Looking for recommendations on a new study bible.?

I have the Life Application NLT and the NIV Study Bible. I have heard good things about Nelsons and MacArthur.


Thank you.

Looking for recommendations on a new study bible.?
you should get a strongs concordance to accompany your bible it wil give understand of every one of the words used in the Bible.
Reply:I have the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) study bible at home. It has a lot of good features to help you understand the people, places, and events in the bible and has different "tracks" which are lists of passages that are in one category such as the life and teaching of Jesus and the teachings of Paul. It also gives you a list of a suggested order to read the books in the bible if you want to read it cover to cover. The advantage of this is that instead of reading it straight through (which I did once and it was very difficult) you get a mix of different books so you don't get bored in the old testament and just give up but still read the entire bible. This version also has really good maps in the back.





Hope this helps!
Reply:New King James Version, American Standard Version, 21st century King James Version, Nelsons, MacArthur, Amplified Version, Contemporary English Version, New International Reader's Version, there are many more but if they aren't the ones you want you can go to: http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/


God bless you and may they help you to better understand the word of God!
Reply:Is it the Life Application Bible that Charles Stanley put out? I want it, but don't have the money to buy it. I would like the study notes too.


According to Amazon, 'The MacArther Study Bible' seems to be the top of the list. Check out the link below for more details.
Reply:I have numerous study Bibles but am finding that I am learning a great deal from the cross-references of a Bible (Classic ESV Reference Bible has loads and the NIV Study Bible you already own), a good Bible dictionary, atlas, concordance and a book on manners and customs of the Bible.
Reply:Best thing to do is go old fashioned-go to the bookstore and check out all the available versions and see which suits you best. One that I might recommend might be good for me but not you. One's Bible is the most important book they'll own. You wouldn't seriously buy the kind of car I told you to, would you? =)
Reply:Avoid MacArthur. He teaches the "Lordship salvation" false gospel. His stuff is very bad.





Maybe try the Ryrie Study Bible: http://www.hardcoverdeals.com/rel/v2_vie...





Here's also a website that teaches the meaning of every verse of every Book of the Bible: http://www.soniclight.com/constable/note...





I'd also avoid the suggestion above for the "Chuck Smith"/Word for Today study Bible. Chuck Smith teaches that you can lose your salvation, and he also teaches that pastors are to be Moses over the people, a position that is unbiblical since Moses is a picture only of Jesus and never of any pastor. Such a teaching has caused a lot of abuse over the years. It is the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which Jesus said in Revelation that He hates.





Also Smith has at times predicted the date of the rapture, and has been wrong, but some people had already sold all they had believing Smith, finding economic ruin. I'd avoid him if I were you.
Reply:Try the Holy Bible/King James with the leading of the Holy Spirit of God.





Do not rely on the teachings of men. Most lead to destruction. Trust in God. He will reveal himself to all who truly seek him.
Reply:The Way of The Master: Evidence Bible


Is Really Great.





http://www.livingwaters.com/Merchant2/me...





-Till he comes





God Bless
Reply:I have two study Bibles I really like.


One is the Dake's Annotated Reference Bible KJV by Finis Jennings Dake,and the other is Life in the Spirit study Bible NIV.
Reply:I like this to go with the King James Bible


http://www.alphaomeganewjerusalem.com/
Reply:My favorite...


http://www.amazon.com/Word-Today-Bible-C...
Reply:The bible is just one book. Start reading books about other people's life experiences and diversify your mind.
Reply:Zondervan publishes a King James/ New International parallel Bible which has both translations side-by-side.
Reply:I highly recommend the Thompson's study bible KJV
Reply:The Ryrie New American Standard is a great study Bible.
Reply:Get serious. Start using Greek.


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Reply:I have the "Nelson's Study Bible"...


and I do recommend it to you...





Its alittle pricey, but very much worth it...


You won't be sorry!!
Reply:dude i think the life application is the best you are going to get. other than i type it one with taps and wide margins!
Reply:Get yourself a nice KJV without all the baggage and missing scripture. It will do your walk a world of wonders!
Reply:Don't waste your time on those fairy tales...





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Reply:The two you have right now are really excellent. I'm in a similar place to you right now and spent a lot of time on it. Here's what I'd suggest to broaden your resources most while minimizing redundancy (ergo getting the broadest, strongest, best performance you can out of your resources....) So I'd be glad to offer some help to get the most out of your new acquisition. And you won't believe how much you can get.





First off, Nelson and MacArthur.





MacArthur study bible is a really solid product- but you can buy the MacArthur Bible Commentary for less money (albeit used, it's out of print but it's a super value on half.com at about twenty bucks) which offers twice as much content- and big quality all the way. I did that and it was one of the best ideas to ever cross me. Less redundancy also means less opportunity cost- one fewer translation you own equals one more study Bible to get! =)





Nelson is a great resource by itself but since you've already got the NIV study bible, you pretty much already have the Nelson one too. Institutional, collaborative study suites like these tend to be very well-rounded, safe, offer a lot of relevant factual scholarship, and also add a healthy amount of intimate personal commentary as well. This is awesome... but you already have it. Life Application has a stronger emphasis on personal applications of the Word but doesn't neglect facts and history by any means.





Probably the most cost-effective (if not the most effective period) choice to develop that personal side of understanding God's word and law etc is to pick up Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Bible. It's very inexpensive. Don't get the single-volume edition or a condensed one- get the unabridged. Usually it comes in six volumes -- which can be had for fifty dollars all day long or twenty if you're lucky. (A dedicated and powerful effort on the fact/history/tradition/scholarship side of things conversely would be the Ryrie study bible or any of several commentaries out there. I suggest Ryrie.)





Now then-





I'd recommend a Ryrie NASB especially with where you're at. The NASB translation and the Ryrie helps are each independently stellar, and you can get them both in the same volume for a little under twenty dollars if you order a used one from half.com. Reading through it, you would think this study Bible was written for pastors. It's full of startling surprises and astonishing breakthroughs in the Word which are all totally scriptural- mostly coming from well-developed scholarship in the precise original language, and connections which run through the entirety of scripture. Example- the two men praying in Luke 16 (?), the penitent one uses specific words in his prayer 'God have mercy on me, a sinner!' which specifically indicate that he made the offering for atonement sacrifice. (Mercy and pardon for sin apart from the price being justly paid is alien to the Bible!) A pastor told me that when he doesn't have a particular answer, he goes to Ryrie- either in the superb in-line notes or the superb topic studies- which practically always have exactly the needed answer... and make him look good haha ;) My experience with it has been fully the same. There's more in the Bible than you realize, but Ryrie found it and points it out. On that subject, the chain references in Ryrie bibles are incredible- head and shoulders above any other I own. If it's not better than Thompson's, it's really close. The chains alone and segregated articles, even apart from notes charts the best concordance i've yet found in a study bible etc, make it a real champion offering.





In whatever case, you'll be really REALLY glad if you own a Ryrie study bible or an NASB translation. They go even better together- trust me you'll be wanting to keep that pup inside the box. It's soooo good.





My (and hopefully your) second pick would be a New Spirit Filled Life Bible. Amazing quality resources in the notes etc also bring the added benefit of coming from a well-developed Assemblies of God (Charismatic/Pentacostal) perspective- extremely valuable. (Strong, well-developed commentary and theology is plentiful in older, often Calvinistic schools of thought which marginalized the Holy Spirit. These are very valuable but the scholars who developed it were raised in an atmosphere that was ill-equipped to handle the things of the Spirit from an institutional standpoint.)





Alternatively, to get that perspective on things too (which I'd recommend) the preeminent option available nowadays is the Reformation Study Bible. Read the publisher's description on Amazon to see why. It also uses the excellent ESV translation - an alternative to the excellent NRSV which sets the standard for scholarship but also compromised a couple annoying things which the ESV reclaims like gender non-neutrality - worth having anyway.





For my part I'm also jeezing up with an Old Scofield KJV -- for the translation (old spellings etc) as well as posterity (the first study bible) and its own excellent value as a study resource... and if you have wanted an amplified bible, you might as well get the Everyday Life Bible. Amplified 'study' bibles are uncommon and what few are out there would be largely redundant with what you have now -- but not Joyce's notes =)





I wouldn't really recommend Dake or Thompson Chain to be honest. You can do so much better.





Finally, you can add resources to 'go back to the original language' for FREE by downloading e-Sword (e-sword.net) with built-in Strong's (and optionally add Matthew Henry's commentary, the ESV translation, and Nave's Bible Dictionary for free.) There's a lot of other content available for it (some of it is somewhat spurious) but there's the recommendation I'd make.