Andrew Smith's Blog: Enduring Word Study Bible Book Review and Giveaway

• Purchase your copy of the Enduring Word Study Bible today!

• God’s Word is meant to be known—and lived.

• God wants you to know, understand, and apply His Word. But

sometimes you need help making sense of a tricky passage or

knowing what it means to live in light of the Bible’s teaching.

• For more than 20 years, readers have turned to Bible teacher David Guzik’s verse by-verse commentary at EnduringWord.com as a source of practical and pastoral in sights into the Scriptures. The Enduring Word Study Bible invites you to join them as you are guided into deeper knowledge of the Bible. Study notes based on Guzik’s commentary help you to explore the meaning of every chapter of the Bible. Pastoral application notes guide you to live in light of Scripture, and feature articles bring challenging topics into sharper focus.

• Features include:

• Introductions exploring key themes of every book of the Bible

• Study notes to help you explore the meaning of every chapter of Scripture

• 400 application notes to help you live in light of God’s Word

• 50 articles offering a deeper exploration of key topics throughout Scripture

• Concordance with more than 200 word studies

• Translators’ notes and cross references

• Line-matched, double-column typesetting

• Clear and readable 9.5-point NKJV Comfort Print®

My Review:

This Bible is a brand new study Bible that is being released very soon. This one is very unique in the fact that it is written by a pastor, David Guzik. He shared his personal commentary and touched on every single chapter in the Bible. He explained how pastors are called to preach the word and teach it to others and he came up with the idea to incorporate it into a Bible. His main goal in doing this is to assist readers in understanding the Bible and applying the word to their daily lives. I liked how he had footnotes at the bottom of the pages and this was written as a commentary feature explaining the verses in detail like a pastor would. He begins the Bible by sharing how important it is to know God. These stated how God created the world, we reveled against God, God restores us, and much more.

There is a helpful chart that shows each book of the Bible and the author, date of writing, and how many chapters and verses. They are color coded too into different key features. I liked how he included an introduction to each book of the Bible and provided a background on the author and what we need to pay attention to while reading it.

One of my favorite features included the four gospels side by side: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and how they all synoptic together. It was presented in a table format. It showed who the original audience was, who Jesus Christ was portrayed as, percentage spoken by Christ, keyword, and much more. It thought this was extremely helpful in seeing the similarities and differences throughout the Gospel and provided an easier to see key features.

There is pastoral application notes throughout the Bible. At the very end of the Bible, there is an identity in Christ chart, 30 days of getting to know God, 30 days of getting to know Jesus, a concordance, maps, just to touch on some. The Bible was enclosed in a beautiful brown leather over and had two ribbons, a blue and gold color to help you keep track of your place.

• David Guzik (Author & General Editor) Bio:

David Guzik is a pastor, Bible teacher, and author of the Bible commentary used by millions at EnduringWord.com. David has been in Christian service for more than 40 years, including two church plants and more than seven years as a missionary in Germany where he was director and teacher for Calvary Chapel Bible College Germany. David and his wife, Inga-Lill, have three adult children and three grandchildren.