Encountering God Study Bible Review & Giveaway

We did an Experiencing God by Henry & Richard Blackaby Bible study at church last year that I really liked. So when I saw that the Blackaby’s had a new Encountering God Study Bible available, I looked forward to using it.

The Blackaby family have spend decades pastoring, planting churches and developing books and Bible studies to help everyone have an encounter with God. The Encountering God Study Bible is the crowning work of the Blackabys. Look how many Blackabys contributed to this Bible!

Featuring their trusted approach to Bible study, this Study Bible includes:

Notes highlighting how God might choose to encounter you in His Word
Notes explaining ideas, events, people and places in the text
Word studies, character studies, and biographical sketches of figures from church history
Notes to help you navigate current cultural issues

Encountering God Study Bible Review

First off, the black, leathersoft Bible is a very handsome Bible, with nice stitching, and metallic printing on the spine. One of my favorite things about this study Bible is that it has two different colored, attached ribbon bookmarks. My other Bibles either have one or no bookmarks. The Bible reading plan we are using at church this year has us reading a chapter from the Old Testament, and the New Testament, every day. So I really appreciate the two ribbon bookmarks.

Inside the Encountering God Study Bible, the font is a good, easily readable size. They call this “Comfort Print”. I found the font to be pleasant to read. The pages are formatted as other Bibles. With two columns of text, with a middle column of verse cross references. As well as notes across the bottom of the pages.

Study Bible Features

This Bible also features “Encounter Notes” throughout. These encounter notes highlight how God has chosen to encounter us in His word. There is not one on every page, but the Encounter Notes have the verse that it applies to in the corner, so it’s easy to refer to the verse it is referencing.

Bible Character Studies are scattered throughout this Bible. Also included are biological sketches, Historical Encounters, of people who have lived out their faith.

There is a nice introduction section at the beginning of each chapter of this Bible. This introduction features 4 sections. Introduction, Significance, Structure, and Encountering God Through “name of book”. I found these Encountering God sections to contain information not found in other Bibles that I own. Yes, I own several different Bibles.

There are many reference sections in the back of this Bible. Including an Index to Special Features, 4 pages long, where you can find all of the special notes I mentioned above.

You can go here to read the book of Genesis from this Bible.

The Encountering God Study Bible comes in a variety of cover options. Hardcover, leather, and leathersoft – which is what I received, as well as a couple of different colors. However, it only comes in one version, NKJV.

I have enjoyed using this awesome study Bible. It can be used on it’s own, clearly, but it is also works nicely alongside any reading plan or bible study that you are using.

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Disclosure: Many thanks to Harper Collins Christian Publishing for providing a sample of the product for this review. Opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation.