I am happy to report that I have finally located one of the best bible study sets that has ever been made.

I couldn’t remember the exact title and had trouble locating this collection.

I kept thinking it was “Minister’s Leadership Series” or something like that. I knew ‘leadership’ was in the title; however I was wrong. The publisher is Leadership Ministries Worldwide out of Chattanooga, TN. The actual books titles are ‘The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible.’

I do remember these books were not cheap. I had two books in the series. Both were in black looseleaf binders. There are 14 books in the New Testament and 7 books in the Old Testament.

I’m unsure, but I believe they now have quite a few more books on the Old Testament available on CD.

Yesterday, I picked up the book of Acts. This large softbound book is about 445 pages – all on the book on Acts. It is great for study.

Yesterday morning I was able to get in some bible study before I left for work. I was able to study for about an hour.

My new office setup is working fine.

Using the Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible as my main source, I’m studying the book of Matthew. I read through the pages, highlighting as I go along. Sometimes I’ll even underline portions using a black Flair pen.

With my main bible, I use a dry highlighter pen when reading. Most bibles have tissue thin pages. Using a standard highlighter doesn’t work well. The yellow bleeds through to the other side of the page. With a dry highlighter you are using something like a crayon. It doesn’t bleed through.

Like the standard highlighters, dry highlighters are available in different colors. Right now I’m only using a yellow highlighter.

These aren’t cheap, selling for a few dollars each. However, you can get refills, much in the same way that you can refill a ball point pen.

I was able to pick up a dozen on eBay last year for under $10.

Several companies make these highlighters. I have the Sanford brand. You might have to search at a regular office supply store (Office Depot, Staples, etc) for these products; however, they are available at any Christian book store.

Often when you order books, you just never know what to expect, regardless of the reviews you have read.

This won’t be the case in this 2 volume edition on Matthew by William Barclay.

I’ve used several of Barclay’s study aides before, many years ago when attending bible study at Trinity United Methodist Church. While I can’t remember which book we were studying at the time, I was most impressed with the manner in which William Barclay laid everything out.

In fact, I was so impressed I went out and bought a few more of his books. Unfortunately, these books long ago left my bookshelve, so now I’m in a position of having to replace them as I go along.

The two volumes contain 392 and 416 pages respectively and cost $11.99 each.

I can remember paying about $8.00 for his books, but that was about 20 years ago.

Professor William Barclay (1907-1978) was a world-renowned New Testament interpreter and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at Glasgow University in Scotland. Having written more than fifty books, he is probably best known as the author of the seventeen New Testament volumes in The Daily Study Bible series.

I’m sure these two books will really help me out with the independant study course.