My Review of the NKJV New Testament, Tracing Edition

When Momentum Influencers Network (MIN) asked me to review the NKJV New Testament, Tracing Edition, I readily agreed because I love reading God’s Word (The Holy Bible) and sharing it with everyone! This version of the Bible is a bit unique because of the way it presents itself as a tool to encourage your memorization of Scripture by tracing every word throughout the New Testament.

But before I share my review with you, I’d like to share a word from Momentum Influencers Network about this innovative product:

Write God’s Word into your heart by tracing Scripture verse-by-verse through the New Testament. For years, scientists have connected handwriting with improved learning. Designed for a unique, devotional experience, the NKJV New Testament, Tracing Edition provides an opportunity to read and write through the beautiful gospel and promises of the New Testament from Matthew to Revelation. 

This special edition has lightly printed text allowing you to trace the words of Scripture easily. Wide margins and a clean, single-column typesetting complete the intentional design. Chapter headings are printed regularly for easy navigation, or you can engage more deeply using the included tracing themes and reading plans on love, hope, grace, comfort, peace, eternal life, anxiety, spiritual gifts, community, heaven, Holy Spirit, and faith. 

According to MIN, the features that compose this Bible include: Easy to trace, 17-point, the entire New Testament is in a gray-scale, ideal for tracing with wide margins that invite note taking and/or art designs and unique, lay flat spine design makes tracing comfortable right or left handed. 

MIN also says: Familiarity with Scripture is deepened by reading and writing. This is an excellent activity to do with your family.

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My Review for MIN of the “NKJV New Testament, Tracing Edition” Bible:

The first thing I liked about this Bible was the packaging. The Bible is enclosed inside a box covering that is smooth to touch. I also like the green, earthy colors of the box. I like how the front top of the box shows a person’s hands holding the Bible. It is open to the page that starts 2 Corinthians. I like how it shows the person pausing from practicing what this Bible is designed for: tracing God’s Word.

You can see that the person’s right hand is holding black ink pen and that they have been carefully tracing every word of this Scripture starting on 2 Corinthians 1:1.

I like how this Bible only includes the New Testament of God’s Word because it would be too bulky if it included the Old Testament as well. However, I would like to see this Tracing Edition have another Bible that covers the Old Testament. If it’s not too bulky, I think it would be ideal for the publishers to produce a Tracing Edition for the whole traditional Bible starting with the book of Genesis and ending with Revelation because that would be more comprehensive and powerful.

The back cover of the box says these helpful words about this Bible: “Designed for a unique devotional experience, this edition provides an opportunity to read and write God’s Word into your heart by tracing Scripture through the New Testament. The lightly printed text guides you to trace the words in a handwriting-friendly font. Its specialty sewn binding lies fully and conveniently flat, so it’s suited for both left and right-handed writers.” The features include traceable verses, lightly printed text in a clean single-column typesetting, substantial 60 gsm paper ideal for writing, 10 topical reading plans, exposed Smyth-sewn binding to lay flat and it uses the NKJV translation for all the Scripture within this Bible.

Thomas Nelson is one of my favorite Christian book publishers and I believe they lived up to their standard of excellence when creating this product.

When I took the Bible out of the box, I was impressed by how lightweight it felt to hold and how textured to touch. The golden tan colored front cover of this Bible features no words, only a picture of a small bunch of golden color flowers on a stem with a few leaves. The back cover of features a Bible verse (Matthew 24:35): “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”

The first page I saw as I opened this tracing edition of God’s Word was the dedication page where the reader can fill in the blank spaces under the words “Presented to” and “By” and “On” to make it personal if they intended to give this Bible to someone as a gift. The next page is the title page that says this tracing edition of the New Testament is “engaging the New Testament word by word”.

I noticed the same font style was used for the words “Tracing Edition” and “Contents” and “The New Testament” on the next page that is the Table of Contents. The font style looks like the brushstroke of a painter.

The next page tells the reader how to use this Bible. It says this is a “journaling opportunity to write the text of Scripture” and it says more that you can read. The following pages spend ink talking about the “Preface to the New King James Version” and “Topical Reading Plans” that touch on “Grace” and “Hope” and “Anxiety” and “Love” and “Peace” and “Comfort” and so much more! Scripture references are listed under each topic so that the reader can look it up and learn.

After the Topical Reading Plans section, the reader can turn the page and begin tracing God’s Word starting with Matthew 1:1. The Bible verses look barely there because the text is a very light gray color. However, this is necessary so that the reader can take a writing utensil and carefully trace every letter and every word. I found this to be unique and conducive to studying Scripture.

After the last line Revelation, this immersive experience ends. But I believe you can always begin again with another Bible or writing Scripture in a journal.

I highly recommend this tracing edition of the New Testament to anyone who wants to better understand and memorize God’s Word, especially new believers.

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Disclosure: Many thanks to Thomas Nelson Bibles/HCCP for providing a sample of the product for this review. Opinions are 100% my own.

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