My Study Bible of Choice

The Ryrie Study Bible

I am often asked by people in our church, “What translation and what study Bible should I use?”  Personally, I wish there wasn’t such a plethora of English Bible translations available.  I’m not sure I could justify writing another translation of the Bible in English when there are 2000 language groups in the world without Bibles.  But since we are forced to make a choice, I recommend the New American Standard or the New Living Translation.  My study Bible of choice is the Ryrie Study Bible.

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My mentor while I was in college is good friends with Dr. Ryrie and much of what I learned from him originated with Dr. Ryrie.  Here are two reasons why I suggest the instruction and commentary of Charles Ryrie:

1.  He is clear.  Very often in attempting to communicate biblical truth we muddy it in the process.  Dr. Ryrie places great importance on the need to be as clear as possible with as few as words as possible.

2.  He keeps the main thing the main thing, namely, the gospel of grace.  The Bible is a story of God redeeming mankind through His son Jesus Christ.  Often times writers and commentators take us far away from the simple truths of the gospel.  Dr. Ryrie keeps you on track.

Check out the video of Dr. Ryrie to the right.  He gives a great talk called “The Gospel According to Peanuts.”