I’ve
been enamored with the devotional Streams In The Desert ever since I came to
saving faith. So when my wife received a
copy of the
Zondervan
does the usual great job with the NIV
text, including textual aids and some cross references at the bottom of the
page. However, this is a devotional
Bible, not a true study Bible, so don’t look for a lot of that material.
It’s
strength lies in the devotions that are tied to various portions of scripture;
365 of them, to be exact; one for each day of the year. Drawn from Streams In The Desert, as well as
from other authors, the devotions help the reader to “put shoe leather” to the
passage under consideration. I was
preparing the evening message when this arrived, and I found material that fit
perfectly with my message in the very first devotional. Very cool!
The
review copy I received was the hardback copy, with a dust jacket. The dust jacket was designed to suggest that
this was a book that had been on the shelves for many, many years. As such . . . some might not find it so
appealing. Also, one of the “features”
mentioned on the back cover was a ribbon marker. The copy I received did not have that ribbon
marker.
But
I’m not throwing the book back, by any stretch of the imagination. As mentioned, I’ve already “put this book to
good use,” as it was intended.
4
stars for a classic devotional Bible
STREAMS IN THE DESERT DEVOTIONAL BIBLE
L.B. Cowman, ed. by Jim Reimann
Zondervan
ISBN 978-0-310-44184-7
Bibles / New International Version / Devotional
1,508 pages
$34.99 hardcover with jacket
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