The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden

This is a children's book for grown-ups. It is a synopsis, or Cliffs Notes, of the whole bible."No child cold possibly grasp the true depth here", was my initial thought upon reading it. Then I remembered the words of Ralph Venning, a Puritan from the 1600's, who wrote about scripture, "It is deep enough for an elephant to swim in, yet shallow enough for a lamb to wade in."Yes! Children can and will wade happily in this book! They will be captured by the illustration, and enjoy reading again the stories they already know. Also, they will come away from it understanding that the bible is one Big Story - not just a collection of little ones.And adults? Reminded here of the amazing power and "God-ness" of God, they may well swim in the biblical sea of sheer grace.Here are a few of my favorite quotes"God kept his promises. He blessed the whole lot of them despite themselves.""God rounded up Moses to deliver his people - but in reality, God did all the work.""People just couldn't get things right. Thankfully, God was still not done saving his people.""It was God's way of saying, "I'll take care of the rescuing. Just trust me.""This time God was going to do everything himself, to make sure Abraham got his blessing.""Our story is the story of God doing what we can't, in order to make up for us doing what we shouldn't.""God kicks his own people out of Paradise and then does whatever it takes to bring them back again.""The Snake Crusher is coming back again to wipe away all the bad guys and wipe away every tear.Truly this is the Best Story ever!

This is a great intro storybook to teach kids a major theme of redemptive history in the Bible- Jesus Christ is the snake-crushing King of all! Well written, biblically faithful, and your kids will love it. Also currently helpful for evangelizing some children down the street with story time :) highly recommend for kids probably 10 and under. Our daughter loved this story and tracked with it at 2, and older kids we’ve read it with enjoy it as well. Probably best for 3-5 though.

I can't begin to tell you the number of times we have read this cover to cover, my kids love it that much! And we keep buying them to give as gifts. The fill Storybook Bible by the same author and illustrator duo is just as excellent!This paints a God-centric "big picture" for kids to understand Jesus from Genesis to Revelation. Unlike many storybook "bibles" for kids, this one isn't focused on the child, but rather God and Jesus throughout Scripture and what that means for them. It's possibly a small difference when you think about kids getting to know Jesus, but I personally love knowing we are sowing sound theology from the very beginning.

I believe the author who is a pastor has written a very helpful book for young readers. He and his wife have 9 children so how does he have any time to write books? I don't know but the words and the illustrations in this beautiful book are great. The message of the whole Bible also comes through. Indeed, the message of God's redemption is clearly proclaimed throughout the book. Thanks much!

I tend to be picky about Bible books for my kids. THIS book however quickly became my absolute favorite, and I will be buying more to buy as gifts.What I LOVE:1) The essence of the Bible is told from a big-picture point of view. So often we focus on each kids Bible story but we forget (in truth, I think a lot of people don't actually know) to teach how those stories are all part of the whole Bible - The Greatest Love Story Ever! This book does so quite effectively.2) The writing has character - it is fun, creative, enjoyable - for myself and my kids, and was NOT overly poetic.3) The writing is accurate. I am in agreement with the points the author made and how he made them.4) The artwork is absolutely spectacular!! Gorgeous!! Simply beautiful! My words do not do it justice.5) My boys (8 and 6) were upset when I only read a few chapters at a time. They begged me to keep going.What I would like to see NEXT:This book is a beautiful presentation of the overall story of the Bible, but it is not very long. I would definitely be interested in more from him, perhaps more in depth, building on this one?Highly recommend!!!!

At first I wasn’t sure about buying this book. The cover didn’t appeal to me and I did t think it would keep the kids attention. But off of a recommendation I decided to go ahead and order it. And I am so very happy I did! It is the entire bible written in a shortened, simplified way so that kids can get the whole Big concept in 1-2 sittings (maybe 3 or 4 sittings if you have a younger child). I highly recommend this book for children of all ages and adults too! It’s kinda fun to be able to remind yourself of the big picture in an easy to read quick read. I also think it’s a great place to start if you’re a new believer wanting to figure out how the whole Bible ties together from book to book. adults could read this in probably 20-30 minutes tops.

This book is incredible! A must have on every child’s bookshelf. Honestly, even adults will love this! It beautifully weaves in the gospel throughout the entire book. Plus, the illustrations are amazing. They also have a children’s Bible, which is just as beautiful.

I bought this for my nephew's baptism. I am already a fan of Kevin DeYoung's other books and love how he keeps the stories Biblical and pointing back to Christ. I think the illustrations are really lovely as well. There are some negative reviews about some of the stories but if you've studied the Bible, you know that it's important not to shy away from the truth.