Archive for October 2008

All the ESV Bible reading plans are now available as free podcasts. You don’t need to do anything special if you’re already subscribed: the MP3s will show up automatically for you.
To subscribe in iTunes, here’s what to do:

Go to the ESV Reading Plans page.
Right-click (Ctrl-click on a Mac) the “RSS” link of the feed you [...]

ESV Hear the Word Audio Downloads—the audio found at the ESV Online Study Bible—are now available.
Prices are $29.99 for the complete Bible, $19.99 for just the Old Testament, $14.99 for just the New Testament, $4.99 for Psalms and Proverbs, and $4.99 for the Gospels.
The complete Gospel of John is available for free download, as are [...]

Erik at The Kowalker Journey provides six tips on what to look for when evaluating the quality of a Bible’s binding. If you’ve ever wondered about the difference between a glued and a sewn binding, or bonded and genuine leather, he has answers for you.

The ESV Online Study Bible now lets you listen to a brand-new recording of the ESV text. Try it out in Matthew 5—just click the “Listen” link. You can even listen to any combination of individual verses (try Matthew 5:14-15).
We’ll be rolling out this recording to our other sites, podcasts, and the ESV API in [...]

Today is the official publication date for the ESV Study Bible. You should receive your copy shortly if you preordered it somewhere, and your local Christian bookstore probably has it in stock. (If not, ask them—politely—about it!)
We look forward to hearing your feedback on your blogs and reading your reviews at places like Amazon.

St. Andrew’s Church of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.—one of the largest Episcopal churches in the U.S.—is transitioning to the ESV and just received a pallet of ESV Bibles. Dave Libbon, the Youth Pastor at St. Andrew’s, writes:
I’m excited because it’s the translation personally I like to use. I realize I’m nerding out a little on this [...]

Mark at Bible Design & Binding has been following the recent release of two ESV Bibles by high-end Scottish Bible publisher R. L. Allan: the ESV1, with a black goatskin cover, and the ESV1T, with a tan goatskin cover. Mark shares unboxing photos and some additional detailed photos.

Ryan Ferguson recites Psalm 145 from the ESV in this video from the WorshipGod08 Conference:

Via Worship Matters, which has some additional details, including this explanation of the background music:
Scripture readings don’t have to be accompanied with music, but because this took place in between two songs, I kept playing. I tried to follow Ryan’s inflections [...]

Amy Letinsky recently put her Bibles on Shelfari, an online “virtual bookshelf” application. After noting that she hadn’t included the Bible as one of her “top ten” books, she writes:
There are a lot of reasons why I put other books ahead of the Bible. Perhaps with my daily devotion to reading it, I’ve made it [...]