Serendipity Bible for Groups, New International Version

Our minister recommended this Bible for our Bible studies.

I have owned and heavily used the Serendipity Bible for Groups for almost 8 years now. I highly recomend this bible! For small group leaders: This bible contains a variety of ways for you to use it in your small group. There are margin questions for every passage of scripture in the entire bible. These questions include a "warm up" discussion question, "dig and reflect" questions and also "application" questions. I have found that these questions do an excelent job of helping to look at the important aspects of a passage and what meaning it might have for our lives. You may choose to study a single book of the bible using these margin questions and the study outline found at the begining of each book of the bible outlineing how many weeks the study will take and which passages to study on which week. There are topical studies outlined in the front of the bible which present options for topical study such as "Parables of Jesus" or "Life in the Promised Land". There are also studies outlined for various needs. Women's groups, men's groups, youth, etc. will find a section specificaly suggesting studies on topics of interest to those groups. Other need based studies include a variety of options including Marriage, parenting, "marketplace" - faith in business/job/etc., and recovery. For individuals: Although this bible is not a "Study Bible" in the sense that most people think of, I have found that I personaly much perfer this aspect of the bible. Because it does not have inretpretive or application notes, it allows me to read the text without being distracted by all the subscript notations. When i do have questions on a passage I usualy find that the questions located in the margin are sufficiently targeted to suggest ways to interpret or understand the passage. Often times the questions will refer you to another scripture passge that sheds light on the current one. However, if you are looking for a traditional "Study Bible" that provides notes or interpretations of a passge, this is not the bible for you. I love this bible for all the aspects I use it for. Bible study, group study, personal reading... It has been a favorite of mine, and everyone I recomend it to has been pleased as well.

This Bible is very good for group Bible study or for studying and reviewing the Bible on your own. I am very pleased with this product.