[P-Marlowe]

I look over study Bibles very closely before purchasing one. The stance of the editors on the Covenantal vs. Dispensational debate is critical in making my decision.

My very first Bible was a blue leather Scofield reference Bible given to me by someone who had prayed earnestly for my salvation.

My current Bible is... a Blue Leather Scofield reference Bible.

I plan on going home with the girl who took me to the dance.

[enat]

I use two; the one for study is a KJ, Dickson Analytical Bible with dictionary and concordance. (They no longer print it. It is dog-eared, held together with super glue and the leather cover was chewed by my dog after I forgot to walk him. I use the Daily Bible by F. LaGard Smith, an NIV chronological bible for daily devotions.

The Dickson I was given when I received the “second blessing” 40 years ago and it has my notes, illuminations, ideas, and prayers over the years in the yellowed margins. I found probably the last hard covered version years back in an old christian bookstore in a poor section of Norfolk Virginia and thought I had won the lottery.

[xzins]

Covenantal theology simply doesn’t incorporate all of the time detailed in the Bible. That’s why dispensationalism can incorporate “covenants,” but covenantal theology can never comprehensively cover the range of time viewed in the bible.