What an awesome magazine-ish book for me to review from the publishers of Thomas-Nelson. Revolve comes in a magazine format but has the content of a book. I have purchased Revolve in the past for my 13 year old daughter. It is difficult to find appropriate "magazines" for teenagers that don't involve gossip, virtually impossible to look like models, and stories involving sex and/or drugs. Revolve is the anti-thesis of the current teen mags available on the stands today and THIS Revolve is even cooler than the last I bought. The New Testament located in the magazine is in the New Century Version. This magazine uses this translation to make the Bible more readable to teens (and adults) so that they are more likely to read it AND apply it to everyday life.
Features of the magazine that I especially liked:
**The overall look -- similar in layout and design to a secular teen mag (obviously this is a positive since teens buy secular magazines frequently)
**The blurbs included on the pages with scripture -- for example on page 99 and 100 there is the NCV Bible story of Jesus and a Samaritan Woman at the well. Also on page 100 is a "blurb" called Samaritan Suburbia which tells the "story" of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well instead of just sticking to the NCV's verse by verse translation.
** Christian artists and authors are included in the magazine showing our teens that Christianity isn't something you need to hide or be ashamed of.
** Text versions of scripture -- LOL if my teen is going to continue to text 24/7 then I would love to see her texting her friends with Bible verses like this one found in revolve2010:
I l%K ^ 2 d hills, bt whr dz my hlp cum frm? My hlp cums frm d Lord, hu md heaven & erth//ps.121:1
**I received this magazine free from Thomas Nelson in exchange for my blogger review. I am under no obligation to provide a positive review.
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