Gideon's Bible begins with Gideon as a child, asking why he as given his name. Rick says it's from the Bible and Gideon asks 'what is the Bible?' Although the conversations portrayed in the book span all the years of Gideon's life, most of them occured during his more recent years in high school. In Gideon's Bible, biblical text is framed with striking illustrations and caricatures of Rick and Gideon as they relate to the passage and discuss subjects like God, parenting, current concerns of youth, literature, friends, and formative experiences that each of them have had.