Revolve: The Complete New Testament

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Summary: How could this be racist?
Review: I am 17 and I own a copy of Revolve. My friend showed her Bible magazine to a bunch of girls at a retreat and I decided to purchase a copy when I got home. I have really enjoyed reading it and I find it in no way degrading. I think people are looking too far into it. Sure there are some silly things in there (beauty tips and what guys think) but that's what makes it the magazine format. Have you seen teen magazines lately? Revolve is a great way for a teen girl to get excited to read her Bible. I find it extremely useful and enjoy reading it every night. I definitely would recommend this to all teen girls.

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Summary: From a teen's perspective!
Review: So far all the reviews I've read have been from adults on this book! As a 17 year-old Christian, let me tell you what it's like reading it as a teen. I've been a Christian since I was thirteen. I read on a college reading level and enjoy reading this book.

Sure it may be written on a lower level but it's with good cause. I'm a ministry leader at my church and my girls enjoy this. The new study guides make it even easier to read the Bible. Some of them find it more enjoyable.

So while it may be watered down, it is worth your 15 or so bucks.

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Summary: Nothing stirs the emotions more than religion...
Review: I was not sure what to expect after seeing the divergent online reviews. I ordered a copy for a troubled teen with the limited vocabulary typical of kids educated in public schools. This was someone who hated to read and was not raised in a Christian environment. "Revolve" has dramatically improved her life.

I may not agree with every interpretation given in the supplemental material, but I have seen nothing that directs a person into sinful behavior and much that improves behavior, happiness and self-respect.

Some of the reviewers sound like self-approving Pharisees who which to dictate the petty details of worship while ignoring God's principle truths. Christ condemned the self-righteous Pharisees and praised those who come with the simple faith of children.

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: It's great to have a Bible that is relevant to the teens of today. I work with 100's of teens and this is the first time I have seen them excited about reading the Bible. I would definitely recommend it for your teenager or young adult. I would also recommend other Biblezines they have made for guys, women, etc.

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Summary: Rediculous, dishearting, degrading, and appauling
Review: I recieved this book as a gift from my youth pastors at church. At first when I recieved the book I was excited to read it. I have currently been strugling with religion and I figured that a version of the bible that is specifically geared towards young adults of my age would be helpful. When I first started reading it, I was a little skeptical because of the extremely conservative dialogue. As I continued to read, I found the side comments to be very degrading.

Although the actual word was very easy to understand, there were many comments on the side and things such as the "blab" column that dealt with the issue of how young girls should act around boys (ex. on the subject of calling boys "...guys need to step up and be the man; you need to be the woman" pg. 339). Because there are still people out there that think in these primative, barbaric ways, we do not have any extremly prominent female leaders in politics or the church, only on the domestic front.

I would not under any circumstance recomend this book to any young girl, especially due to the fact that at this age, girls are very easily influenced. Unless you want your daughter, friend, niece, etc to have the ideas implanted into her head that she needs to be submissive to men, this would not be a good idea.

The "Refuel" book for boys on the other hand is an excellent study aide to the young Christian boy. It includes a great deal of helpful advice on how to be a gentleman, as opposed to the girls version of this book.

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Summary: wonderful idea!!
Review: personally, revolve has really helped me grow in my walk with Christ. it is fun and easy to read and provides good advice along the way. i would definitaly reccomend it to any teen girl looking to draw closer to God.

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Summary: Stop Press!
Review: So, I'll just focus on two things that I haven't seen mentioned.

For one, the format of the book is such that the Biblical text is secondary to the editorial comments, and at no point is the fact that the editorial comments are NOT the inspired word of God mentioned. Now, as a non-evangelical Christian, I do not believe that every single word of the Bible is true. However, even granting that premise to the editors of this vile publication, there should be a clear statement that the editorial text is not inspired. However, the introduction to Revolve states that everything in it is "absolute reality" and "totally true." And, the layout of the text is such that the editorial text and Biblical text runs together. For example, both a Biblical quotation and a quotation from one of the editorial sidebars will both be enlarged to equal size on the page, giving both equal weight. This seems to me a very deceptive way to convince young women who have been taught by their churches that every word of the Bible is true that the opinions of the editors are true, too. It's just gross, in my opinion.

And, the obsession with what girls are wearing is disgusting. In the pages of the magazine, girls who don't dress "modestly" (whatever that means) are called tramps and trash. Those are the exact words used. They are accused of tempting boys. In one very funny passage, they are told to give their "immodest" clothes to Goodwill, apparently indicating that it's okay for poor people to dress like "tramps," just not the good middle-class white girls Revolve sees as its audience.

This is just absolute garbage. Parts of it are just laughable, like the idea that coed prayer is "sketchy, and best reserved for when a couple is engaged" and the exhortation to "buy someone a Coke--and say you did it for Jesus!" But, many parts are for more damaging and dangerous. This is a book intended to confuse young women and to stifle any kind of independent thinking, and the unethical way it preys on the belief in Biblical infallibility of evangelical young women to convince them of the truth of the conservative, sexist ideas of the editors is shameful.

Yet another publication that Transit should be ashamed of.