Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories
Deciding which bibles and bible references and bible commentaries to stock is a challenge. I attempt a historical and a critical approach. We begin with the Hebrew and Greek originals. We move through the significant translations chronologically: the Geneva (with its sharp and learned Calvinist notes), the King James (safer for its sponsor), the New Revised Standard, and the excellent harvest of translations in the late 20th Century -- the New International, the English Standard, and the Common English.
Our dictionaries and handbooks tend to be a little conservative, mostly because I am skeptical of the confidence and the imagination of modern liberal scholars. Two thousand years of brilliant minds have thought about and written about scriptures (longer and more in the case of the Hebrew scriptures), and the humble approach with that perspective is useful and wise. The best approach is to begin with the basics and go from there.
On a less controversial note, protect your treasure of wisdom with a book cover or tote. We have several designs with neat features.
Encountering God Study Bible: Insights from Blackaby Ministries on Living Our Faith NKJV
Encountering God Study Bible: Insights from Blackaby Ministries on Living Our Faith NKJV
The NKJV Encountering God Study Bible is the crowning work of the Blackabys. Featuring their trusted approach to Bible study, explanatory notes, word studies, biblical character sketches, historical encounters with lives of exemplary faith, articles highlighting the creative nature of God, and other articles defending the faith, you will be encouraged to see that you can encounter God in His Word-–and that He wants to encounter you through it.
Features include:
Encounter Notes highlighting how God might choose to encounter you in His Word
Articles highlighting the creative nature of God by Daniel Blackaby
Articles defending the lasting truths of the faith by Mike Blackaby
Rich explanatory notes explaining ideas, events, people, and places in the text to make the meaning clear
Word studies, character studies, and biographical sketches of church history figures by the Blackaby family
Book introductions setting the scene for each biblical book and its importance for encountering God
Timeline of the biblical narrative
A succinct harmony of the Gospels
Chart of the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus as Messiah
Reading plans
Center-column reference set
Full NKJV concordance
Index to word studies, character studies, historical encounters, apologetic, and aesthetic articles
Clear and readable NKJV Comfort Print(R) in a 9-point print size