This is a different sort of review for me. This isn't the kind of book you sit down and read cover to cover and then tell how it affected you. This is the Bible! I've used a variety of Bibles before, but this is one I have never used. (According to the book's introduction, the original Spirit-Filled Life Bible was first printed in 1991.) There are a few things that make the New Spirit-Filled Life Bible different than other Bibles I have and regularly use.
Kingdom Dynamics - These are brief articles written around recurring themes in the Bible that are "essential for the dynamic spread and effective advance" of the gospel of God's kingdom on Earth. There are 41 articles grouped into nine related topics throughout the Old and New Testaments. They are linked together in "chains" with the preceding and following Scriptures cited at the end of the article.
Word Wealth - As a lover of etymology, these little pink boxes are probably my favorite part of this Bible. They are basically mini word studies on words taken from a nearby Scripture verse. The study gives insight on the Greek/Hebrew origins of the word and what a more accurate translation really means to the verse being studied.
Truth in Action - This is an interesting part of each book of the Bible. There is a summary of a truth being offered in the preceding book, as well as scripture references for the location of where the author found it and why it was included. Alongside of that is the Action section, giving the reader a list of actionable items based on reaction to the truths just presented.
Study Notes - My regular Bible is an NIV Study Bible, so I compared several of the notes in that Bible to the notes in this one. Hands down my old NIV had better notes. They were much more comprehensive in scope for what I am looking for. Having said that, the notes in the New Spirit-Filled Life were pretty good. They are user-friendly, and easy to read and understand.
And as a lover of books, the actual feel of this Bible in my hands was another plus. The font was a little bigger than my old NIV, which, the older I get the more I appreciate it. I really like this version of the Bible and will definitely add it to my NIV Study Bible and use the two together.
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