I am looking for opinions for the best LBCF versions,(Which one's does your Church use with comparisons and any other thoughts on this?)

I have the Carey Publications edition (The 1689 :A Faith to Confess)

and The Wakeman Trust edition with Peter Masters editor

I also have Sam Waldron's commentary on it which is great

Thank you for your thoughts

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Brian
Grace Bible Church;E.Bridgewater
East Bridgewater MA
http://www.gracebiblehome.org

The best edition in print surely is Rev. Waldron's commentary, but the Carey Publications and Wakeman Trust editions are great for carrying around and handing out due to their small size and affordability. (Were I to order in bulk for a congregation, I would probably go with the Carey edition. The 'modern English' rewrite by S.M. Houghton is nice-to-read and very trustworthy, and I have noticed that many Reformed Baptist congregations and ministries have taken to it, including Founders Ministries and Dr. James White's church.)

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Nathan Tyler
Reformed Baptist
University of Toronto (Student: Hons. B.A. in Philosophy)
Ontario, Canada

1689'er

http://nathantyler.wordpress.com

I have Waldron's commentary but carry Peter Master's edition with me.
I like his explanation of word/phrases (in parentheses) that some might not be familiar with.

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junior
Deacon
First Baptist Church of Richland Hills, Texas
Owning the 1677 Baptist Confession of Faith, 1680 Orthodox Catechism, & 1693 Baptist Catechism

I use the edition from Chapel Library: Mount Zion Bible Church: Main Page

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The one I have is a facsimile edition of the 1677 that Mike Renihan published through Baptist and Reformed Press. I don't even know if you can get it any longer. It was the first one actually read all the way through in one sitting.

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1689er
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William Symington

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I'd like to get me one of those; thanks for mentioning the existence of this edition.

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Rich Koster
1689'er
Browns Mills NJ USA
Often Goofy Reformed Eccentric
Romans 7:14-25

While were at it has anyone seen readings of the LBCF available in audio versions like an audiobook?

Thanks to everyone for the help!!

I ordered a stack of their 1689 Confessions and study guides, affordable and handy to have.

I found the audio-podcast with all of the LBCF it's called Puritan's Podcast-Great stuff so now I can study in the car-ipod etc.-very nice!!!

I will also add this to the Podcast threads

Puritan's Podcast

Nooo! The bananas froze!

What are the differences between these various editions? Just the binding? Commentary?

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Jonathan
Audio Engineer
Reformed Anabaptist
Ohio

Moroni's magical glasses of proper interpretation:

Chapel library is inexpensive in print and free on line (as is the PB version). When distributing a bunch, cost is a consideration.

Awesome, thank you!

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Rachel
Baptist Church, Central FL
“A man’s free will cannot cure him even of a toothache, or of a sore finger and yet he madly thinks it is in its power to cure his soul! The greatest judgment which God Himself can, in the present life, inflict upon a man is to leave him in the hands of his own boasted free will.” - Augustus Toplady (1740-1778)

We proposed to our church membership on 7/19 to adopt the original 1689 LBC. We are voting on adopting the confession as our doctrinal statement on 8/23. I am currently teaching a series on the 1689 LBC during Sunday school. I am using the original.

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Bill Brown
Elder
Reformed Baptist
Maryland

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