[Corin Stormhands]

It needs to be discussed WITH DISCRETION at appropriate maturity levels by parents or someone the parents trust.

Agreed. But just from reading the article and this thread you can see too many parents who would just bury their heads in the sand. The reality is in today's culture that if you wait for the "appropriate maturity level" to discuss some of these things, then you're way too late.

Like I said, I haven't seen this work, so I won't endorse OR condemn it.

My point is that any parent or youth leader who thinks this material is too graphic, too mature for 13-16 year-olds isn't paying attention.

And BTW, I read the article. I saw no reference to graphic pictures.

[unlearner]

"My point is that any parent or youth leader who thinks this material is too graphic, too mature for 13-16 year-olds isn't paying attention."

Disagree. I would not want "frank discussions" of teenage girls engaged in oral sex in my own Bible, let alone a thirteen year old's. The examples cited in this article are more than enough to indict Zondervan for publishing this garbage.

When I work with children at AWANA's who are learning Bible verses, I would not want them to pull this version off of a shelf and come across this garbage either.

The notes contained in this Bible will not help parents who "bury their heads in the sand". It will even sneak into families who otherwise vigilantly guard their young children from being exposed to these explicit details of perversion.