Comments for The Queen Mommy's Cafe http://thequeenmommy.wordpress.com Christian wife, mom, woman - seeking HIM more in my life every day! Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:11:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on What Study Bible Do You Recommend? by Randy A Brown http://thequeenmommy.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/what-study-bible-do-you-recommend/#comment-1088 Randy A Brown Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:11:53 +0000 http://thequeenmommy.wordpress.com/?p=3391#comment-1088 Hi. I have a Thompson KJV and I love it. Sometimes I try to look at other Bibles (I have many) to use as my main Bible. Every time I try to set the Thompson aside and carry something else I end up going back to my Thompson. Recently I've been looking at wide margins (I do this every year). My goal is to make my own version of the Thompson. It would be a lot of work, and it wouldn't be useful for a long time, but it would be worth the journey. One wide margin I like is the KJV Note Taker's from Church Publishers: http://lcbplansing.org/Bibles/Executive.htm#Mid It is only available in KJV. I am also a fan of the NKJV, and my favorite is the Thompson (or a good wide margin). Another good translation that I've been reading about is the ESV. I don't recommend The Message as your main Bible because it is more of a paraphrase. The Amplified Bible does look interesting and I like the parallel Bibles that have KJV, AMP, NASB, and NIV, or just two versions such as KJV and AMP. I still always go back to my KJV Thompson. Almost everything that I want to write in the margin is already there, so I just highlight it the color of the topic (I color code according to topics - I do a lot of topical study). Before the Thompson my favorite was the Duggan Topical Study Bible, but it's out of print now. My recommendation: Thompson in either KJV or NKJV. Randy Hi. I have a Thompson KJV and I love it. Sometimes I try to look at other Bibles (I have many) to use as my main Bible. Every time I try to set the Thompson aside and carry something else I end up going back to my Thompson. Recently I’ve been looking at wide margins (I do this every year). My goal is to make my own version of the Thompson. It would be a lot of work, and it wouldn’t be useful for a long time, but it would be worth the journey. One wide margin I like is the KJV Note Taker’s from Church Publishers:
http://lcbplansing.org/Bibles/Executive.htm#Mid
It is only available in KJV. I am also a fan of the NKJV, and my favorite is the Thompson (or a good wide margin). Another good translation that I’ve been reading about is the ESV. I don’t recommend The Message as your main Bible because it is more of a paraphrase. The Amplified Bible does look interesting and I like the parallel Bibles that have KJV, AMP, NASB, and NIV, or just two versions such as KJV and AMP. I still always go back to my KJV Thompson. Almost everything that I want to write in the margin is already there, so I just highlight it the color of the topic (I color code according to topics – I do a lot of topical study). Before the Thompson my favorite was the Duggan Topical Study Bible, but it’s out of print now.

My recommendation: Thompson in either KJV or NKJV.

Randy

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