{"id":265,"date":"2014-05-22T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/?p=265"},"modified":"2014-05-21T22:39:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T22:39:40","slug":"bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html","title":{"rendered":"Bible Resource Spotlight: The MacArthur Study Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reader Appeal: Students, Parents, Pastors, Bible Study Leaders<\/p>\n

Genre: Study Bible<\/p>\n

FBSN Rating: B<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to appreciate the scholarship invested in the verse-by-verse commentaries that make up the bulk of The MacArthur Study Bible<\/i>. From Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21, John MacArthur delivers solid insights into the meaning, history, and background of Scripture\u2014as we would expect. Still, the necessary brevity of these Bible-verse commentaries sometimes leaves a reader wanting more (and one annoying part of this commentary is the frequent use of \u201cSee note on\u2026\u201d<\/em> directions that requires skipping to a different part of the Bible for exposition on similar topics.)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the real value this award-winning book will have for most Bible Study Nerds is in the wealth of its accessory materials. Students (of all ages and backgrounds) who are just beginning a lifelong discovery process of God\u2019s Word will devour the clear, relevant, explanatory \u201cIntroduction to the Bible,\u201d which gives an overview of the major themes on display in Scripture. The \u201cHow We Got The Bible\u201d and \u201cHow to Study the Bible\u201d introductory sections are also must-reading for just about anyone who desires a deeper understanding of Scripture.<\/p>\n

From there, MacArthur offers surprisingly helpful references for keeping all of Scripture more understandably organized in your head. Old and New Testament chronology charts make it easy to flip back and forth between Bible history\u2014without losing your place. \u201cA Harmony of the Books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles\u201d is an unexpected blessing, as is the brief overview to the latter parts of the Old Testament, \u201cIntroduction to the Prophets.\u201d MacArthur\u2019s coverage of the era between the end of the Old Testament and the birth of Jesus is both concise and informative, and includes yet another chronology of events that really helps bridge the gaps in history between the testaments. Finally, the end sections of this book (after Revelation) offer serious discussion and explanations on matters of basic theology and Christian doctrine, stated plainly and well-supported with Scripture. This end section is a great place to start family discussion on the Christian faith and everyday belief acted out in everyday lives.<\/p>\n

Though some will view it as a little dense, and others will see it as lacking in detail, anyone who picks up The MacArthur Study Bible<\/i> will still find a rich source of practical information about God and his Word.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The MacArthur Study Bible <\/a>by John MacArthur<\/p>\n

(Thomas Nelson Publishers)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u2126\u2126\u2126<\/p>\n

About: For Bible Study Nerds\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n

About: Mike Nappa<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2014 to present by\u00a0Nappaland Communications Inc<\/a>. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reader Appeal: Students, Parents, Pastors, Bible Study Leaders Genre: Study Bible FBSN Rating: B It\u2019s easy to appreciate the scholarship invested in the verse-by-verse commentaries that make up the bulk of The MacArthur Study Bible. From Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21, John MacArthur delivers solid insights into the meaning, history, and background of Scripture\u2014as we…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":571,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-resource-spotlight","tag-macarthur","tag-reference","tag-study-bible"],"yoast_head":"\nBible Resource Spotlight: The MacArthur Study Bible - For Bible Study Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bible Resource Spotlight: The MacArthur Study Bible - For Bible Study Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reader Appeal: Students, Parents, Pastors, Bible Study Leaders Genre: Study Bible FBSN Rating: B It\u2019s easy to appreciate the scholarship invested in the verse-by-verse commentaries that make up the bulk of The MacArthur Study Bible. From Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21, John MacArthur delivers solid insights into the meaning, history, and background of Scripture\u2014as we…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"For Bible Study Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-22T12:00:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-05-21T22:39:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/files\/2014\/05\/MacArthurStudyBible.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Nappa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bible Resource Spotlight: The MacArthur Study Bible - For Bible Study Nerds","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"nofollow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bible Resource Spotlight: The MacArthur Study Bible - For Bible Study Nerds","og_description":"Reader Appeal: Students, Parents, Pastors, Bible Study Leaders Genre: Study Bible FBSN Rating: B It\u2019s easy to appreciate the scholarship invested in the verse-by-verse commentaries that make up the bulk of The MacArthur Study Bible. From Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21, John MacArthur delivers solid insights into the meaning, history, and background of Scripture\u2014as we…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html","og_site_name":"For Bible Study Nerds","article_published_time":"2014-05-22T12:00:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-05-21T22:39:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/files\/2014\/05\/MacArthurStudyBible.jpg"}],"author":"Mike Nappa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html","name":"Bible Resource Spotlight: The MacArthur Study Bible - For Bible Study Nerds","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/files\/2014\/05\/MacArthurStudyBible.jpg","datePublished":"2014-05-22T12:00:59+00:00","dateModified":"2014-05-21T22:39:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/#\/schema\/person\/a0ce37903172885871b0c504c6694575"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/files\/2014\/05\/MacArthurStudyBible.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/files\/2014\/05\/MacArthurStudyBible.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/05\/bible-resource-spotlight-the-macarthur-study-bible.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bible Resource Spotlight: The MacArthur Study Bible"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/","name":"For Bible Study Nerds","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Mike Nappa","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/#\/schema\/person\/a0ce37903172885871b0c504c6694575","name":"Mike Nappa","description":"Mike Nappa is an entertainment journalist at FamilyFans.com, a bestselling author\u2014and a notorious Bible Study Nerd. He's a former youth pastor who shepherded kids on staff at Chuck Swindoll's church in Southern California\u2014and he's a bestselling and award-winning author with more than a million copies of his books sold worldwide. Plus, he holds a degree in Christian Education with an emphasis in Bible Theology. So, you know, he\u2019s got that going for him. Mike is also a pop culture dork who watches too much TV, reads too many comic books, utters too many bad words, laughs at all the wrong jokes, and often gets in trouble because he says whatever he happens to be thinking at the moment\u2014like quoting an R-rated movie in the middle of a sermon. Yeah, he\u2019s a mess (just like you!), but he kind of likes it that way. Most of all, Mike Nappa loves Jesus, and he figures that covers over a multitude of sins. Learn more at nappaland.com\/mikenappa.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.biblestudynerds.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/author\/mnappa"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}