31 Dec, 2009
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Worship and Scripture
In October of 2008, I posted that my goal was to read through the ESV Study Bible and notes (excluding the articles at the end) by the end of 2009. It took a little extra time this past week, but I finished Revelation 22 today.
In my post last year, I gave ten reasons why I [...]
06 Jan, 2009
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Contests
I received some creative responses in the ESV Study Bible giveaway. Here are a few you might enjoy.
The reason I should get one of those Bible is that if you bring me one, I’ll take you diving and you’ll get to experience worship on a whole new level — about 100 feet below the surface! [...]
Last week I shared my desire to give away ten ESV Study Bibles to encourage people to read through the Word of God, assisted by the valuable notes in this particular Bible.
Over 300 of you sent in your reason, in 50 words or less, why you’d like to receive a Bible. I was deeply moved [...]
A while back I posted on why I like the ESV Study Bible and my plan to read through it by the end of 2009. Here’s my first update on how it’s going.
I just started 1 Samuel. If I continue at my current pace, I should be done before the end of 2009. I’ve only grown in [...]
27 Oct, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Books| —Worship and Scripture
I received my ESV Study Bible a few weeks ago in the mail. I have to confess that the press releases raised my expectations pretty high. I mean how good can a study Bible be?
I’ve been using the English Standard Version as my primary Bible for about six years and have benefited from its clarity, faithfulness to the original languages, and its beauty. Here’s Crossway’s explanation of why they published the ESV in the first place:
The goal and vision of the ESV Study Bible is, first and foremost, to [...]