10 Minute Bible Journey

I am impressed with the colored illustrations, the nice layout.
It intentionally relates the Bible stories to the world we live in, highlighting the science of creation. I feel like anything with a young earth perspective is gold and appreciate their effort to connect the Bible stories together into a single connected storyline. This would be best for middle or high schoolers (or adults of course!).

#1 issue: The image of Adam and Eve shows quite a bit of detail. It made us uncomfortable giving the book to our son and daughter. Both Adam and Eve have been illustrated in a way that's just barely "ok". Both are drawn with quite a bit below the waistline showing... literally just above the genital area. Eve is very curvy and her hair doesn't cover the sides of her upper curve. Skipping ahead to Bathsheda in the pool bathing naked from the hips up, if David should have looked away, shouldn't we teach our children to look away and not draw attention to what David couldn’t look and walk away from? There is a way to depict the idea nakedness tastefully, this is not. In today's world with all the temptations and imagery around us a Christian company should have images that push the line. We teach our children to guard their hearts and eyes, yet the images in this Christian book don't help that.

#2 issue: I understand that Bible is quite graphic and that encouraging our kids to learn it is important.
However, I believe it should be done in an age appropriate and sensitive manner. There are a few stories in here that are quite direct regarding issues of a sexual matter "Sarai was so desirable”;
In the Sodom and Gomorrah story "demanded that he bring the two visitors outside so they could molest them" and "Lot offered the depraved horde his two virgin daughters instead- whom they rejected”;
"Rachel's marriage bed was corrupted by her own sister”;
the story of Potipher's wife "Come to bed with me!”;
Boaz to Ruth, "he desired her"; David "could have fulfilled his awakened passions with almost any of them" (concubines and wives) and Uriah the "soldier refused to enjoy his wife”;
"David's virgin daughter Tamar was raped by his son…” and the son "sexually assaulted ten of his father's concubine wives…”;
"Vashti refused to expose herself to the degrading party of drunken men”

There are ways to get across the gist of the story without being so direct.

I realize we all have different views of what is appropriate, but I wish I would have known the graphic language and edgy images before I purchased this for my elementary age kids.

As a side note, the other stories are excellently written.