Month: July 2024

The back-to-school supplies are almost sold out, classes are in session, activities are ramping up, and calendars are filled with weekly events. It must be fall! In the midst of the chaos, it can be even more important to connect with God through his Word. We have some exciting new Bibles releasing this fall and some updates on some of our most-loved Bibles. Get a quick peek at what’s coming soon!

NLT Go Bible for Kids

We are so excited to officially introduce you to the NLT Go Bible for kids. We have been anxiously awaiting this Bible’s release and can’t wait until kids are able to experience it (which is really soon!) The Go Bible is bursting with fun and engaging content to help kids explore God’s Word and go share it with others. It plants seeds of faith and shares the life-changing love of God with kids through over 600 features centered on the theme of transformation.

Learn more here. You can preorder here.

Spanish Bibles—Now with Access to Filament

We have loved seeing people grow in their understanding of who God is through his Word with the Filament Bible app in English. Now, we are able to provide the same experience for our Spanish-speaking brothers and sisters! This fall we are releasing two Bible brands in our sister translation, the NTV, that have Filament-enabled Bibles.

Biblia ultrafina NTV, con Filament is a thinline reference Bible with an 8.75-point font. These Bibles include the full text of the NTV translation with an extensive cross-reference system in the text and the words of Jesus in red. Ready for more? Download the Filament Bible app and scan the page number you are reading to access a world of resources, including study notes, devotionals, videos, and a full audio Bible—all in Spanish! These first NTV with Filament Bibles will have four cover options and indexed editions. Preorder here.

Biblia de estudio del diario vivir para jóvenes NTV is the Spanish version of the Student Life Application Study Bible. This visually striking Bible encourages thoughtful engagement with the Scriptures, inviting the reader into a deeper understanding of God and his work in the world. Its attractive full-color interior also helps people of all ages read the Bible with ease and enjoyment. It has an 8.25-point font and hundreds of notes and features, including study notes, maps and charts, infographics, important people of the Bible profiles, and more. Ready to go deeper? Download the Filament Bible app and scan the page number you are reading to access a world of resources, including study notes, devotionals, videos, and a full audio Bible—all in Spanish! These will be releasing with a hardcover edition and three LeatherLike editions. Preorder here.

Daily Walk

We have even more Filament news! One of our bestselling daily reading Bibles, The Daily Walk Bible, will be releasing with a completely new cover design and will have access to the Filament Bible app. The Daily Walk Bible takes you on a yearlong journey through Scripture. The 365 daily Bible readings are enhanced by short devotionals related to the day’s passage, and rest stops every seventh day allow you to reflect on and connect with what you are learning. Ready to go deeper? Just download the Filament Bible app and scan the page number for in-depth exploration of the passage you’re reading.

That’s not all the Daily Walk news. The NLT full-size edition has an 8.6-point font. The softcover edition has a beautifully redesigned cover, and we will also be releasing a gorgeous brown LeatherLike edition. (Yes—a LeatherLike daily reading Bible!) It also will be available in a softcover large-print edition with a 10.25-point font.

One Year Chronological Study Bible

Daily Walk is not the only daily reading Bible to get new LeatherLikes this fall. Our One Year Chronological Study Bible will also be adding two new LeatherLike options. This Bible lets you experience God’s story as it unfolds in chronological order, guiding you through events with daily Scripture readings that are enhanced with study guides and reflection questions. Connect the dots of the Bible’s narrative and gain a deeper understanding that empowers you to apply its teachings to your life. This unique approach helps you construct a holistic view of the Bible, revealing how its diverse parts harmoniously work together. It is perfect for individual and group study. Learn more or order here.

Courage For Life Study Bible for Women

The Courage For Life Study Bible for Women and the Courage For Life Study Bible for Men sold out fast when we released them last fall. They are now fully back in stock, and this fall, we are adding a buttery-soft brown genuine leather option to the women’s study Bible line. With slight gold accents and a rich brown color, this edition is so elegant that we can’t stop touching it! The interior remains the same, with a Bible study on each page of Bible text, wide margins, access to Filament, and a stunning full-color design. Preorder the genuine leather here.

Inspire Bibles

We continue to release more of our beloved Inspire Bibles with access to Filament. This fall, we are releasing the bestselling journaling Bible of all time, our original Inspire Bible with the teal binding, now with Filament. You still get all the space to read, reflect, color, and create, but now, when you want to go deeper, just scan the page number to access thousands of resources through Filament. And it doesn’t take up any of the journaling space! Also releasing this fall with access to Filament is the Inspire PRAYER Bible with joyful colors and gold foil accents. Preorder the Teal. Preorder the Joyful Colors.

Life Application Study Bible Large Print

If you are a fan of the large-print Life Application Study Bible, this fall you will have three new LeatherLike cover options to choose from. The meadow teal, brown leaf, and navy blue will also be available in indexed editions.

Life Recovery Bible

Our Life Recovery Bibles are also getting a new look. The incredible content will stay the same and the page numbers won’t change, so it won’t interfere with group study. But the softcover and hardcover full-size and large-print Bible covers will have an updated look.

One Year Chronological Bible, NLT

Also getting a cover design upgrade is our One Year Chronological Bible. This Bible takes you on a reading journey through the Bible in chronological order. It breaks up the chronological reading of the Bible into 365 daily reading portions. See all our One Year Bibles.

Economy Outreach Bible Update

The Economy Outreach Bible, a great resource for churches and ministries, is a low-cost softcover with the full text of the New Living Translation. It also includes features such as Welcome to the Bible, How to Know Jesus Personally, Where Can I Find It?, and The Apostles’ Creed Bible Reading Plan. We recently updated the cover to give it a more elegant, modern look. These are available to purchase individually or in case packs. Preorder here.

More Filament Bibles

While you were on vacation, you may have missed some great Filament Bibles that released this summer. Two NLT Student Bible, Thinline Reference, Filament-Enabled Edition Bibles released, one with a teal cover and one with a modern black cover. These have an 8.75-point font, a full-color Visual Overview of the Bible, the words of Jesus in red, and an extensive cross-reference system. Also released this summer are three giant print premium-value Bibles. These Bibles are more economical editions with an easy-to-read 14-point font. You can explore all our Filament Bibles here.

The Life Recovery Bible has helped millions of people meet the only one who can break the chains of addiction. Helping readers encounter God through his Word and study Scripture with notes and features created by addictions experts to specifically combat the hold addictions have, the Life Recovery Bible is a resource for new life. Each feature in the Life Recovery Bible leads readers to powerful resources for recovery that are found in Scripture. Articles and guides offer help to anyone starting or running recovery groups at a church or in the community.

The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is the foundation for many recovery programs. The Life Recovery Bibleconnects these steps back to Scripture, allowing God to take over. Throughout the Bible you will read devotionals that are based on the 12 Steps and emphasize how God’s Word can transform lives. Read this Step 10 devotional based on James 1:21-25.

Step 10: We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

“So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.” James 1:21-25, NLT

How many times do we look in the mirror each day? Suppose we looked in the mirror and found that we had mustard smeared around our mouth. Wouldn’t we immediately wash our face and clean up the problem? In the same way, we need to routinely look at ourselves in our “spiritual mirror,” the Bible. Then if anything is wrong, we can take the proper steps to fix it.

James uses a similar illustration to show how God’s Word should be like a spiritual mirror in our life. He said: “But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it” (James 1:22-25).

This illustration supports the sensibleness of making a routine personal inventory. As we examine our life, we need to respond with immediate action if something has changed since we last looked. If we put off taking care of a problem, it may soon slip our mind. Just as we would think it foolish to go all day knowing there is mustard on our face, it is not logical to notice a problem that could lead to a fall and not correct it promptly.

Learn more about the Life Recovery Bible

The Life Recovery Bible emphasizes God as the ultimate source of recovery and offers essential tools and features to break people free from the grip of addiction. It is widely embraced in 12 Step recovery programs like Alcoholics Anonymous, correctional facilities, and by individuals seeking help taking their life back from destructive behaviors and substances. Millions of lives, like Peter’s, have been transformed with the help of the Life Recovery Bible.

Read Peter’s story:

I grew up in a violent alcoholic home and became the monster I swore I would never be. It still pains me to think about my rock bottom. Around 2001, I began, one way or another, to try to wrestle the monkey off my back, and I just couldn’t do it. I was the “In and Out Kid”: 30, 60, 90 days sober, and then a jag; 30, 60, 90 days sober, and then a jag.

At one of these points, I remember sitting in the basement of a local Alano Club after about 90 days in, and a very spiritual man looked me in the eye and said, “You know, you’re about due. I can see a bender on the horizon. There’s a jag coming around the bend like a freight train that’s on the loose. You need to get a Recovery Bible.”

I had never heard of such a thing. I said, “What’s that?” And he said, “Well it’s a Bible that is the Word of God, the Living Word of God, but it’s annotated and footnoted by and for people in recovery.” Well, I left at that moment and drove down to Eau Claire, WI, which is a bigger town around here, and I went to the Christian bookstore and bought myself a Life Recovery Bible. That changed the vector of my life! From that point on, one reading at a time, one day at a time, one step at a time, one prayer at a time, it worked.

A few years later, one of the elders at the church I had been attending saw me knit together recovery and Christ using the Life Recovery Bible, and he suggested, “You need to start a group here.” At the time, I guess pride had crawled back into me, and I kept telling him, “Yah, I’ll pray on that, and I’ll get back to you.” Life was good, you know? The wife wasn’t afraid of me, the kids weren’t afraid of me, the police weren’t pulling me over three times a week, the boss didn’t want to fire me. I was just fat and happy.

Then once again the Holy Spirit used a 2×4 to get my attention, and I found myself out of a job, so I went to God in prayer. I can still hear that voice in my head that told me, “Ah, schedule opened up, has it?!? Got a little time for me now?!?” We began a Life Recovery Group on December 5th of 2009 at that same church, and it has since grown and sprouted into 8 different meetings at 5 different churches locally—and the ones in prison and jail, as well.

Learn more about the Life Recovery Bible