15
Oct

ESV Study Bible is Available!

   Posted by: tcbeaton   in Uncategorized

The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way—to understand the timeless truth of God’s Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish this, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV Bible text. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published—with 2,752 pages of extensive, accessible Bible resources.

Created by an outstanding team of 95 evangelical Christian scholars and teachers, the ESV Study Bible presents completely new study notes, maps, illustrations, charts, timelines, articles, and introductions. Altogether the ESV Study Bible comprises 2 million words of Bible text, insightful explanation, teaching, and reference material—equivalent to a 20-volume Bible resource library all contained in one volume.

Primary Features

  • 2 million words of Bible text and insightful teaching in 2,752 pages.
  • 20,000 notes—focusing especially on understanding the Bible text and providing answers to frequently raised issues.
  • Over 50 articles—including articles on the Bible’s authority and reliability; on biblical archaeology, theology, ethics, and personal application.
  • 200-plus charts—offering key insights and in-depth analysis in clear, concise outline form; located throughout the Bible.
  • Over 200 full-color maps—created with the latest digital technology, satellite images, and archaeological research; printed in full color throughout the Bible.
  • 80,000 cross-references—to encourage easy location of important words, passages, and biblical themes.
  • 40 all-new illustrations—including full-color renderings and architectural diagrams of the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, Solomon’s temple, Herod’s temple, the city of Jerusalem in Jesus’ time and throughout the history of Israel, and many more.

Goal and Vision

The goal and vision of the ESV Study Bible is, first and foremost, to honor the Lord—in terms of the excellence, beauty, and accuracy of its content and design; and in terms of helping people come to a deeper understanding of the Bible, of the Gospel, and of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Crossway is a not-for-profit publishing ministry and all receipts from the ESV Study Bible go directly toward the support of this ministry goal around the world.

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25
Aug

Do You Scatter or Gather?

   Posted by: tcbeaton   in Uncategorized

Here’s my thought… We spend a lot of time these days “doing” church, at the expense of “being” the church. At the end of the Gospel of Matthew, the Great Commission is recorded, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”

The discples had a dilema on their hands as they tried to figure out what had just happened, the guy that they thought was the coming messiah just got crucified. The plan was not going well, even though they had been sufficiently prepared for the task in front of them. Then, He showed up! How freaked out they must have been, and when the freaking was over He commanded them to “go.” Unfortunately, the English translations don’t really do this word justice; in Greek, the word is used in a tense that would more closely resemble “while you go” or “when you go.”

They had spent the last few days “gathered” in a panic, now they’d been given the command to “scatter” by the One who’d died and came back to life. They now not only had the preparation, but they also had the “authority” and promise, “And behold, I am (think God’s name to Moses at the bush) with you always, to the end of the age.”

How about you, do you scatter or gather?

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