CSB Life Connections Study Bible has No Questions
The CSB Life Connections Study Bible was released today. It is an updates version of the Serendipity Study Bible for small groups - filled with questions to lead small group Bible studies on any passage.
The product page https://www.logos.com/product/188831/csb-life-connections-study-bible-notes has the name of the resource as "CSB Life Connection Study Bible Notes", but the description of the Key Features reads:
Key Features
- Utilizes the “Open-Consider-Apply” method for small group Bible study and personal reflection
- Features thousands of chapter specific questions
- Includes text focused course study plans
It looks like the study questions were advertised, but only the bottom-of-the-page notes were released. The questions were really the power of the book.
Where are the Open-Consider-Apply study questions? Where are the "thousands of chapter specific questions? Where are the course study questions?
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I'm sure that others will respond with more information about your question. However, Faithlife does have a 30 day return policy if choose not to keep the resource.
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Yes... I am looking for this "MARGIN QUESTIONS" but found none..[*-)]
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I was just about to post on this... what gives? The entire reason I purchased this was for those questions. I hope these get fixed/added. Not trying to be Mr. Negative but this is disappointing for sure
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It is also missing the chapter summaries
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It is also missing the Maps and Concordance... (The MacArthur Study Bible in Logos has it's concordance)
From the Logos Page:
The CSB Life Connections Study Bible includes thousands of questions and study helps for all 1,189 chapters of the Bible—all updated for today’s readers. This Bible includes short chapter-by-chapter comments about key people, places, and events along with guidance through the “Open-Consider-Apply” method for small group Bible study and personal reflection.
- “Open” questions initiate discussion and/or reflection
- “Consider” questions focus on the details of the passage
- “Apply” questions encourage application to daily life
- Also included are select “For Groups,” “For Worship,” and “Dig Deeper” questions for further study, reflection, discussion, and application.
Additional features in this CSB study Bible for women and men include:
- Study note commentary on every page to accompany the thousands of chapter specific margin questions
- 200 text focused course study plans of common Bible passages and events
- 16 topical course study plans, two-color interior design
- Presentation page
- Textual footnotes
- Concordance
- Full-color maps
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The product page only mentions Bible Text not included: https://www.logos.com/product/188831/csb-life-connections-study-bible-notes
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Very good verse notes, but I already have several study Bibles note resources (not to mention a LOT of commentaries) and didn't really need another. The biggest reason I bought it was for all the features mentioned in the above posts and more (two more examples from the book below).
I'm hoping updates are being worked on for this to make it complete as advertised. Otherwise this is way overpriced.
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The scanned pages look better in the samples. The look inside doesn’t give much.
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Brian LeStourgeon said:
The CSB Life Connections Study Bible was released today. It is an updates version of the Serendipity Study Bible for small groups - filled with questions to lead small group Bible studies on any passage.
Brian LeStourgeon said:Where are the Open-Consider-Apply study questions? Where are the "thousands of chapter specific questions? Where are the course study questions?
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I would be interested in this resource.... but only if the questions are added. Hopefully we can get a response from FL.
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I apologize. We definitely messed up on this one.
There was confusion on our end on what could be included and we got it wrong. We're working on getting the missing material namely the chapter summary, margin questions, and the concordance as fast as we can.
I'm looking into the issue of full-color maps. I'm baffled by that one. They're mentioned in the marketing materials provided by the publisher but there are no maps in materials that were provided to us.
Tim Hensler said:===== from Gen. 2:3
I don't think the dot has any special meaning. Looking through the Study Bible it was applied to the first note of every chapter but that's not explicitly explained anywhere.
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Thank you Kyle0
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Thank you, Kyle!
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Thank you Kyle. Just curious... I was one who bought this resource primarily for those reasons. Are there any plans to refund pre-publication orders and re-process them in the future? I know I can get a refund, but published price is not the same as pre-pub pricing for whenever I'd re-order it.
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Thank you, Kyle.
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John Eggen said:
Thank you Kyle. Just curious... I was one who bought this resource primarily for those reasons. Are there any plans to refund pre-publication orders and re-process them in the future? I know I can get a refund, but published price is not the same as pre-pub pricing for whenever I'd re-order it.
There aren't any plans to handle it that way. The plan is just to update the book with the missing material. But if you contacted customer service I'm sure they could set something up so you could return it now and purchase it later at the pre-pub price.
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Thank you, Kyle!
Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!
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Kyle - If you were to return the resource to the pre-pub category, I am sure some of us might make an additional purchase. (hint, hint). [:)]
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JT (alabama24) said:
Kyle - If you were to return the resource to the pre-pub category, I am sure some of us might make an additional purchase. (hint, hint).
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Quick update:
The concordance at the back of the Study Bible is the same as the concordance at the back of the CSB Bible so if you have the Bible you have the concordance.
As for the other material it looks like we'll have it available next week.
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That's great news. Thank you for such a timely response.
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JT (alabama24) said:
Kyle - If you were to return the resource to the pre-pub category, I am sure some of us might make an additional purchase. (hint, hint).
JT, you are so subtle with your hints and allusions that it is really hard to grasp what you're trying to convey. Just sayin'. [:D]
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Kyle G. Anderson said:
Quick update:
The concordance at the back of the Study Bible is the same as the concordance at the back of the CSB Bible so if you have the Bible you have the concordance.
As for the other material it looks like we'll have it available next week.
Great and Thank You Kyle! Will that include the maps as well?
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Mattillo said:Kyle G. Anderson said:
Quick update:
The concordance at the back of the Study Bible is the same as the concordance at the back of the CSB Bible so if you have the Bible you have the concordance.
As for the other material it looks like we'll have it available next week.
Great and Thank You Kyle! Will that include the maps as well?
Yes it will! We were able to acquire the maps from the publisher.
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Kyle G. Anderson said:Mattillo said:Kyle G. Anderson said:
Quick update:
The concordance at the back of the Study Bible is the same as the concordance at the back of the CSB Bible so if you have the Bible you have the concordance.
As for the other material it looks like we'll have it available next week.
Great and Thank You Kyle! Will that include the maps as well?
Yes it will! We were able to acquire the maps from the publisher.
Great!
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Does anyone know what the pre-pub price was? The Serendipity Study Bible was one of my favorites. I am debating between getting it here or in print... which I rarely do anymore!
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JT (alabama24) said:
Does anyone know what the pre-pub price was? The Serendipity Study Bible was one of my favorites. I am debating between getting it here or in print... which I rarely do anymore!
$19.99
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Kyle G. Anderson said:
Quick update:
The concordance at the back of the Study Bible is the same as the concordance at the back of the CSB Bible so if you have the Bible you have the concordance.
As for the other material it looks like we'll have it available next week.
Good Morning Kyle! Just curious how the ETA is looking for this? I'm not trying to rush you as quality takes time
but I am curious if it'll be ready this week as I took your last post or if it is running behind a bit. Thx for fixing this so quickly!!!0 -
Mattillo said:Kyle G. Anderson said:
Quick update:
The concordance at the back of the Study Bible is the same as the concordance at the back of the CSB Bible so if you have the Bible you have the concordance.
As for the other material it looks like we'll have it available next week.
Good Morning Kyle! Just curious how the ETA is looking for this? I'm not trying to rush you as quality takes time
but I am curious if it'll be ready this week as I took your last post or if it is running behind a bit. Thx for fixing this so quickly!!!Well I was going to wait until it was published but we were planning on pushing out an update today.
Just a heads up: the updated version might not be available on mobile channels until Monday.
I'll post an update when we've made the publish.
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Any last minute discount? [:O]
Wish I had known what this resource was during pre-pub!
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Kyle G. Anderson said:Mattillo said:Kyle G. Anderson said:
Quick update:
The concordance at the back of the Study Bible is the same as the concordance at the back of the CSB Bible so if you have the Bible you have the concordance.
As for the other material it looks like we'll have it available next week.
Good Morning Kyle! Just curious how the ETA is looking for this? I'm not trying to rush you as quality takes time
but I am curious if it'll be ready this week as I took your last post or if it is running behind a bit. Thx for fixing this so quickly!!!Well I was going to wait until it was published but we were planning on pushing out an update today.
Just a heads up: the updated version might not be available on mobile channels until Monday.
I'll post an update when we've made the publish.
Neat!!! thanks again
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I must have missed that this was the old Serendipity Bible. I too would have ordered it on prepub.
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And we just published an update and should be available on desktop clients shortly. You should see the study questions, chapter introductions throughout the Study Bible and maps in the back.
Just to re-iterate: this update might not be available on mobile clients until sometime on Monday.
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Thanks Kyle for being so quick to fix it!
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Big thanks to Kyle!
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Yes thank you for fixing this so quickly... it looks great!
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Yes, thank you Kyle.. we appreciate the great efforts of Faithlife[Y].
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This ships 7/21 for those interested... It has some group questions in there as well
https://www.logos.com/product/190167/niv-bible-speaks-today-study-bible-notes
Key Features
- Provides over 2,300 notes extracted from the Bible Speaks Today series
- Explores biblical themes to apply the Bible to the contemporary world
- Includes questions for personal or group use
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Mattillo said:
This ships 7/21 for those interested... It has some group questions in there as well
https://www.logos.com/product/190167/niv-bible-speaks-today-study-bible-notes
Key Features
- Provides over 2,300 notes extracted from the Bible Speaks Today series
- Explores biblical themes to apply the Bible to the contemporary world
- Includes questions for personal or group use
Interesting.
Sad that the sample has characters small and blurred to the extent of being completely unreadable.0 -
JohnB said:
Sad that the sample has characters small and blurred to the extent of being completely unreadable.
Sorry about this, JohnB. I have reported this problem so it can be corrected. In the meantime, there is a is another sample available by clicking on "See inside" on this same page.
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Has this Study Bible been updated to include Questions, Maps and All the content that somehow didn’t get included at the beginning?
Thanks!
DAL
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Thanks, Matillo! I had already purchased it, just in case, since I don’t know when the sale ends. I stocked up on a few Study Bibles for devotional purposes this year. My wife and I will set aside a couple of days a week to read and study the Bible and the connections study Bible looked like the winner for our devotional studies.
DAL
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Interesting that this comes up. I willy-nilly opted to read the CSB through this year along with...
- CSB Study Notes - more in-depth notes than Apologetics SB
- CSB Apologetics SB - more essays on relevant topics
- Life Connections SB - more study / devotional
I am quite pleased with this choice.
There are also Study Bible editions for:
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GaoLu said:
Interesting that this comes up. I willy-nilly opted to read the CSB through this year along with...
- CSB Study Notes - more in-depth notes than Apologetics SB
- CSB Apologetics SB - more essays on relevant topics
- Life Connections SB - more study / devotional
I am quite pleased with this choice.
There are also Study Bible editions for:
I have all these for quick access to condensed material; especially the Ancient Faith Study Bible, even if you have the full blown version in the Ancient Christian Commentary Series (ACCS).
Another Study Bible that’s proving to be useful is the ESV Literary Study Bible: https://www.logos.com/product/187629/esv-literary-study-bible-notes
I will try to delve more into the Study Bibles I own this year 👍😁👌
DAL
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