Tuesday Tome - The NIV Study Bible

We're getting near to the end of the 2014-2015 Bible Reading Plan at Valley Christian Church. This is the reading schedule I follow while blogging at Useful Breath. It's also the plan many people use in my Pathways Class on Wednesday nights at Valley (which starts up again on September 16).

If you're thinking of reading through the Bible with me in the coming year, now would be a good time to start getting ready. The first step would be to make sure you have a good study Bible. The one I recommend is the NIV Study Bible from Zondervan. I would suggest getting the hardcover edition and a Bible cover that zips shut.

I will soon be putting together the 2015-2016 reading schedule. I invite you read along with me and follow my Useful Breath blog. If you live in the south metro of the Twin Cities, I hope you will consider being part of my Wednesday Night Pathways Class.

Publisher's description of the NIV Study Bible...
The NIV Study Bible is the #1 bestselling study Bible in the world’s most popular modern English Bible translation―the New International Version. This best-loved NIV Study Bible features a stunning four-color interior with full-color photographs, maps, charts, and illustrations. Since its first release in 1985, the Gold Medallion Award-winning NIV Study Bible has become the treasured and trusted companion of over nine million Bible readers. The in-depth notes are coded to highlight notes of special interest in the areas of character study, archaeology, and personal application. Visually arresting section breaks help you find your bearing in the Bible. Full-color photos, maps, and illustrations make this study Bible accessible and friendly. Referred to daily by millions of pastors, students, church leaders, and other Bible readers around the world, the over-20,000 NIV Study Bible notes are the handiwork of the same translation team that produced this Bible’s text. The very best evangelical scholarship that brought you today’s most popular modern English Bible also contributed to the most celebrated and widely used study notes in existence. All of these features, and more, also make it perfect for homeschool use. Like no other Bible, the NIV Study Bible places an entire resource library for Bible study in your hands. Features: • Full text of the world’s most popular modern English Bible―the New International Version (NIV) • Over 20,000 study notes, with icons to make important information easy to spot • Introductions and outlines provide valuable background information for each book of the Bible • In-text maps, charts, diagrams, and illustrations visually clarify the stories in the Bible • 16 pages of full-color maps plus time lines and presentation page • Words of Christ in red • NIV concordance plus subject and study notes indexes