The One Year Chronological Bible NIV (One Year Bible)
The One Year Chronological Bible offers a fascinating way to read through the Bible in one year . . . in only fifteen minutes per day! Gain a better understanding of the order of biblical events and the historical context in which they unfolded. The entire Bible text—books, chapters, and even verses—is arranged in the order the events actually happened. Prophetic books are interwoven with the historical accounts they accompanied. Psalms follow the events about which they were written. Prover
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The First Years Hands Free Gate
- You will receive either an arched or flat topped gate
- Foot pedal operated
- Gate swings open in both directions
- Gate will fit openings up to 39″ with one extension kit and 44″ with two extension kits (sold separately)
- This gate is not intended for use at the top of stairs
Rarely does a mom or dad make it through a day without thinking they could use an extra set of hands. So we designed the next best thing a safety gate that doesn’t require any hands at all. But perhaps the finest part is that while it’s simple for an adult to just press on the pedal and walk through, it’s too difficult for a baby.Because of its simple “knee-knocker” mechanism, this Hands Free Gate can do exactly what the name implies: be opened without having to use your hands. Any parent occupi
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An excellent combination Bible for learning and devotions.,
The “One Year Chronological Bible” is a wonderful way to gain a comprehensive overview of the what, where and when of the Bible through a planned guide of yearly readings. The Bible is finally put into its historical order (as understood by conservative, evangelical scholars), allowing readers to fit the kings, kingdoms, people, and work of God into an understandable format for any reader. The daily reading plan allows one to go through the entire Bible in a year by following an easily a managable format. This is a great resource for students, teachers, or anyone wanting to have a better understanding of the Bible – both Old and New Testaments – and its times.
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|Reading thru the Bible in a year is now easy and enjoyable,
I have always struggled to read through the Bible in a year. I would start out in January ok, but by March, it was pretty much done for the year. I would then start the next year all over again, always with the same results. That was before I got a Bible that actually told me what to read every day to be on schedule. And then I found out that in addition to that, there is this chronological Bible with the events more or less in the order they happened! I’m hooked now on daily Bible reading and think that if it was easy for others to do, they’d be hooked on it too!
I am now convinced more than anything else that a vigorous spiritual life absolutely requires regular reading and pondering God’s Holy Word. I’ve always struggled with this up to now. Thanks to the daily Chronological Bible, I now look forward each afternoon when I get home from work to see what God will teach me through His word. And because it is in chronological order, the reading is more like a connected story rather than just 66 independent books strung together. Plus, you never really know what you will be reading next, depending on the sequence of events that took place all those years ago. It is a fresh look at a very familiar book, and a new adventure! And the NIV translation is accurate, relevant, and modern, which makes the reading more interesting and meaningful.
I now commit to taking the 15 minutes each day to read through that day’s Word with sincerity and diligence. I’m all but convinced that my life is changing due to this commitment, and for the better! God now takes on new meaning in my life, and I have new, fresh relevance as I struggle to live every day. I feel that His Holy Spirit will speak often to me in the Word, and at least 15 minutes each day will be spent reading God’s love letter to me so that I can put my priorities in the right sequence.
In the past month or so that I have discovered this, I have had new excitement about a 2000+ year old book, and now look forward to seeing what God will tell me in each day’s 15 minutes alone with His Holy Word. All I need is my calendar and my Chronological Daily Bible.
For Christians out there, I’m sure that if you include daily Bible reading and prayer as an ingredient in your daily life, that you will have many rewards for that! I suggest this almost sinfully easy way for you to do daily Bible reading with the assurance that it will bless you in ways you never thought possible! It certainly has for me!
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|The only way to read the Bible on a daily basis.,
…I will never forget the first time I read the Bible through in chronological order. It was such an eye-opening experience that I have to say it literally changed my life and the way I think and meditate on scripture. What happens to a believer when they do this is hard to express. But suddenly all those seemingly obscure prophetic passages begin to take on new meaning as you realize when this prophet actually lived and what was going on around him when he prophesied. So, I have always told my children to read the Bible through in chronological order. You can study what you want as you go, but read it daily in chronological order. Make that daily deposit in your heart and let His Word grow.
…My first experience with reading chronologically was done with a reading chart. Over the years I have found several different reading charts that proport to put the Bible in chronological order. While all of these charts are absolutely great, and sometimes represent countless hours or even lifetimes of work in putting them together, the problem is that you end up flipping back and forth between passages in a regular Bible. The great thing about this Bible is that the passages are put in order for you in a very comfortable daily reading. This makes it very easy to jut pick up daily and read… no flipping around!
…The only things I don’t like about it are:
…(1) I’m not a big fan of the NIV translation, although it is certainly very easy to read. This translation, while giving you a very clear reading, doesn’t really tell you what words were added to the translation (like the NKJV or KJV and others do with italics). Also, since NIV is based much on the Sinaticus text, there are several places where there is just too much deletion of scripture that you would find in other translations! Of course, these deletions are included in the footnotes, but this makes you have to pay attention to the footnotes all the time, which kinda breaks up the flow of reading a passage.
…(2) It is paperback. This doesn’t make for a long-lasting book; especially one that you might pick up and read every day! That, to me, is kinda dumb. I would hope that the producers of this book would sometime in the future release a leather-bound Bible that will last for generations!
…Over all, I give this a 4 simply because it is a fantastic idea put in a very easy-to-use form (+5) even though it is a paperback NIV (-1). If you’ve never read the Bible in chronological order… do it! You will not regret it! You will come to see God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word in a more real way.
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|I Cannot Believe What a Good Gate this is…!,
We are veterans of many types of gates for both dogs and now kids, and I am crestfallen that it took us this long to discover this terrific model. It combines the security of a permanent mount with the relative ease of installation and occasional portability of pressure-mounted models.
I had two irregular doorways to fill in with child gates so our scootching 13-month old could play safely in the area. For one large opening I used the SuperYard Gate, which is a decent all-plastic telescoping gate with permanent-mounting rails, and for the other I used the First Years hands-free with a single extension. After seeing how secure the First Years was, and how incredibly east it was to install the extensions, even though I’m happy with the SuperYard Gate, I wish I had bought two First Years Hands-Free,
The operation is really cool — you step on a pedal, and knee the thing open. It works in both directions! I was skeptical the pedal was baby-proof, but letting my son (who is the median weight of a two and a half year old) put his full weight on it didn’t budge it a bit. The design is also very attractive; nice thin white metal instead of the usual lattice-work plastic on most gates.
One comment on an earlier negative review, where the Grandparent indicated their 15-month-old could pull up the foot pedal: this cannot open the gate if the top is properly tightened! (See below). I tried this, and the pedal will slide but not allow the gate to open if the top is tight.
I have only a few minor caveats to convey:
- when installing it, make sure you follow the instructions and use the little plastic wrench (included) to do some fine-tuning tightening, so that the upper latch is the required distance from the catch (a wrench-width). This is easy to do, and I found that when I tightened it up as the instructions indicated, the good fit of the latch became excellent even with a slightly-irregular-from-vertical door post.
- the opening might be a little narrow compared to some other gates; it took a bump or two on my calf to get the hang of, nothing terribly difficult or painful.
- the extension might not be necessary if you have an opening that’s right on the cusp of the suggested 29-34″ door opening; if you have an opening right around the maximum, I’d recommend installing it without the extension first to avoid having to make a return for a possible un-needed extension. Installing and de-installing the extension, as I noted, is a piece of cake.
- this is not “portable” the way a simpler gate is, but can be de-installed and re-installed in less than two minutes. Since it swings open, if you want to use the gate in only one location, the portability isn’t an issue.
All in all, just about the coolest gate I’ve used.
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|Jul 7, 2010 11:59:41 AM PDT
Good gate – see my comparisons with two others,
After trying 3 different gates (that all had high ratings on Amazon), this wasn’t my favorite – but is still a good gate. I just preferred some of the features of the others. If it had a wider gate opening, I would have given it a 5 star rating. I turned my home into my own version of a baby gate showroom to figure out which one I wanted, so here’s my take on three different gates.
I think they are all pretty good gates, it just depends on your situation and what features you’re looking for. The key features that ended up making a difference to me were 1) the width of the gate opening and 2) the latch mechanism
First Years – Hands-Free Gate
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cost $50 & extensions $15 / gate is 32″ Tall / fits 29″-34″ doorway width / 1.5″ bar to step over / gate opening 17″
- My gripe with this gate was primarily because the gate opening is only 17″ wide! I’m 5’8″ and I felt like I was going to have to really pay attention walking through it so I wouldn’t end up bumping it every time. However…
- The hands-free step pedal is pretty cool and worked pretty easily. I wouldn’t worry about a little kid figuring it out and having enough weight to be able to push it down to open it. For me it just wasn’t cool enough to overcome my issue with the gate opening width.
- Good height to the gate.
- It was very sturdy in my doorway.
- This one did have a little ramp feature for the bar that goes across the floor that helps minimize the tripping factor.
- Fits only up to 34″ doorways so has the best chance of needing an extension.
- All that being said, if you really want a hands free gate, and the width of the gate opening doesn’t bug you, try this one.
Kidco Center Gateway:
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cost $85 & extensions $24 / gate is 29.5″ Tall / fits 29.25″ to 37.5″ doorway width / 1″ bar to step over / gate opening 22″
- Has the widest gate opening (the space you walk thru, not the doorway that it fits into) of any of them – about 22″. (This certainly won points from my 6’2″ husband who was pretty irritated when walking thru some of the others). I was surprised after reading so many reviews on all these gates that there wasn’t more mention of this feature.
- This one also had the most secure latch feature. You have to push a button to lift the handle and lift the gate over a little ledge to open it and walk thru. I figure this will absolutely be the hardest one for my little one to figure out.
- This gate has the most adjustable widths and therefore would probably be the strongest in most door widths. The gate has about 2.75″ pieces on the ends that you can use or not with the optional extensions (more 2.75″ spindles as additions – 2 per box) to provide the most width flexibility. Because all the gates become “weaker” if the posts are extended too much, this one seems the sturdiest in my doorways. (ie. if the gate says it fits up to 37″ and your door opening is 36.5″, it won’t seem as sturdy as if the doorway was 34″).
- It doesn’t have its brand name printed on it anywhere (a plus in my book) so it’s totally white.
- It has the lowest bar across the floor that you have to step over at only 1″ high (seems less of a tripping risk).
- This is the one that has the highest rating from Consumer Reports. (Child safety gates 8/04)
- Unfortunately, it also is the most expensive of the bunch at about $85 + any extensions you need.
- I do have to say that this one had the most confusing directions, but you can still figure it out ok – none of them took longer than 10 minutes to set up.
- It’s the shortest gate and I wish it was a little taller.
- All in all, if you can afford the price of this one, it’s definitely worth it!
Summer Infant – Sure & Secure Extra Tall Gate
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cost $60 & extensions included / gate is 36″ Tall / fits 28″-48″ doorway width / 2″ bar to step over / gate opening 19″
- This is the one that I wanted to like because I thought it was the best deal.
- The gate opening is about 19″ – which I thought was ok, but hubby wanted wider.
- The latch mechanism is really easy to operate and I thought kids could figure it out easily, but because the gate is so tall, they would probably have a hard time reaching it.
- It does come with its own extensions in 5″ and 10″ so it more easily fits the wider doorways.
- However, depending on the width of your doorway, this one may or may not fit as well. For example, I had a lot of doorways that are about 33″ and this gate didn’t end up fitting well in them because the gate without any extensions was too small and the posts had to be extended so far it didn’t seem stable. And the 5″ extension was too big to add. (vs. the kidco gate’s extensions add 2.75″ as needed).
- It’s by far the tallest and I…
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|Baby Gate Assembly & Review Video,
Customer Video Review Length:: 3:28 Mins
When we decided to get a baby gate to prevent our chihuahuas from tormenting our new cats when we aren’t home, I methodically researched every baby gate on the market before making a decision. The First Year’s Baby Gate seemed to have the features we needed at a fair price, so I bought one. As you can see in the video, putting it together was fairly easy and it seems to be of very good quality. We’ve been using it on our bedroom door for about six months and though it gets a lot of basic use (we don’t have any toddlers swinging on it,) it is holding up just fine.
In the video I tried to cover the basics of assembly, installation and use, as well as addressing some of the common concerns like the height of the threshold and whether a child or dog can open it. Though it doesn’t have some of the bells and whistles that the more expensive units have, like an auto-closing feature, it is solidly made, opens and closes smoothly and stays closed when its supposed to. I would definitely recommend it to a friend.
I hope this helps,
Claire
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