Life Application Study Bible

by: Zondervan Publishing

Published by: Zondervan Publishing

Reviewed by Bob Pike, CSP, CPAE-Speakers Hall of Fame

Available in NIV, KJV, NKJV, NASB, NLT, and RVR

The Life Application Study Bible has been one of the bestselling study Bibles since it first appeared in 1990. Many Christians do not read the Bible regularly. Why? Because in the pressures of daily living, they fail to find a connection between the timeless principles of Scripture and the ever-present problems of day-by-day living. God urges us to apply his Word (Isaiah 42:23; 1 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:4), but too often we stop at accumulating Bible knowledge. This is why the Life Application Study Bible was developed—to show how to put into practice what we have learned.

Developed by an interdenominational team of pastors, scholars, family counselors, and a national organization dedicated to promoting God’s Word and spreading the gospel, the Life Application Study Bible took many years to complete, and all the work was reviewed by several renowned theologians under the directorship of Dr. Kenneth Kantzer.

The Life Application Study Bible does what a good resource Bible should—it helps you understand the context of a passage, explains difficult words and phrases, and provides background and historical information. But it does much more. The Life Application Study Bible helps you go deeper into God’s Word, uncovering the timeless truth being communicated, seeing the relevance for your life, and applying it to your life. Over 75 percent of the helps in this Bible are application-oriented. The notes help you answer the questions, “So what?” and “What does this passage mean to me, my family, my friends, my job, my neighborhood, my church, my country?”

Imagine reading a familiar passage of Scripture and gaining fresh insight, as if it were the first time you had ever read it. How much richer your life would be if you left each Bible reading with a new perspective and a small change for the better. A small change every day adds up to a changed life—and that is the very purpose of Scripture.

Included are over 10,000 application notes, personality profiles of over 100 important Bible characters, comprehensive book introductions, 280 “in text” maps to highlight places and events, 260 charts to help you gain understanding of concepts and relationships, a harmony of the gospels, a dictionary/concordance and much, much more.