{"id":1193,"date":"2010-12-03T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/start-bible\/"},"modified":"2022-09-11T18:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T22:31:29","slug":"start-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/start-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Start! The Bible for New Believers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Start! The Bible for New Believers<\/a>
Greg Laurie, General Editor<\/h3>

(Note: <\/em>This book was provided free for review by the publisher. This did not affect the review in any way.)<\/em><\/p>

As a part of Thomas Nelson\u2019s BookSneeze<\/a> book review program, I get to choose books that the publisher will send me to read and review here on my blog. When I saw this Bible for New Believers<\/em> I was intrigued, because I am always on the lookout for a Bible that Oak Tree Community Church<\/a> can keep on hand for that purpose.<\/p>

I\u2019m glad to say that Start!<\/em> could be a great fit. The back cover summarizes the various notes, articles, and entries that are generously sprinkled throughout the Bible. Here\u2019s how they describe them:<\/p>

Grow entries, revealing key disciplines of the Christian life<\/p>

Know articles, exposing the core beliefs of Christians<\/p>

Live messages, focusing on various aspects of salvation<\/p>

Learn notes, providing mini-commentaries on key passages for spiritual growth<\/p><\/blockquote>

I have to say that I was pleased to find the articles that I read (I did not read them all) to be well thought-through, clearly presented, and theologically sound. I was especially glad to see that Laurie made a clear distinction between the Rapture and Jesus\u2019 Second Coming (note on Titus 2:13<\/a>, page 1256).<\/p>

In addition, at the very beginning is a clear presentation of the gospel and a call for the reader to place his or her faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.<\/p>

Overall, I think this will be a great benefit to many new and growing Christians. If I had to give one critique, it would be that the Bible used is the New King James Version. While that is not surprising (the NKJV is published by Thomas Nelson<\/a>), I would have preferred a different, more modern version for new believers.<\/p>

You can find out more about Start! The Bible for New Believers<\/em> and Greg Laurie at http:\/\/www.thestartbible.com<\/a>. You can get your copy at Amazon.com<\/a> or all over the web.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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As a part of Thomas Nelson\u2019s BookSneeze book review program, I get to choose books that the publisher will send me to read and review here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[118,23],"class_list":["post-1193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-otcc","tag-titus"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":2,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"Start! 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