LSB MacArthur Study Bible 2nd Edition: Unleashing God's Truth One Verse at a Time (Black Genuine Leather, Comfort Print)

This is an excellent, beautiful Bible. It has every possible help you could want for study. I especially appreciate the thumb indexing which saves time in having to install tabbies.

This is a great study Bible. MacArthur presents a great deal of intelligent insights and background information, as well as outlining every chapter in the Bible. The outlines alone are worth the price of the Bible. His beginning-of-book summaries are the best I've seen, covering each book's author and date of writing, historical context, and even exegetical problems and theological issues.About the New King James Version of the Bible: I started off as an NIV user (since that's the first Bible I ever really used). I had always felt the NKJV was sort of a crutch for people who couldn't understand the KJV but couldn't give up their King James forms. When I saw that MacArthur's study Bible was only available in the NKJV, that made me think again. Now I love this translation: it's both accurate and easy to read. I've read the evidence presented by King James Only advocates and, while I respect their sincerity, I am unconvinced that the NKJV is the Enemy's work.For the reviewers who said that MacArthur only presents one point of view: isn't this what's expected? The whole purpose of a study Bible is that the author of that Bible's notes presents his understanding of Biblical passages, which you are then free to accept or reject (obviously, under wise council of other godly people and the control of the Holy Spirit). I have looked at many study Bibles, and they all do exactly that - Ryrie, Scofield, LaHaye, whoever. Does one expect LaHaye to provide evidence for preterism, or Ryrie for so-called "Lordship Salvation"? I am afraid that when other reviews say "he only presents one point of view" they really mean "he doesn't present MY point of view." Besides, in the beginning-of-book "theological issues" sections MacArthur at least deals with other points of view, something that most others don't do.A perfect example is the reviewer who mentioned 1 Corinthians 14. Obviously this fellow doesn't agree with MacArthur. Might I hazard a guess that the reviewer is charismatic? MacArthur appears to be a cessationist. But the point is that a study Bible is not the place to cover the issues in detail: if the commentary is not to overwhelm the Biblical text in quantity, probably the best that can be accomplished is to give one point of view. My advice would be to get a good book that covers those types of issues in detail: Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology does a good job of that (while also taking a particular point of view, somewhat different from MacArthur's).I should note that I am not a cessationist nor a dispensationalist myself. I believe Spiritual Gifts are for today and all history. But, unlike another reviewer, to say cessationism "borders on REAL heresy" is far beyond what can reasonably be concluded from Scripture. "Christianity" as taught by people such as Charles Capps and Frederick Price, yes: cessationalism, no.In sum, if you're looking for a new Bible that you'll love for years to come, get the MacArthur Study Bible. Whether you agree with everything you read or not (I don't), you will find the notes well thought out and helpful.

Absolutely love this Bible! The study notes add a lot to my understanding.

Great quality Bible. Solid study information and the material of the Bible feels so smooth.

I absolutely love this Bible. The font is perfect, and I’m 80 years old, so if it works for me, it will work for anybody. And of course, MacArthur’s notes are the best, very well put together. This is now my favorite Bible by far, and I have many Bibles in many translations to compare to. This one tops them all.

Best purchase

Hard to complain about the word of God.All kidding aside I really like the study part of this bible.

This Bible while expensive is a wonderful resource to anyone wanting to learn more about the Bible. Not only are the study notes available but it has charts, maps and a lot of tables. The font is easy to read even in the commentary section which is normally really hard to see. I would recommend this Bible!