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The Life with God Bible
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Item Description...
Overview
Scholars in Christian spirituality and biblical scholarship provide a unique study Bible that rediscovers scripture as a living and active text of spiritual formation, including Life with God study notes--insightful introductions for each book of the Bible and thousands of other notes highlighting main themes. 15,000 first printing.
Publishers Description
The Life with God Bible combines the depth of a study Bible with the warmth of a devotional Bible, offering a new way to discover the full riches of the Scriptures. According to Richard Foster, bestselling author and the project′s editor, the Bible is all about human life "with God." As we read Scripture, we should consider how God is with us in each story and allow ourselves to be spiritually transformed. Many people are looking for a new way to read the Bible, not as a text to be mastered. but as a story to enter into and a lifestyle to pursue. This unique Bible, previously published as The Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible and spearheaded by bestselling authors Richard Foster (Celebration of Discipline) and Dallas Willard (The Divine Conspiracy), introduces the concept of life with God - or the "with-God life" - a model for seeing the whole of Scripture as the unfolding story of God′s plan for our loving relationship with the Creator. This central theme weaves throughout the essays, introductions, notes, and exercises, powerfully revealing how God is present to his people today and throughout history. Yet our relationship with God should not be passive. Concrete practices - Spiritual Disciplines - have been used throughout church history to guide disciples of Jesus. This Bible integrates the Spiritual Disciplines into the Christian life by showing how they are central to the Bible′s teachings and stories. Abraham and Ruth, Moses and Deborah, Jesus and the disciples all provide amazing examples of the life-changing power of prayer, worship, fasting, celebration, and many other Spiritual Disciplines. Scripture thus becomes a primary means for the discovery, instruction, and practice of these disciplines as well as a tool for spiritual formation. Combining the highest possible biblical scholarship with the deepest possible heart devotion, this new Bible project seeks to nourish inner transformation by unlocking and revealing the profound resources within Scripture for changing our hearts and characters and bringing them in line with what God wants for our lives. The Life with God Bible will redefine what the Bible means for Christian discipleship. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 1948
Dimensions: Length: 1.5" Width: 4.75" Height: 7"
Weight: 1.64 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Aug 1, 2009
Publisher Harper Collins Publishers
Age 18
ISBN 0061834963
EAN 9780061834967
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Bible Binding: Paper, Flush Cut
Color: Full Color
Point/Type Size: 8.00
Version: NRSV
Concordance: Yes - Built In Concordance
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Availability 39 units.
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Product Categories | 1 | Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Bibles > Translations > New Revised Standard [0 similar products] |
| 2 | Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Reference > General [10297 similar products] |
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Reviews - What do our customers think?
 | Best Bible I've owned in 30 years! May 14, 2010 |
| Thank you Richard Foster and the team who made this Bible. My walk with the Lord is growing and you've saved me a lot of money! The introductions to all the books, the many biography sketches and the notes on how to incorporate the spiritual disciplines into your daily life so amazing, I stopped buying Bible study guides! I have enough to chew on in this Bible. It's worth buying just for the introductory notes to Romans! The book of Daniel, which has the most disciplines in it, due to Daniel's need for them in hard times, is very applicable to the times we live in. Can't say enough about this Bible. Love it! | | | | Awesome! Feb 12, 2010 |
| If you are looking for a Bible where the commentary has a bent toward Spiritual Disciplines...this is the one to have...hands down. | | |  | Helpful Study Bible Dec 14, 2009 |
I checked out this Bible while I was at a bookstore, and considered buying it for weeks. Then, I picked it up through this site and have enjoyed using it since.
I have the paperback version, which includes the Protestant Bible and does not include the Deuterocanonical books.(This was a little disappointing because I thought it would be fun to have at least one Bible that had some of the Intertestimental material.)What is most exciting for me about this Bible is the people they have doing the commentary on specific books. Folks like Tremper Longman, Eugene Peterson, Dallas Willard and Walter Bruggeman do the notes in certain sections of this Bible. Their insights are invaluable, and help me to see the text I am studying a little differently than I might have otherwise.
Was disappointed that the "Life with God" notes were not more directive in specific spiritual practices. For this kind of thing, the Zondervan Spiritual Formation Bible was MUCH better. | | | | Excellent Bible Nov 27, 2009 |
| Not only is the version a good version of the bible the leather-like cover was like real leather... I like the Renovare life with God notes. | | | | Nurture intimacy with God through this Bible Nov 22, 2009 |
A few years back, a large group of biblical scholars and devotional writers pooled their collective talents to birth the "Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible". The project was headed up by Richard Foster, the author of the modern-day spiritual classic "Celebration of Discipline". The "Renovare Bible", while praised for its content, received mixed reviews because of its gigantic size; it looked more like a dictionary than a daily study Bible.
Well, the fine folks at HarperCollins have fixed that. In what popular writer and pastor John Ortberg calls, "the most spiritually-impactful Bible our time", the "Renovare Bible" has been re-released in a smaller size and has been renamed "The Life With God Bible".
I went through a period of a couple of year in college when I was infatuated with study Bibles. At one point I probably had at least ten different versions. The more I became drawn into theology and serious study of the Bible, as opposed to light, devotional reading, the more I hungered for a Bible filled with insights, commentaries, and notes. However, it seemed to be an empty pursuit. I never was able to find a Bible that was had enough study material to satisfy while also being practical enough to lug around and use for daily readings. Thus was the paradox: the better the content, the bigger the Bible. Also, the more academic the content the less relevance and practical the Bible tended to be.
So after discovering the "Renovare Bible" a few years back, I was intrigued by its content but immediately put off by its bulkiness. I doubted very much that I would be able to use the huge book as my every-day Bible. Yet, the names of the contributors at least matched the Bible's own weight and were still hard to pass up. After reading the who's who in the list of authors, I couldn't help but lick my chops. Spiritual heroes like Dallas Willard, Richard Foster, Walter Brueggemann, and Eugene Peterson--some of my favorite writers, even now--beckoned readers to open the "Renovare Bible". Those men are the modern day Apostles in the Evangelical world. It was tempting not to purchase the "Renovare Bible", but I eventually passed because of its sheer bulkiness.
Fast forwarding a few years, the "Renovare Bible" has been reborn--or "born again" to use a more explicit Christian phrase. The folks at Harper Collins have solved the greatest problem with the Bible--its overall size--and have accentuated the change by offering a few different cover styles for the new rendition. I was mailed to a copy of the "Life With God Bible" through HarperCollins Publishers--the version I received is enclosed by a dark brown, imitation leather cover. There are, in addition, paperback and hardback editions available.
Aside from the size and cover changes--which again were the only downside I saw to the original "Renovare" version--the "Life With God Bible" is loaded with the same spiritual richness that was found in the "Renovare Bible". The Bible itself is aimed at one thing: fostering intimacy with God. This Bible doesn't seek to provide the abundance of scholarly notes that other study Bibles do, nor does it offer quaint, feel-good reflections on the texts. It instead approaches the words of the Bible through the spiritual disciplines--which include fasting, prayer, chastity, celebration, etc.--in order to nurture authentic spiritual formation in the reader.
Richard Foster and Dallas Willard are probably the two biggest propagators in the resurgence of interest of the spiritual disciplines, primarily through their two books "Celebration of Discipline" and "The Spirit of the Disciplines", respectively. The purpose of these disciplines is not necessarily to aid in the `knowledge' of God--though some surely do--but to aid in the transformation of our life into that of Jesus. Intimacy and transformation are at the backbone of this "spiritual discipline" movement.
In addition to viewing the main text of the Bible through the lens of the "spiritual disciplines", the "Life With God Bible" also features many articles, background information, and profiles of major Biblical characters. As a Catholic I also strongly appreciated the inclusion of the Deuterocanonical books in the Bible. These books add to broad audience that this Bible serves; after reading a few articles and the entire chapter of Mark, I found nothing that would be considered "unorthodox" or disagreeable to the teachings of the Catholic Church. So while the editors--and the main audience--of the "Life with God Bible" seem to all be Protestants, this Bible can be used just as fruitfully by Catholics as their 'daily-Bible'.
In short, I think this is the Bible I will be using for my daily readings, at least for the near future. It is academic enough for a scholar and practical enough for a disciple. It is serious while not being overly difficult. Rare is the Bible that balances both aspects of the Faith. If you are looking for a study Bible filled with historical and cultural insights, this is not be the best choice for you. And if you are looking for a Bible that offers comforting notes or quotes alongside the text, this may not be the best Bible for you either. But if you are looking for the best of both worlds, check out the "Life With God Bible". | | | Write your own review about The Life with God Bible
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