Monday, February 22, 2016

Another Study Bible

I will go ahead and admit it -- I'm a sucker for study Bibles.  When I see one, I want to get it to see how its study notes are different than any other.  The MacArthur Study Bible is the "gold standard" in my opinion, so I confess a hardship in trying not to compare others to it.

The NKJV Apply the Word Study Bible is a new release and has some rather positive qualities.  First, I really like the name -- apply the Word -- because that is what we should do each and every day.  Second, I love (and I mean love) red letter editions because they help as you disciple new Christians to help delineate between narrative events and the words of Jesus.  As such, this one does not disappoint.  Third, there are good notes within it to point out some words and social/culture components.  It does not, however, go into the doctrinal or hermeneutical depths of a MacArthur Study Bible (see...I struggle in avoiding the comparison).

This one is the size of a "normal book" and not the typical Bible -- which is larger than a normal book.  To that end, the print is somewhat small and there is not much room for notes to go in the margin.  If you need larger print and desire to write notes on the pages, well, this is not the Bible for you.  Still, I can recommend this to you because you cannot go wrong studying God's Word! 

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