I wish the NET full notes would redo the page format. Or at least make it prettier to look at and read. It may not be important to some people but it makes a huge difference for me. I like nice typesetting with nice full color or accents on the page. But that's just me.
Great video Tim! Sometimes I struggle to summarise for new believers different ways they can spend time with the bible. I find it to be quite a personal affair with different techniques working for different people. But at the same time I don't want to overcomplicate things but give some simple guidance. I think this video is a good and simple starting point that I can refer them to. Cheers!
Thanks, Tim. Great suggestions. For the past three years, I've been writing summaries of Spurgeon's morning and evening devotions in an ESV Interlinear Bible. Then, I write a prayer in the Interlinear based on the devotion. The Interlinear also allows me to write my own commentary and notes. It's a large bible, but it's been a game-changer for me. 🙏 I'm also leading a small group through John using the ESV Scripture Journals. I then write prayers based on each chapter. So, in both cases, lots of writing and prayer. 🙏
Hi Tim. I am subscribed to your channel and most times I am silent but this is the BEST video for those in our Christian family that are babes or who do not know where to begin. I am very impressed that you created this specific video type. I have enjoyed the videos with the 3 TIM'S and how you 3 spiritually connect and advise with your individual experience and perspective. You 3 are a great fit for a Bible panel discussion. I would love you to have the 3 of you discuss this topic on your channel to cover this exact topic of the best choices of Bible study. You did a great job with this video. God bless
Great video, and thank you for the ideas. I also listen to audio Bibles every day, so that I have the Bible in my head a lot. A good idea is to have the Bible playing while driving, it helps to calm me.
I love this video and how you also are encouraging your viewers to read more than just 5 mins. This is amazing great job my brother keep them coming✍📖💕😻
Great job brother. In my experience the first one Reading, is the foundation and most needed. We need a wholistic understanding of Scripture to build a balanced diet of study to know Him more. Get to know your Bible and delight in Him saints.
I like to just sit and read. I have a friend that I video with and we read the Bible together almost every day. We have read the Bible from cover to cover over the past 4 years or more. Thanks for yiur wisdom.
Very encouraging, great video, I am leaning toward the Abide Bible for me. Thanks for helping me know which one would be best for me. God bless you and your family. 😊
Thanks Tim! As always I appreciate your thoughts and upbeat vibes. Another way to study the Bible is to use The Daily Common Lectionary (easily available on-line). Over three years, the Lectionary will systematically cover the Gospels. For example, we’re in year B-so this year the Gospel of Mark will be prominently studied along with John. (John will be studied all three years). Each lectionary reading will have the Gospel, corresponding Old Testament prophecies, Psalms, and New Testament letters. What I like is that I can see the correlation of scripture across all genres of The Word. Stay awesome! Mike
@@timwildsmith that sounds wonderful! Luke’s Gospel with its memorable nativity narrative, parables, and especially it’s Road to Emmaus account are so important to Christian understanding. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Becca, and your family. Mike
I like to listen to the audio version of the Bible translation I’m reading in and going through the Bible Recap reading plan and following the days reading with the corresponding Bible Recap Podcast. I plan on doing it again next year because I have seen so much more of Him and seeing who He is through this. It’s really been an amazing journey through the Bible.
@@timwildsmith what a small World we live in! It’s funny, I feel like a know her since I have listened to her every day for almost a year now. How cool is it that you actually do know her?!
Goodness Mercy! When the NET came out, I apparently became a "collector," because I have all of these! My reader is the large-print thinline (not the art version, but a leathersoft, and I'm happy with it). I bought a hardcover Abide Bible because of the different types of prompts. After six months with the main reader, I bought a hardcover full notes edition, which is AMAZING! And then my husband bought the boxed set of the journaling books for us to both use, and doing husband-and-wife journaling is a blessing. But this is the first video where all the pieces are so familiar! None of mine are premiums (that's a "someday"), but I'm tickled as all get-out today! 😁
Love! Nice video! Thanks for...Always encouraging us to just dig in, no matter what type of bible study or reading we are doing. Variety in our studying styles is good. And we need to change our approach to his word and allowing it to transform our lives. Thanks.
I've been looking for two days for a video to explain this thank you so much I just needed to understand I went to Amazon trying to find a Bible and I found out there were more then the translation I knew and different types of bibles I was overwhelmed not knowing which one to choose thank you this really helped me
Great video, Tim! I love Scripture Journals. I'm currently using the ESV Scripture Journal for the Psalms to do a deep dive into each Psalm, and then teach from it on Sunday nights. No formal outlines, just the Scriptures and my notes.
Another great Bible Study tip that has really helped my group of girls grow stronger in the Word of God is Scripture Writing. There are Bibles like the Interleaved Journaling Bible from Crossway and Thompson Nelson where you can write the scriptures right in the Bible itself. Or find a good Large Print Bible that you can see really good to use as your writing out the verses in your notebook or journal. 📖✍💕😻
Tim, wow, I love the full notes edition! Right up my alley! Is this available in any other translation? My comment today is earmarked for my oldest brother Timothy John for a chance at the Bible giveaway. (I’m writing to my five older siblings to get their favorite and 2nd favorite translations.)
Regarding the first type of Bible study of just reading: I find that switching translation each time I finish reading through the Bible is very useful. If I get too familiar with a passage, my brain goes to sleep, glazes over, etc. Now, that is very easy for me as I use a Bible app with several translations in several languages and I do know more than one language, but I would think just switching translation would also help.
All great ideas. I also use from time to time an audio Bible,. The one I have is dramatized. It does does change the text but it does make you feel as if the writer is speaking directly to you,. Another I do is carry of pocket size New Testament. When I have some down when out and about I can read a few verses or a chapter or two. Yes, I also have it on my phone but holding the Word of God in my hands makes it more personal to me. Maybe I am just weird.
My most common method is a single column journaling bible, and I have two different study bibles next to me to compare different notes with verses that confuse me.
Looking forward to this. I was just thinking the other day how a different format of a Bible; even between the Allan NASB Reader (VBV) and the Schuyler Quentel ESV (Paragraph) set a different tone as I am reading the word. The different translation also plays a role in my example as the NASB with the italicized words can create a different experience and interaction model.
I need a compact, but not too small to read, Bible with real leather that's good quality as that makes me want to read it. I want to be able to have it on my desk open with a notebook and not spread out too much. But I want the print to be large enough that I don't get eye strain to read it as I'm getting older. Like maybe a 9.5 font or 10 at most. I don't want huge print either. I like the drawings and maps in the back, but want it to look scholarly and not cartoony. I prefer the KJV version as that is what I grew up reading and it doesn't confuse me to read text like that at all. I would like paper that is good also. I don't like a lot of ghosting. I'm not opposed to paying 250 or less because it will be my main Bible. I would also like a few ribbons to mark places. Any recommendations? I would be open to a different translation as long as it is something scholarly and not over simplified. I want to do research and such with it. I am considering taking some classes in theology etc. I currently do not own a Bible as I use my Kindle now. I didn't grow up knowing there were any other translations other than the NKJV and I never liked that one much. I haven't studied the Bible much since college and would like to get back into doing so. Thus, I don't know which Bible to get. I don't want a purple or pink girly Bible either, nor one specifically made for women.
What I would really like to see is a volume that begins with the text of a Gospel with “study notes” from the rest of the New Testament. I’m even thinking of starting my own using cross-references and Topical Links to start (zondervan’s NIV Crossreference with Topical Links Bible would be a good start). Are there any volumes like this?
I asked for my birthday the Net Bible, by mistake received the one without the notes. I didn't like the font so I decided to keep the Bible and read it online instead. I would love it if they would use the font that Niv uses
Good morning, Tim! I really enjoyed this video! I really want to start getting into the Word, and studying it more. These are some great ideas! I still haven’t purchased an ESV Bible yet. I would like to find something close to 5x8 inches, with large print. The Treveris is very tempting, but I don’t want to invest in something that expensive, as I’m primarily a CSB reader. Does Crossway make something similar? Thank you!
With regards to "Journaling" Bible Study . . . My handwriting has, to put it mildly, SUCKED for many years (bad in grade school, and then years of fast-and-frantic note taking in later grades and, especially, college made it worse). So LITERALLY WRITING down notes next to Bible text would pretty much be a non-starter for somebody like me; future generations (or, for that matter, future ME) would have the greatest difficulty trying to decipher my script. On the other hand, my typing isn't too bad; I'm not "300 words a minute," but as I hammer this out I'm not looking at my keyboard, and mistakes are relatively few and far between. So perhaps a different type of "journaling Bible" might be of use here -- only not necessarily a physical book. A computer application, or perhaps even some type of tablet app (I'm an Android guy, but it's a safe bet there are plenty of iPad users who might benefit). Something where you can bring up your preferred Bible translation, and tap/type out notes virtually next to the text you're reading. Save them on the cloud, or on a file that can be transferred or e-mailed. Saved where one can open it up years later (assuming the file can be opened on whatever systems are in the future . . . Windows XXL? iOS 39.999.999? OS/2 Warp 5.01?). And it wouldn't surprise me if something like that is ALREADY OUT!! Maybe for YEARS!! (MS-DOS 2.11? Windows 3.0? Mac OS 7.6?) Just tossing that out there . . .
I know the ubiquitous YouVersion Bible App has a “notes” feature where you can jot down your thoughts in the app, but I like where you’re going with this. Maybe a Bible Journal App is something to develop.
like trying to haul a refrigerator in a sports car.. . a pickup would be better suited for that kind of work. a study bible for studying . but a plain just the word of god bible for your everyday reader... and one for your car .. just in case you need to reed in the middle of the day when your out and about. lol.. its a adventure walking the walk..
Why do people "study" from an ancient text that was written by unlearned and superstitious men? The babel is nothing but one continuous contradiction after the other. The babel purports and endorses magic and fantasy. It has no use in modern society. It is nothing but an ancient comic book. A Harry Potter Movie is more meaningful (and educational) than a babel.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. Matthew 23:23
