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Though there are Life Application Study Bibles for the NLT, NIV, and KJV, the Life Application Bible Studies are specific to the NLT translation. Over the past two years, I've posted several times about Bible translations.   It was this Bible study that challenged me to really examine what the differences in the NLT are and discuss them with the person I most trust when it comes to discussing translation--my husband.   He has wisdom about the Bible that I don't have and he has much better retention of information that he has learned than I do.   He's like my back up drive for the computer in my head.   I know that I've learned things, but often I can't find them in my head so then I go to him for the back up. =) At the beginning of this study, there are several pages that first explain the New Living Translation.   Next, there are several pages that explain the Life Application Bible content and structure.   Then, comes the text from 2 Corinthians and the...

I've written several times before about how I've had a hard time finding Bible studies that I really feel I can trust (and not be cynical about). I am really thankful for the one I'm doing right now for that reason. I am only half way through this study and I felt compelled to leave this review even before finishing. Every day, I look forward to doing this Bible study for my quiet times. Every day it challenges me to dig into the scriptures. A few years ago, I tried to do one of Cynthia Heald's studies and I set it down. Honestly, I think I was young and I wanted to be spoon fed. I put more stock in feeling and dwelling on my feelings as a woman. I used to do a lot of studies that encouraged me to infer into the Word and only ask you to look up single verses. But, over the years, I've learned a few things about not taking verses out of context, not inferring into the Word, and not being misled by how an author tells a story (take it to the Word). =) Remembering...