Archive for September 2005

Chris Harrison emailed us a good question about why Crossway offers Bible reading plans as RSS feeds but not the ESV version of the devotional Daily Light on the Daily Path that’s also available on the site. The answer, it turns out, is that there wasn’t a good reason.
We’ll let Chris take it from here:
A [...]

Adrian Ow has a good post explaining the definition of propitiation:
Simply spelt out, it speaks of mending the relationship with that someone who’s angry by something you did. This brings out a new dimension that someone, somewhere is angry. And in the context of the Bible, ‘propitiation’ paints a clear picture that God is angry [...]

Chris Roberts announces the availability of a WordPress plugin that pulls in the text of the ESV when you use markup to indicate a Scripture reference. It saves the passage in a database, so future references to the same passage don’t need to access the web service.
The plugin has two styles:
Using the markup like: [bible]John [...]

David Manning wrote an article for his church newsletter about why the church switched to the ESV. He then posted it on his blog. An excerpt:
In 2001, Crossway Books released the English Standard Version. The ESV has broken new ground in that it maintains both accuracy and readability in one version…. The deacon board is [...]

Zondervan has announced ZondervanBibleSearch.com, an elegantly designed, minimalist site that lets you search many of the Bible translations they publish.
We have more than a passing interest in Bible search sites (since we run one ourselves), and we recognize quality work when we see it.
Here’s their Google-style front page:

You can search nine translations at the time [...]

We conducted our most recent Bible giveaway on a first-come, first-served basis. That approach has the advantage of rewarding people who are quick with a keyboard, but as we learned, it disadvantages people who live in time zones incompatible with when we start the contest. It also leads to problems for people in school, for [...]

We’ve fielded many questions about what The Standard Bible Society has done in response to Hurricane Katrina. We want to update you on our efforts to date.
One of the tasks of the SBS is to provide Bibles to people who need them. Immediately after the hurricane, churches and organizations asked us for Bibles to give [...]

On Monday (September 12, 2005) we gave away 100 Bibles to 25 churches in celebration of Crossway’s publication of glow-in-the-dark TruGlo Bibles.
Don’t worry if you missed this contest; we’ll have others in the future. (The ESV Children’s Bible is coming out soon, isn’t it?)
What We Learned
You can see below that most of the winners come [...]

Update 11:17 AM EDT: We have given away all the Bibles scheduled for this promotion. Thank you to everyone who participated. We’ll have a recap later.
Crossway has just published two TruGlo ESV editions that glow in the dark.

We’re giving away four TruGlo Bibles each to youth groups at 25 churches (100 Bibles total). Anyone [...]

On Monday, September 12, 2005, we’re going to hold our second Bible giveaway. This time we’re aiming the giveaway at church youth groups (though you don’t have to be a member of a youth group to participate). Unlike our first giveaway, you don’t even need a website to enter.
You’ll need the name of your youth [...]