I know study Bibles. I've got study Bibles. I use to sell study Bibles, when I worked at a bookstore in St Louis where I got an employee discount. Which I used to buy more study Bibles. I've got the Literary Study Bible, the Serendipity Study Bible for Personal and Small Group Study, the NIV study Bible, the Nelson Study Bible, the New Geneva Study Bible, the Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible, the Thematic Study Bible, the Thompson Chain Study Bible, and somewhere around here I have my old Student Study Bible from highschool. After a while it began to take a bit more to impress me in the way of study bibles. I guess study bibles are like most things in life. There are always several ways to do it well, but a million ways to do it poorly! I still love my old Thompson Chain. I've gotten great use out of the Thematic Study bible and the Spirit of the Reformation's cross referencing of historical protestant confessions has saved me hours of work. The NIV study Bible has been for quite a while your best bet for an all around resource. But with the release of the ESV study Bible it looks like the NIV Study Bible is about to be eclipsed. The video below is a cheesy little promotional thing, but I must say I'm impressed. Check it out.
