Manifestos Still Work
I'm super excited about my new ESV Reader's Bible. I've been reading in John, Acts, and the Psalms. For those of you who signed my Bible Typography Manifesto, you may be interested to see the following message I received from Crossway. I asked at that time about the Single Column Heritage Bible (a beautiful and useful ESV edition in its own right), and I asked whether the manifesto had played a role in the creation of the then-upcoming Reader's ESV:
The Day of Small Things
THREE FACTS: In each of the last three months, I have gotten far more hits on my "SBL Bible Book Abbreviations" post than on any other. The ESV commands a whopping 3% of all American Bible reading. Jonathan Merritt (citing Barna, in a study I missed a few years back) says that the percentage of pastors in America claiming Reformed theology did not rise between 2000 and 2010. THREE INTERPRETATIONS: I appear to be the go-to place on the Internet for SBL Bible book abbreviations, but the number...
Thomas Manton on the Spiritual Life
Man, this guy can write. I was blown away by the eloquence. Here's just a little taste of Thomas Manton on Psalm 119:113: There are in men two great influencing affections, love and hatred; one serves for choice and pursuit, the other for flight and aversation. The great work of grace is to fix these upon their proper objects; if we could but set our love and hatred right, we should do well enough in the spiritual life.
Brand New ESV Reader’s Bible
I've already said a great deal on this blog, going back to its earliest days, about the unexamined detriments of versified printings of the Bible. As the author of the only Bible Typography Manifesto known to man, I have publicly and for all time stated my discomfort with the existence of those little numbers dotting the Bible text. Well, not just dotting—inundating. I have even been known to preach, "Never read a Bible verse!" (Always read the context.) Sign the Bible Typography Manifesto Let...
There’s No Such Thing as Academic Freedom, and It’s a Good Thing, Too
One of my favorite writers cites one of my other favorite writers in the service of undercutting the argument of one of my least favorite writers. Sadly, I think I can only fully agree with the words of the professed non-Christian among the three.