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In the midst of challenging seasons of life there is hope. The CSB Life Counsel Bible, developed in partnership with Holman Bibles, is designed to equip readers with biblical truth and counsel on a wide range of topics and tough life issues related to relationships, marriage, parenting, and more. This Bible is full of useful tools and resources for life application and discipleship grounded in the truth of the gospel of grace.
Features
The CSB Life Counsel Bible features the highly readable, highly reliable text of the Christian Standard Bible® (CSB). The CSB captures the Bible's original meaning without sacrificing clarity, making it easier to engage with Scripture's life-transforming message and to share it with others.
The CSB Life Counsel Bible, Genuine Leather, Indexed is a good blending of text and informative articles. The leather is very similar to fine goatskin and the text block is Smythe sewn with overcast stitching. There is some degree of ghosting, but not overly noticeable. Some may complain that the paper could have been thicker, but that would have Read more about review stating Good articles, text block, bindingmade the bible at least 3/4 of an inch thicker as well. Although the CSB is a good text, there are places where the old HCSB was superior. "Slave" was sacrificed on the altar of "political correctness" and "servant" was substituted in its place, even when the original Greek was plainly translated as "slave". There are other areas where the text was changed from an accurate translation to a blurred rendering as well. The old HCSB text would have earned this review "Five stars". Having said all that, the Life Counsel Bible is a good addition to the study bible market.
This Bible is well put together, has an easy-to-use flowing design in its articles, and the amount of heavy hitters from the Biblical Counseling academic community contributing is staggering. Very pleased with this Bible.