Category: Reviews
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The ESV TruTone Single-Column Heritage Bible : A Mid-Range Gem

I first started caring about how a Bible is made after discovering Bible Design Blog (now Lectio). Soon afterward I bought what became my daily companion for a decade, the ESV TruTone Legacy, my first Bible with line matching, generous margins, and a sewn binding. Many of those once-rare features are now common (sewn bindings…
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A Bible Built for the Daily Office: ESV with Apocrypha

I still remember last year’s daily‑office lectionary calling for 2 Maccabees 6. One line leapt out, “Therefore, by manfully giving up my life now, I will show myself worthy of my old age.” I was following along on a podcast with no Apocrypha in hand and thought, “Wouldn’t it be nice to read these passages…
