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CSB Tony Evans Study Bible

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Christian Standard Bible

Copyright 2017

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Hardcover	978-1-4336-0686-1
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TONY EVANS STUDY

STUDY BIBLE FEATURES

KINGDOM LIVING LESSONS

KINGDOM PERSONAL FAMILY CHURCH COMMUNITY

HOPE WORDS

INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES

VIDEO DEVOTIONALS

Q&A WITH TONY

APPLICATION QUESTIONS

BOOK EXPOSITION VIDEOS

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DR. TONY EVANS

Dr. Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, is founder and president of The Urban Alternative, served as chaplain of the NBAs Dallas Mavericks and the NFLs Dallas Cowboys, and is author of over one hundred books, booklets, and Bible studies. The first African American to earn a doctorate of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, he has been named one of the 12 Most Effective Preachers in the English-Speaking World by Baylor University.

Dr. Evans holds the honor of writing and publishing the first full-Bible commentary and study Bible by an African American. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans , can be heard on more than 1,300 US outlets daily and in more than 130 countries.

Dr. Evans launched the Tony Evans Training Center in 2017, an online learning platform providing quality seminary-style courses for a fraction of the cost to any person in any place. The goal is to increase biblical literacy and to advance Gods kingdom agenda not only among lay people but also among those Christian leaders who cannot afford or find the time for formal ongoing education.

For more information, visit TonyEvans.org.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A work of this magnitude requires an enormously committed support system. The Tony Evans Study Bible (and its companion The Tony Evans Bible Commentary ) has been years in the making. It is for this reason I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to all who enabled this project to reach its completion.

First of all, I want to thank the B&H Publishing family for their hard work. This includes Trevin Wax who oversaw the publishing of this work. I am also grateful for the investment of time and energy given by the managing editor, Chris Cowan, with whom I spent countless hours critiquing, constructing, and reviewing the content of my exposition of every paragraph of Gods Holy Word. Thanks also to B&Hs editorial and production team, including J. D. Green, Lloyd Mullens, Garry Fulton, Dustin Curtis, and Bethany McShurley for the wonderful and professional way they put this project together. And I want to thank Jeremy Howard for his vision as we started this project nearly a decade ago and his involvement in helping establish the Study Bible features.

I'm grateful to my good friend Greg Thornton and Moody Publishers for their willingness to allow me to draw on and tweak some previously published content. A special thanks goes to my good friend Phil Rawley for his hard work and tremendous contribution with regard to certain elements of content. Thanks also go to Jeff Godby and 2k/denmark for their design and typesetting expertise.

I am also very grateful to my longtime executive assistant, Mrs. Sylvia Stewart, for the endless time and effort she put into keeping up with all the administrative duties connected with this project amidst all her other responsibilities. Finally, my appreciation goes to Mrs. Heather Hair, who helped to strategize, organize, and manage all the moving parts of this work during this multi-year process in an efficient and excellent way.

INTRODUCTION

This study Bible is based on a simple yet profound biblical worldview: the glory of God through the advancement of his kingdom. This is the unifying theme of Scripture, from Genesis through Revelation. The concept of Gods kingdom is what ties all of the Bible together. When this central point of connectivity is lost to the reader, it is easy for Scripture to seem like a series of disconnected stories, events, personalities, and doctrines that do not strategically and thematically connect to one another.

The word kingdom means rule or authority. When linked to God, it refers to the rule of God in both heaven and earth encompassing both eternity and time. It is therefore comprehensive in nature. This kingdom is composed of a ruler (God), subjects (angels and people), a realm (creation), and regulations (laws).

The Bible unfolds how Gods kingdom operates in the affairs of the world and how God receives glory through his kingdom rule, even when that rule is being opposed by both angels and human beings. While Gods kingdom rule takes various forms with varying laws through varying administrations (i.e., dispensations), it nonetheless maintains its central goal of bringing God glory whether through blessing or judgment.

The kingdom agenda , then, is the visible manifestation of the comprehensive rule of God over every area of life. Gods kingdom agenda is carried out through four covenantal spheres: the individual, the family, the church, and the government (i.e., nations). A covenant is a divinely created relational bond through which God administrates his kingdom program. It establishes a legal relationship in the spiritual realm that is to be lived out in the physical realm. To operate and function underneath the umbrella of Gods kingdom covenants and guidelines is to position the specific covenantal relationship (i.e., individual, family, church, government) to experience Gods greatest involvement and benefits within that covenantal sphere. Conversely, to operate outside of and in opposition to Gods kingdom covenant is to experience the negative consequences of not being aligned and covenantally covered.

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