Not kidding

Posted on 12.Jun.06 by kristen | 5 Comments

I thought this was a joke when I saw it: Scofield Study Bible in ESV.

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Megan S. | 12.Jun.06 at 9:26 pm | Reply

I think I’m missing the joke here. Can someone provide a quick explanation?
kristen | 12.Jun.06 at 9:42 pm | Reply

Scofield’s Study Bible is probably the single greatest cause of the spread of dispensational premillenialism in the US over the last century. (The notes are very skewed to that theological position.) The ESV is wildly popular in Reformed circles, and I hadn’t realized that it was being pumped to dispensational circles as well, but I’ve lost the pulse of modern American evangelicalism post-college.
the SmockLady | 13.Jun.06 at 12:53 pm | Reply

But if you hurry you can buy it with The Reformation Study Bible: English Standard Version by R. C. Sproul (because we all know that R. C. Sproul wrote the Bible). JK, but I hate it when things are worded like that.
kristen | 13.Jun.06 at 2:31 pm | Reply

Ugh! Me too!

I am just not a fan of study bibles, period.
RevJATB | 19.Jun.06 at 3:13 pm | Reply

What I don’t get is, why is there a Women’s Devotional Bible, a Men’s Devotional Bible, AND a Couples’ Devotional Bible?

My favorite study Bible title is the Spirit-Filled Study Bible, because you know the Spirit works in a SPECIAL way when you read THAT Bible, but not when you read other ones.

Don’t you feel sorry for poor old Martin Luther? He didn’t have a Spirit-filed Study Bible.