The list of authors is really what surprised me the most. Looking through Romans 8 you’ll see an article titled Death to Sin Through Christ on one page and the words to Amazing Grace on the other. Some of them look like articles while others look like quick thoughts. I like this because devotions are there as needed, where needed, and not there because it fits the schedule of reading. You might go many pages without seeing a devotion and then you’ll see several together. They are placed near the text they relate to. Writings include books, letters, prayers, sermons, poems, and songs. These devotions are actually excerpts from writings by popular authors and preachers from the last several hundred years – both past and present (including Lancelot Andrews who helped prepare the KJV translation). Most have a daily reading with a devotion to make you think about the text. This is not your standard devotional Bible. There is some good information in the introductions but I think the outlines might be a little too simple. The time discusses the setting when the book was written and a possible date of writing. The message tells the reason for the book and sometimes includes a key verse.
The background talks about the type of writing the book contains, the culture, people, situation, how or why the book was written, and who wrote it. It includes background information, the message of the book, the time the book was written, and an outline.
I like section headings because they help break up the text and make it easier to read.įor each book there is a one-page introduction. They’re keyed to the text with letters and include the chapter and verse number that they relate to. Translation notes appear at the bottom of the page. There are not a lot of them, but there are enough to be helpful. References appear at the end of the verse. It’s a two column setting in verse-by-verse format (my personal preference for preaching and teaching) with poetry indented to set it apart. The red-letter is not as dark as I would like and it does have some slight variation. It’s not as dark as the Clarion but it looks to be about the same size. The print quality is fairly consistent throughout. To me it looks like a 9-point font with a 10-point leading (9/10). It makes me appreciate publishers that unstick the pages for you. They were stuck so bad that the fanning trick would not work. The pages were stuck together so bad that I had to turn every single page to get them unstuck. It leaves a ridge on the edge of the page that feels awkward. I am not a fan of how the edges were cut. I am surprise at the paper quality in this price range. While turning pages there were many times that I thought I grabbed two pages but it turned out to be one page. This is some of the thickest paper I’ve seen in a Bible that’s not a wide margin edition. I was able to get it to stay open somewhere in Leviticus. The binding is sewn but it still has trouble lying flat. It reminds me of the cover from Foundation’s Side Column Reference NASB. I went back to Christianbook and typed in the ISBN number that is stamped on the back of the cover. I thought that Christianbook had sent me a leather edition by accident. I looked at the box to make sure it was imitation leather. I did a double-take when I saw the cover. Pages are severely stuck together out of the box.
Even though it’s set in verse format, the layout is nicer than normal because poetry is indented, setting it apart from the rest of the text. It pulls from 400 years of writings from 185 authors to give you 400 devotions sprinkled throughout the text. Hendrickson’s KJV Devotional Bible is not your typical devotional Bible.
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