Book Review ("The Lucado Life Lessons Study Bible")

I recently got the opportunity to review Max Lucado’s newest study Bible the “The Lucado Life Lessons Study Bible” through the website Booksneeze. It’s the New King James version edited by Max Lucado with a number of added of features that make this bible really great. For instance inserts called “Life Lessons” which are done in a sort of bible-study breakdown format with explanations and overviews of certain texts and then an “application” or Life Lesson that the reader can take from it along with a number of extra insights one would normally find in a study bible. A full list of the features in this book will be provided at the bottom.

I found this Bible very rich and inspirational, however I think like a number of other reviewers of this product thought it was somewhat mislabeled as a “study Bible”. It is a wonderful Bible and can certainly facilitate study as well as any Bible can, but in my experience with specifically labeled study Bibles, there is much more content verse by verse, facts and connections and dates and historical background, and Greek and Hebrew references, essentially—a very thorough academic approach. If that is what you are expecting or looking for, then this is not the Bible for you. This Bible is all about inspiration and life application, filled with encouragement and insight and lots of commentary by the wonderfully thought-provoking Max Lucado

The Bible itself is beautiful and durable and very easy to read, with a nice clear and large font and side margins and special features that are clearly labeled and don’t disrupt or get in the way of the Biblical text which is one of the things I most appreciate about it. It’s a great Bible, again, but if you’re looking for in-depth Biblical studies, try elsewhere. This would make a morning-time Bible to sit back with in the early hours of the morning with a cup of coffee and really get encouraged and fed for the day. I love it and am looking forward to delving further into its many features.

Full list of “The Lucado Life Lessons Study Bible” features:
*Life Lessons margin features
*Full-Page Devotional Bible Studies
*Christ Through the Bible articles
*New Life in Christ articles
*He Did This Just for You Verses
*New Believer Studies
*Spiritual Growth Verses
*”The Big Picture” Reading Plan: 30 Day reading plan that introduces the key passages of the New Testament
*”Where to Turn When…” Index
*Full Bible Reading Plan
*A Brief Note to Parents and Teachers