Color the Names of God (Color the Bible)

The media could not be loaded.  When I first saw this coloring book, it reminded me of a poster in the church I attended when, as a young adult, I first became a Christian many years ago. The poster was a real testament to me because it listed all of the names of God. I remember sitting in Bible Study and contemplating those names and trying to understand His infinite presence. Fast forward more years than I care to remember and I get the same feeling when I am coloring in this book. There aren't that many coloring books I have that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I will color each and every page. This is one of those books. It goes beyond coloring for me and speaks to my spirit.The artwork is a combined effort of three artist (Nicole Wallace, Chris Dugan and Terry Dugan.) Their publishing name is Marie Michaels. Each of the designs has a name of God as the central focus. Along with that is translation of what the particular name means (examples: El Olam – The everlasting God, Adonai – Lord and Master, and Alpha and Omega – the Beginning and the End), a Bible verse and cite, and finally an illustration that ties all of it together. The illustrations range from flowers to geometric and are fun and fairly easy to color.The translations used in this coloring book are: New American Standard Bible, New King James Version, Holy Bible New International Version (NIV), and the Holy Bible New Living Translation.The designs are printed on one side of medium weight, perforated paper. The binding is glued, All of the designs either have a framing line around the outside or have finished elements. I really appreciate the care the artist takes by doing this. It saves me time, trouble, and ink. It also gives me a natural stopping point which gives my projects a better overall appearance. I was easily able to break the spine of the book to get it to lay flat for coloring.I test many types and brands of coloring medium on each coloring book I review. This is what I found with this book:All brands of markers, whether alcohol or water based, bled through this paper. All other mediums, including coloring pencils, left a shadow on the back of the page and a bit of a dent, too. The gel pens did not require extra drying time. The soft lead coloring pencils went on thick and creamy and were extremely easy to blend. I use a heavier piece of paper (card stock, chipboard, etc.) under the page I am working on to keep from damaging the next designs.These are the coloring medium that I use for testing. If there is something else you feel I should be testing, please let me know and I will see if I can add it to my growing pile:Markers: 1) alcohol-based – Copic Sketch, Prismacolor double ended markers (brush and fine point), Sharpies (fine and ultra-fine) Bic Mark-its (fine and ultra-fine) and 2) water-based – Tombows dual end markers (brush and fine point), Stabilo 88, and Staedler triplus finelinersIndia Ink: Faber-Castell PITT artist pens (brush tip)Gel Pens: Sakura, Fiskars, Uni-ball Signo in the following sizes - 0.28/0.38/0.5/1.0 and TekwriterColoring Pencils: Prismacolor Premier Soft Core, Derwent Colorsoft, Prismacolor Verithins, and Faber-Castell Polychromos

I myself am not a huge book reader, my brother is in a location where he as limited access to books, and has request for me to send books to him. As I have not personally read any of the books, its not very fair for me to comment on plot and story line. I do know he has not complained yet about any of the books so they must be good!

I gave this as a gift to someone who loves to color, and she really enjoyed this one! She loved the beautiful pages, and the names of God (along with their meanings and Bible verses) made for meaningful meditation while she colored.

I really like this book. I already colored 2 pictures with Jehovah's name and bible verse and framed them for gifts to friends. I will be reordering another book so I can have the same picture to hang in my living room.

I have a variety of coloring books because I am easily bored. I am almost done with this book

There's so much to say! This coloring book is soooo Awesome! I'm a Christian, and it's so wonderful to have a God Honoring coloring book! I recommend, and LOVE this purchase!

This book has lots of beautiful pages, and there is one picture per page. The pages are perforated and have a decent amount of thickness to them.

Love the pages. Good for pens or pencils. Would buy again just for the fun of the coloring. Only wish that all the verses were KJV.

Just as described and what I was looking for.