Scott
Puritan Board Graduate
I recently received and havee been using the Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible, which is in the NIV. I like it quite a bit. It is edited by Richard Pratt. The notes are good. A very useful feature to me is that the notes cross-reference portions of reformed confessional standards that cite the relevant biblical passage for authority. For example, the note on 1 Tim. 1:8 notes that the Larger Catechism question 94 uses it as a proof text. I have found this useful. It also has the reformed confessions and catechisms include in it. I like it better than the Geneva Study Bible which I have been using.
It is only in the NIV.
It is only in the NIV.
The linking of each verse throughout the entire Bible to the confessional sections for which they are used as proof-texts is a HUGE benefit this study Bible provides, so as to develop and regularly nurture a systematic theological thought pattern with regard to the Scriptures in the mind of the reader, which is made even more useful by the fact that the Westminster Standards and the Three Forms of Unity are both included, and linked in that manner. And while the downfall is its use of the NIV, I think it is wise for every Christian to own one NIV Bible for reference, simply because so many people and ministries use it - and given that, what better an NIV Bible could one hope for?
