Books and Family

Thanks to Ryan Burns at Logos Bible Software for furnishing me with my review copy of BIble Study Magazine.

I have been looking forward to reading it ever since I heard of its conception.  I am fairly new to the Faith and was excited to read through the very well written and well laid out articles.  The magazine had a wide variety of topics, I especially enjoyed the article with Josh McDowell on defending the bible.

“Choosing a Bible Translation” written by Daniel B. Wallace was a very insightful article, and I was pleasently surprised of his high view of the New English Translation (NET).  A translation I have been very enamoured with since it was released but don’t hear much about outside of the organizations own blog.

Another feature of the magazine that I am especially enjoying is the “Not your average bible study”.  It is an 8 week bible study, in this issue it is on the book of Hebrews.  An excellent in depth resource, for anyone that wants to jump deep into the Word.  It gives weekly lessons, with in depth questions, plenty of cross references, and prayer points.  The “Greek Word Study without the Greek” was a refreshing article that I have never come across in any other publications.

Last but not least the magazine published a wonderful resource that they have also made available on line.  (Please see thumbnail and link below)  It is a chart that shows a sampling of the different bibles used today and what content they contain.  I had not idea that the content was so varied from tradition to tradition.  This has piqued my curiosity and I will be seeking out more books and materials on the history and canonisation of the bible.

All in all this magazine is in depth, very well written, and worth reading.  There is enough substance here to last until the next issue is published in January.  I look forward to subscribing to it and getting it in the mail.