Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod!wuarchive!psuvax1!ukma!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bobc@hrcca.att.com (Robert V Kemp) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Scofield Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 09:45:41 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 22 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >>The thing about the comments is that sooner or later they make you lazy >>and you stop searching the scriptures for yourself. Read the notes as a >>commentary. > I can say a hearty "Amen!" to this. If you want a reference Bible that > will complement your Scofield, I would recommend the Thompson Chain Reference > Bible. It has no footnotes, but has extensive crossreferences and many > unique helps in the back. Also, make sure you have a good concordance. I am the original poster of this thread and yes, these comments have helped. Before purchasing my Scofield NIV I used a Thompson NIV for about five years. I started to feel that I needed more information than I was getting, but didn't want to burden myself with a single or multi-volume commentary. The amount of notes in Scofield are just about right and I agree with _most_ of them. I was mostly concerned with the acceptance of the notes by fundamental or conservative Christianity. Thanks for all the responses so far. Bob Kemp AT&T ..!att!hrcca!bobc Robert.V.Kemp@ATT.COM