Which is Better | ESV Study Bible or Reformation Study Bible? 

Great review.

Both of these Study Bibles are excellent. My personal preference is the Reformatiom Study Bible. I agree that one could own both. My guess is that the NKJV edition was discontinued by Ligonier because Dr. R. C. Sproul is off the scene. He preferred the NKJV, as I do. I own both study bibles as Kindle Books and have the the Reformatiom Heritage Study Bible KJV Leather bound as my carry around bible with Zipper. It has the Three Forms of Unity and the Westminster Standards. I will check out more of your videos.

Thank you!! I enjoyed this 🤓

Good video! Very informative comparison of the ESV Study Bible and the (NKJV) Reformation Study Bible. I love both of them too. And like you, if I could only pick one, I'd also pick the ESV Study Bible, but both are solid study Bibles. The ESV Study Bible does seem more "broadly Reformed" perhaps due largely to the influence of Wayne Grudem as general editor, J.I. Packer as theological editor, C. John Collins as OT editor, and Tom Schreiner as NT editor. The Reformation Study Bible does seem more focused on being "historically Reformed" (particularly Presbyterian) perhaps due largely to the influence of R.C. Sproul as general editor as well as the influence of other editors associated in one way or another with Ligonier (e.g. Keith Mathison) and/or Westminster Theological Seminary. Interestingly, J.I. Packer was also one of the main editors for the Reformation Study Bible all the way back to when it was known as the New Geneva Study Bible. In fact, if I remember correctly (I might be mistaken), Packer's own Concise Theology came out of his work on the New Geneva / Reformation Study Bible.

No matter what your opinions, we can all at least agree that the Reformation Study Bible serves better as a home defense tool. I thought the ESV Study Bible was massive!

Great review. As a reformed Presbyterian, I prefer the RSB over the ESV SB. I wish that the RSB would have the graphics and diagrams that the ESV SB has.

I have both as well. Wish I’d gotten the RSB in NKJV. I can say I’m glad my ESVSB is genuine leather, that leather soft don’t hold up at all!

wish I could get either of these in a larger print since I need 12 point text due to my poor sight. I have the ESV SB and I love it, but I cannot read for too long because of the small(ish) text size. Thank you for this video. I makes sense and is valuable for future purchases if I can find them.

Great review. It helped me a bunch to decide whether to get the Reformation Study Bible while having the ESV Study Bible already. Only too bad the Reformation Study Bible is no longer available in NKJV. I will probably get the ESV version. By the way would you happen to have any thoughts on Reformation Heritage Study Bible in KJV as an alternative by any chance?

Thank you for this review. I do have both but I have a question. My ESV is the 2007 version. Is it worth upgrading to the 2016 version. Thanks

Alright fine I’ll just get both 😂

Does anyone know if the study notes are the same in the ESV and NKJV reformation bibles?

Goodness gracious, 11:30 in before he even started discussing the actual bibles.

Can you post the ISBN numbers of both books you have?

The reformation bible used to be only nkjv and is now esv only. Can only buy nkjv used now, unfortunately.

A worn bible is a well tended soul

just curious other than the standard argument about the KJV being archaic in language ... what do YOU have against it?.. You realize that the Reformation Study bible is available in the KJV...? but yet no mention of the KJV was ever made...

Esv is better

ESV is more evangelical.

They are Calvanist study Bibles do not get them, Calvanisum is not the true gospel.

Neither of them. They are both right with liberal scholarship and based off of false bibliological evidence.