Picking a Good Bible

Walk into any book store or go online and shop for a Bible and you'll be confused within the first 2 minutes. There's so many to choose from. Bibles for women, Bibles for men, for teens, for children, for infants and toddlers, Bibles with maps, notes and coloring pages, Bibles for The Unborn. Okay, that last one isn't real, not yet anyway. To make matters worse there are all of these translations, The Message, The Passion, ESV, NKJV, KJV, NIV,CSB...WHAT IS ALL OF THIS STUFF???? Let me try to simplify this for you. When picking a Bible despite all that's out there you're really dealing with 4 basic types: 1. Word for Word, 2. Thought for Thought, 3. A Paraphrase and 4. A mix of Word for Word and Thought for Thought. These four types will be found in various lifestyle bibles, see the list above. Lifestyle Bibles are good for highlighting portions of scripture that may pertain to a particular stage of life but translation is where you want to give your attenti...