this isn't supposed to be fiction?...
I hate to give the Bible 4 stars... but it's sometimes a little too much history and not enough spiritual gems. Also, there is a lot that happens that doesn't seem to fit well with Christian values... some of the books heroes and heroines are unexplainably cruel.
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I think this book is amazing...
it teaches you about everything and how you should live it teaches you about the life of Jesus Christ.
This book is my life and i love it.
it teaches you about everything and how you should live it teaches you about the life of Jesus Christ.
This book is my life and i love it.
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Absolutely hilarious comedy! Funniest book I have ever read. Makes for a good laugh and decent toilet paper.
This is an nice piece of fiction. But really people are too obsessed.
Ticks all the genres.
From boring stuffy historical geneology, laws, people right through to the excitement of wartime battles. Kingdoms lost and found.
The supernatural miracles, ghosts, unexplained events, afterlife.
Romance, love, marriage and poetry through to lust, rape and incest
Accounts of unity,loyalty and betrayal personal and nationally.
Paradise gained and lost and regained
Heros and heroines, kings and queens. Prophets, priests.
Wisdom and knowledge. Past, present and future
This boo...more
From boring stuffy historical geneology, laws, people right through to the excitement of wartime battles. Kingdoms lost and found.
The supernatural miracles, ghosts, unexplained events, afterlife.
Romance, love, marriage and poetry through to lust, rape and incest
Accounts of unity,loyalty and betrayal personal and nationally.
Paradise gained and lost and regained
Heros and heroines, kings and queens. Prophets, priests.
Wisdom and knowledge. Past, present and future
This boo...more
Filled with historic and scientific inaccuracies, this book has been cherry-picked and reinterpreted for millennia to support whatever morality its readers chose to draw from it.
Slavery (Leviticus 25:44-46) and Polygamy (all-throughout the first half), background themes of the first half, depicted as a normal part of life are never questioned as immoral. Yet believers in the modern narrative of this book find these things deplorable while lacking any ability to reasonably demonstrate why these t...more
Slavery (Leviticus 25:44-46) and Polygamy (all-throughout the first half), background themes of the first half, depicted as a normal part of life are never questioned as immoral. Yet believers in the modern narrative of this book find these things deplorable while lacking any ability to reasonably demonstrate why these t...more
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for our daily bread
the end of our lives
the end of our lives
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