GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., January 30, 2008 – Money, work and sex are traditional concerns for the newly married couple, but today's couples must also contend with issues such as long distance relationships, financial goal-setting, step-parenting and internet communications.
Zondervan, the world's leading Bible publisher, will release a cover-to-cover revision of the popular Couples' Devotional Bible. Developed in collaboration with Marriage Partnership magazine, a publication of Christianity Today International (CTI), the new Couples' Devotional Bible presents the issues facing today's husband and wife and discusses them from a biblical foundation.
The new Couples' Devotional Bible is built around Zondervan’s contemporary Today's New International Version (TNIV) translation, presenting the Bible's timeless truth in today's language.
"We've taken the Couples' Devotional Bible, a perennial bestseller, and revised it to reflect the realities of modern marriage relationships," said Phyllis Ten Elshof, editor of books and Bibles at Christianity Today International. "This Bible was created to aid couples, particularly in the critical first years of marriage, in understanding the one foundation that they can depend on — God's Word."
By focusing on daily reflections together, the new Couples' Devotional Bible promotes the application and interaction of biblical text. The new features were carefully designed by today's leading writers, marriage therapists and pastors, including Les and Leslie Parrott, Gary Thomas, Bill and Lynne Hybels, Lauren Winner, Jennifer Schuchmann, and Carla Barnhill. Each devotional is tailored and relevant, written to apply God's words to issues that are important to couples.
Features include:
- 260 all-new weekday devotions and corresponding Connection Time
- 52 weekend devotions, with advice from marriage therapists and columnists
- Tips, quizzes and activities tied to couples from the Bible
The new Couples' Devotional Bible will be available in both hardcover and Zondervan’s popular Italian Duo-Tone™ binding in a chocolate and silver combination. It will be available in stores in March 2008 and will retail for $27.99 (Hardcover, ISBN: 0-310-93678-0; Italian Duo-Tone, ISBN: 0-310-93679-9, $44.99).
About Zondervan Bibles
Zondervan is the world’s leading Bible publisher. With a vision to see more people engaging the Bible more, Zondervan offers bestselling study, devotional, reference, text, audio, software, and digital Bibles designed to inspire readers at every age and each stage of life. Zondervan holds exclusive North American publishing rights to the New International Version (NIV), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2008. The most popular modern English translation of the Bible, the NIV has more than 300 million copies in print worldwide. Zondervan also publishes Bibles in the TNIV (Today’s New International Version), NIrV (New International Reader's Version), KJV (King James Version), NRSV (New Revised Standard Version), NASB (New American Standard Bible), the Amplified Bible, and parallel Bibles featuring The Message. During the past 75 years, Zondervan, a HarperCollins company, has grown to be a global leader in Christian communications through its bestselling Bibles, books, curriculum, children’s, and new media products. Visit Zondervan Bibles on the Internet at www.zondervan.com/Bibles.
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