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Everyday Life Bible the power of Gods Word for everyday living, by Joyce Meyer, from FaithWords publishers.
Ill frankly admit Im not an avid follower of Joyce Meyer, though I appreciate her no-nonsense approach to spiritual warfare and life in general. My disappointment with the Everyday Life Bible has nothing to do with Meyers admirable contribution of ample notes to the project, which are interspersed every few pages or so. Many wielders of the Amplified Bible have long esteemed the study features built right into the text of the Amplified translation, and have beggared Zondervan, the publisher, (or rather perhaps, the Lockman Foundation) for years to make available a study Bible similar to its other top-shelf offerings in the NIV. The Everyday Life Bible, FaithWords first venture into Bible publishing, however, makes for a nice devotional Bible seemingly designed more after Zondervans NIV Womens (and Mens and Couples) Devotional Bibles than any study Bibles on the market. Its a large Bible with very readable sized print thats a type point size or two above the norm, but it has the briefest of book introductions and a helpful but skimpy topical concordance. Other than Meyers themed notes its rather apropos that study is not part of its title, and one has to wonder at what sort of response such a large Bible will have to what I would deem to primarily be a womens target demographic.
For some reason of personal yearning, I was anticipating another great word-study resource somewhat on the order of the Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible meets the Life Application Study Bible, but was met with an oversized Inspirational Study Bible that seems out of place with the Amplified translation. In all fairness and support of FaithWords efforts, I would have given a similar review to Kay Arthurs Inductive Study Bible, which has been a great resource to a similarly constructed target-audience.
Any thoughts from others?