{"id":3134,"date":"2020-03-14T15:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T15:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2020-04-01T15:15:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:15:04","slug":"the-bst-niv-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/the-bst-niv-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"The BST NIV Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9781783596133.jpg\" alt=\"BST Study Bible\" width=\"349\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9781783596133.jpg 349w, https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9781783596133-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m privileged to work for IVP, a confessional evangelical publisher that loves and values the Bible. Recently, we published a superb new edition, an NIV with study notes from the Bible Speaks Today (BST) series.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but I have aqquired, over the years of following Jesus, more than 20 physical bibles and plenty more digitally.<\/p>\n<p>The one I keep coming back to is a soft, smallish but not too small ESV\u2013 except for when I forget it and use my phone!<\/p>\n<p>My smallest Bible is a little brown NIV, given to my by my grandmother and grandfather at my Baptism.<\/p>\n<p>Smaller than that is an Active Service New Testament, which I inherited from a relative who fought in the First World War.<\/p>\n<p>My largest by far an interlinear bible, which has the English text alongside the original languages, and is intimidating, larger than any laptop I\u2019ve ever owned and heavier than my newborn daughter!<\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019m preparing talks, blog posts or studying, it is really useful to have these bigger Bibles. My wife gave me a study Bible for my 21<sup>st<\/sup> Birthday, and I still use it regularly.<\/p>\n<p>Today, though, I want to share briefly about the new BST NIV Bible. You probably know the Bible Speaks Today books \u2013 but this Bible gathers the most pertinent content from the three series \u2013 OT, NT and Thematic \u2013 alongside study questions for personal reflection or small group study.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s the perfect Bible for small group leaders, with backup and inspiration on every page.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s the perfect Bible for personal study, with trusted Bible teachers waiting for when you need it.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s the perfect Bible for new preachers, with practical and helpful notes ready and waiting for you to engage with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The BST NIV Bible is out now \u2013 you can <a href=\"https:\/\/ivpbooks.com\/niv-bible-speaks-today\">get a copy through the IVP website<\/a>, elsewhere online, or from your local bookshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m privileged to work for IVP, a confessional evangelical publisher that loves and values the Bible. Recently, we published a superb new edition, an NIV with study notes from the Bible Speaks Today (BST) series. I don\u2019t know about you, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/the-bst-niv-bible\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,88,49,453,312],"tags":[29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3136,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134\/revisions\/3136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}