The Green Bible

I am not a fan of themed Bibles generally (although if someone did publish The Lawyer’s Bible or The Blogger’s Bible*, I’d probably have to buy one), but I did ask for and receive The Green Bible for my birthday/Christmas.
The purpose in my asking for The Green Bible was twofold: 1) familiarize myself with the [...]

Biblish, Oops, and Other ESV Idiosyncracies

I almost put this as a link in a “More Cool Bible Stuff” post, but it deserves much more attention than that. It’s too funny.
Wayne Leman at the Better Bibles Blog has reprinted Why the English Standard Version (ESV) should not become the Standard English Version by Mark Strauss. It is definitely worth reading, [...]

Scofield Study Bible - An Oldie But Goodie

I just recently acquired an Oxford University Press Scofield Study Bible (KJV). It is black bonded leather with the 1917 notes. It’s really quite lovely.
I don’t want to get into a whole debate about dispensationalist theology - I’ll leave that to others - suffice it to say, I am not a dispensationalist, although [...]

Another ESV Study Bible Giveaway

I want to thank my good friend Wes Latham, author of Wes’ Blog and worship leader for Believer’s Chapel, in the thriving metropolis of Munday, Texas for alerting me to another ESV Study Bible Giveaway.
Abraham Piper at 22 Words is giving away a burgundy leather ESV Study Bible to his subscribers, new or old. [...]

What Makes a Bible Translation Authoritative? My Top Five

ElShaddai Edwards at He Is Sufficient posed this question: What makes a Bible translation authoritative?
It’s a compelling question, and one that has stuck with me for about a month now. I meant to tackle this question three weeks ago, but I have been swamped lately, so I have a lot of catching up to [...]

ESV Study Bible Giveaways

I just learned about two ESV Study Bible Giveaways from the ESV Study Bible Blog, and you have a chance to win one (or possibly 2, I guess) of 15 ESV Study Bibles. Both contests are free with no additional obligations for winning.
The first is sponsored by Focus on the Family at Boundless.org and [...]

A Week With the NLT Study Bible

It has been one week since I received my New Living Translation Study Bible from the NLT Bible Giveaway, and I want thank Tyndale and the NLT Blog for the free NLT Study Bible.
Before I get into the meat of this post, I want to repent of my earlier prejudice against the New Living Translation. [...]