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I have a hardback copy of the MacArthur Study Bible. I like it when I use it. Dr. MacArthur is a world-class intellect and his faculty has put together a great tool for those looking to study deeper in the Scriptures. Some of the insights are really good. Of course I read the text before the commentary.

They've set up a good product here. I'd recommend it for its proper use. Definitely not a teaching text for me, of course the NKJV discourages it for me, but helpful in my study.

 

That is very strange to me. Never met any like that. My church is mostly dispensational but I hardly see any Scofield Bibles.

My pastor likes the MacArthur Study Bible a lot, btw. I think he has it in the NASB though.

 

Heard a preacher say this, "If you were more familiar with your Bible you wouldn't need the words in red to know it was Jesus speaking!"

I don't mean this to be condescending, but I do agree with his statement.

 

I found it hard to adjust to another Bible from my Open Bible. I had to do this due to its becoming so worn.

I haven't found another one to take it's place.

I often and gently open its pages to reference many things and recommend it to anyone. I want to have it rebound but some one told me it would cost more than just buying a new one.

As far as JM? I know very little about him and view him as a fairly recent addition to Christendom. I say that in a not necessarilly good way.

As far as the NKJV? I already have the Bible.

 

Heard a preacher say that Scofield was wrong in a few places: one was where he said the Jews had to repent and the Gentiles only had to believe. I agree with that preacher: Scofield couldn't be more wrong there.

I don't own a "Scofield", per se, but I do have all his notes! And like many other "issues" amongst the "brethren" I am not very well accepted when they find this out!:laugh:

But am accepted in the Beloved!:godisgood:

 

Is this what we should say when we don't have 1st hand experience but would like to make a statement anyway? OK

Baptist4life, I have many study Bibles, (about 30) in many different translations, including most of the currently popular Bibles out there now. I have the MacArthur SB in the NAS95. It is my absolute favorite study Bible.

MacArthur is Dispensational and Calvinistic. Solid notes and helpful information. When I first received my new ESV study Bible I thought it was the end for the MacArthur but now that I see the (minor) pitfalls of the ESV SB and to be honest I feel the ESV translation is over-hyped so I now feel confident that the MacArthur is still going to be the go to Bible for people that think like me, and not Sal.

You will enjoy your MacArthur, I'm sure.

Tom

 

All my experience is first hand or it's not mine:laugh: .

Now if you don't like what I said about JM that is conjecture on your behalf.

You say he is calvinistic, that is enough for me to avoid his false teaching.

 

I have worn my first MacArthur Study Bible out and had to replace it. I also had to buy a copy to keep at home, as my wife kept "borrowing" mine.

While I don't agree with Mac on everything, overall his notes are solid and very conservative. It is definitely a good study aid.

 

You regard JM "as a fairly recent addition to Christendom"?What in the world does that mean?You were only eight when he first began pastoring at GCC.And he was saved long before that.You would be the more recent convert here.

And then you added the barb:"I say that in a not necessarily good way." Your comments are not helpful in the least.

 

It's quite obvious that you enjoy modern Arminian and Semi-Pelagian teaching.

 

MacArthur shares a number of things in common with Charles H.Spurgeon.They have the same birthday of June 19th (separated by 105 years).

C.H.S. entered into the Down-grade controversy in 1887.MacArthur entered into the fray of the Lordship controversy 101 years later.

Spurgeon was probably the most well-known conservative preacher of his time.And MacArthur is arguably the most famous counterpart of our time.

I am surprised that some at this late date are discovering that John MacArthur is a Calvinist!

 

Was it the NKJV translation or the study notes you didn't like? No condemnation intended...just curious.

 

OK - thanks for the clarification. Although I use the NKJV extensively, I'm not familiar with the MacArthur Study Bible. I personally like the Ryrie Study Bible. These days it's available in the KJV, the NASB and the NIV. I have a Ryrie NKJV which is no longer published - sadly.

 

Quaint that you want to look to the Scriptures for comfort, it's been used that way thousands of years.

But it's also used for discovery and change; I've found that stepping out of the old shoes and wearing in a new set every once in a while invigorates my walk.

Rob

 

Sorry, I misunderstood.
Those beloved books that you've read and studied for years are sure hard to let go.

When the pastor says "Open your Bibles to xyz", you just flip the book open and there's the page.
Takes me a year or two before I can do that with any new Bible.
(and I'd never be able to do it with those lousy thin-line bibles)

Once in a while I'll look through the first Bible I grew comfortable with and read the notes from years past and reminisce... it can bring back people and times hovering on the edge of remembrance.

Rob