The CSB Worldview Study Bible: answering the important questions of life.

Everybody, whether they know it or not, has a worldview. Our worldview is the belief system that helps us to answer life’s important questions; it helps us make decisions, and guides the way we think. Unfortunately for many people, that worldview is more defined by the world, than the view. People tend to act based on what the world dictates rather than how they think they view the world.

                Many people that I know are convinced that they are Christian, and that their worldview is definitively a Christian one. The only problem is that sometimes their (and my) actions don’t align with what the Bible suggests. So I was excited to be able to participate in Lifeway’s blogger program for the CSB Worldview Study Bible.

                The CSB (Christian Standard Bible) has been out for a little over a year. It’s an easy to read, and as far as I can tell, fairly accurate translation. It falls close to the middle of the Word-for-word/thought-for-thought scale.  But it’s not the Bible that I’m reviewing, it’s this particular Study Bible.

                I used the handy index to the essays, and was pleased to find that they were co-located with the passages in the Bible that ask/answer questions that we all have to deal with.  Things like who is God, who is Jesus, who is the Holy Spirit. And we’re faced with questions about creation, abortion, LGBT issues, other religions, psychology, spiritualism, animism, adoption, education, and a host of other things.

                Because these essays are written by over 100 scholars, they were easier or harder for me to read and understand, but in their totality they paint a vivid picture of what Scripture teaches us.

Like many other bibles, there is commentary/explanation at the bottom of the page, and in the center column there are references to other passages. There is also a time line for each chapter, and a brief synopsis of the chapter: how it came to be written, some background, and how it ties into the whole of Scripture.  There is also a section in the introduction to each book called “Christian Worldview Elements” that includes a summary of the teachings about God, Humanity and Salvation that are found in that particular book.

                I received a copy of this Study Bible from the publisher in exchange for participating in the Lifeway Blogger program. I was not required to write a positive review.

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