The Bible in Verse: A bird's-eye view of Scripture as obverved through the eyes of a poet

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Summary: Great Addition to the Bible
Review: This book is a great addition to the reading of the Bible in the home. Each chapter is summarized by a brief four-line poem. The meter is simple and the rhyming often predictable. But Mr. Ford's object was to make the content of each Bible chapter easier to learn and recall.

My family, each evening, gathers around the table where we take turns reading verses through one chapter of the Bible. We discuss its meaning and relevance to our lives. Then we read the poem for that chapter from Mr. Ford's book as a summary of what we've read. His rhymes are sometimes witty, but always true to the accounts of Scripture.

This book is also a source of family fun as we read several of his rhyming lines and leave out the last work of the rhyming second line and have the others guess the rhyming word.

In summary, while this book is not meant to be (nor could it be) a replacement for the Book of books, the Bible, it is a great companion to it. It encourages learning and enjoyment of the Scriptures.