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.