The NIV Thematic Reference Bible is the Bible that interprets itself. Over 120,000 theme references are all designed to let the Scriptures themselves speak on nine central categories: God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Creation, Humanity, Sin & Salvation, God's People, The Life of the Believer, and Last Things.

Crafted under the expert editorship of Alister McGrath, Dr. J.I. Packer, Professor D.J. Wiseman, and others, The NIV Thematic Reference Bible is divided into two sections: the Bible text, with thousands of cross-references, and the Thematic Section, which allows the reader to study over 2,000 topics within the nine key themes mentioned above.

Other features include:
-- Introductions to each book of the Bible, emphasizing the book's theme
-- Nearly 200 articles giving more detailed descriptions of key themes
-- An alphabetical index of themes, articles, and book introductions
-- Black-letter text
-- 8 pages of full-color maps
-- Two ribbon markers, one for the original passage and one for the comparison passage.