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Noticing Jesus throughout the Old Testament and learning about God's character and plan for humanity was sweet and encouraging for my soul.
In contrast, easy-believism teaches that submission to Christ’s supreme authority is not germane to the saving transaction. Even my favorite study Bible, The Archaeological Study Bible, has the study theme in larger, fancier print than the word Bible.We find an overabundance of grace that we could never believe or imagine in His death, burial, and resurrection on our behalf. I highly recommend this for all Christians but especially those who grew up in the church knowing the stories well but maybe missing the cohesiveness of the entire book. The Bible also includes a Table of Monies, Weights, and Measures, a Concordance, a reading plan for reading the Bible in a year, and maps.
Second Read (2024): My parents' pastor recommended reading the Bible in a year and then a friend sent a link to an audio version of the ESV Bible being posted for free on Spotify. The notes are helpful, even to people who have a lot of knowledge of the Bible but especially to someone reading the Bible for the first time. The ESV style language certainly feels like it is lifted out of the original Hebrew and Greek into modern English. The ESV language is great if a little clunky at times and the verse-for-verse in-text study notes, along with all the accompnaying notes on the history of the Bible and Christian theology, are excellent even if you won't agree with everything Mr.In 1998, it won the Gold Medallion Book Award for Study Bible of the Year, [2] and as of 2007 had more than one million copies distributed. The Bible itself is wrapped in a beautiful light brown goatskin that feels supple and is incredibly flexible. I don't believe that there is a more comprehensive commentary written with the Biblical texts in existence at this time.