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Here's a book for the family, church or youth group! I received an advanced reader's digital copy from the publisher via NetGalley and this is my unsolicited opinion.
The book is comprised of segments such as Battles, Miracles, Fruit of the Spirit and more. Each category has intriguing questions which start with, would you rather...? For example, "would you rather be warned like Noah of a worldwide flood or warned like Abraham that a big fire will consume your city?" The questions are accompanied with the references of the Bible source to find the information about the Scripture and event. (Genesis 6 and Genesis 18.)
The book is meant to be for 8 years old and up. It is a good source for entertainment and learning in my opinion. I think it would be enjoyable for a family evening or church event. It would be excellent for a youth group gathering for those who know the word or are learning about it. Frankly, I think it could be a source for a Pastor to get an idea for a sermon or a Sunday School teacher to base a lesson on with just one of the sets of a subject's question. These questions make one think. Could be a great conversation starter for a group.

The idea behind this book intrigued me because I teach Doctrine and Christian Living classes to high school juniors and philosophy to seniors. This seemed like it might be a bridge between the two with some great icebreaker or discussion starter questions.
So I scanned through about a third of the book looking for some great discussion starter questions that are biblically based. After about 20 minutes of reading one after the next, I gave up. At best, the questions mash together two biblical events that might be seemingly loosely connected. For example: "Would you rather be the one to bless King David with oil like Samuel or praise Jesus with expensive perfume like Mary Magdelene?" A couple problems with this question. First, there isn't much deep thought or choice in it like most good WYR-type questions. More importantly, the Mary in John 12 was not Mary Magdelene.
And that, sadly, was one of the better questions. Many others are barely comprehensible or only extremely loosely tied to anything from the Bible. As I said, I scrolled through more than a third of the book before giving up. There are no questions here that I will be using in my classes. Great concept, but poor execution. There are some great Christian discussion starter type books out there. This is not one of them.

This was a lot of fun. It was a fun way to build in Bible trivia type game. Some of the “would you rather questions were kinda weird but most of them were super fun and it gave a great time to chat about where in the Bible that story or verse is. It definitely led to some fun Bible based conversations. Would definitely recommend!

"Would You Rather? Bible Questions: A Fun Bible Game for Kids and the Whole Family!" by Clareese Saunders includes over 170 creative questions inspired by Bible stories, designed to spark fun conversations for both kids and adults. My eight- and five-year-old couldn’t get enough and kept asking for more questions! We’ve been using this book as a source of conversation starters at dinner, and I also plan to incorporate it as a warm-up activity for my Bible School class. While the questions are entertaining and great for younger audiences, I was hoping for a few that would delve deeper into more thought-provoking themes, as many remain fairly surface-level.
Thank you to NetGallery and Zeitgeist | Z Kids for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Oh my goodness! We absolutely loved this book. It’s so fun, creative , and thoughtful. In a family with five kids, we love to play Would You Rather. I would have never thought to incorporate the Bible into our games and this book offers us the perfect chance to play a new way. We loved the questions and we loved the Scripture references so you can take the rounds as deep as you would like! I highly recommend this for families and Sunday School classes. The author gives additional ways to play and you will love this fresh take on a traditional game.
This book was provided for free from the publisher but my opinions are my own.

Marketed for kids age 8-12, but really anyone including adults can enjoy this. It's a fun, wholesome way to make you think, have fun, and create some interesting conversations. I enjoy all of the Would You Rather books! This is great for a youth group or Bible study to break the ice or ensure laughter and fun.
Thanks to NetGalley and Zeitgeist | Z Kids for. a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. These opinions are completely my own.
My friend is a grade 6 teacher at the evangelical Christian school, and I knew I had to share this with her. I'm enjoying asking random questions from the book and hearing her answer. She plans on getting one for the classroom.

After enjoying one of these books on a recent family road trip, I knew that this one would be a welcome addition to our next family gathering. We all had fun with it, a room full of 8 to 83-year-olds with varying understanding of the Bible, but my 8-year-old nephew REALLY enjoyed it.
There are 10 Rounds, each with 15 - 20 questions in each round. Topics are:
✔️Nature
✔️Prophets and disciples
✔️Dreams and symbols
✔️Heroes
✔️Battles
✔️Miracles
✔️Jesus birth, life and death
✔️Parables
✔️Fruit of the spirit
✔️Traditions
Each page offers two questions and provides the biblical references:
“Would you rather survive a flood of the entire earth at 600 years old like Noah OR lead a nation through the Red Sea in your 80s like Moses?” Genesis 7 & Exodus 14
That means there are over 170 fun scenarios from the Bible to explore! Some are simple, lower-level questions and some are thought-provoking upper-level questions such as:
“Would you rather be the donkey that carried Mary to Bethlehem or the donkey that carried Jesus into Jerusalem?”
Reasons why I wanted to incorporate engaging activities into my shared time with children:
✔️Develops critical thinking skills
✔️Opportunity to work on articulating their opinion
✔️Problem-solving skills
✔️Learning to accept others' opinions
✔️Learn to reflect on other’s thoughts
✔️Thinking outside the box
I loved the opportunity to engage in faith-filled conversations and hope that one day, they’ll be inspired to read the Bible for themselves. Until then, I’ll gladly play this fun Bible game.
I was gifted this copy by Zeitgeist and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

Full disclaimer: Going into this book, I knew it wasn't meant for me. I'm not a religious person (and also not a child from 8-12), however, the cover looked interesting and seemed like it would be fun. It's a cute concept and I could see it being a gift for an Easter Basket or a stocking stuffer if it aligns with what your family consumes for entertainment. My main note is that it essentially requires you to have some working knowledge of the Bible and even suggests that you pull yours out. If you were to pick this book off the shelf, I don't know if you'd realize you'd need another book to get the most out of your experience. My point being, 8-12 is pretty young, and I think it would better serve the book to have little blurbs of the Bible stories they are referencing. The edition as it is now is just the questions (although it does provide the book/section each question derives from.) While you could go into it without any knowledge, it does feel a little bit like you would have the edge if you were more "in" on it. For a little kid, that might feel exclusionary, which I don't think is what the author intended. I'm not sure how I feel about their being a "winner" even though I do find the idea of a winner's certificate a cute edition. Overall, tt is a little long, so I could see a family only getting through one or two chapters before calling it quits. That isn't a bad thing in my mind, as you can get longer use out of it and stretch it across multiple games (or do 1-2 questions per chapter.)
I appreciate being able to read this eARC via NetGalley.

This will be a great addition to my church school books. It is hard to keep young minds engaged about the Bible. I think this will help even taking just the questions and not playing it as a game. In the future it will be nice to play it as a game. I also like the different suggestions to play it over and over again! The many rounds make it so each game can be different.