OliveTree has made the ESV Study Bible available digitally for the following mobile platforms: iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry with Media Card, Palm 5.x, Windows Mobile Professional, and Windows Mobile Classic (Pocket PC).
Here are two sample screenshots (from the iPhone and iPod touch):
You can purchase the 45 MB software for $29.95.
For more information, OliveTree recently published this press release and Roger Overton at the A-Team blog reviewed how the software works on his Blackberry.
In How to Argue Like Jesus, Joe Carter and John Coleman explore rhetorical lessons from the man whose words revolutionized history like none other, equipping communicators in any field to improve their effectiveness.
Sample this new book through Chapter 5, “Discipleship: Spreading and Sustaining the Message“.
Contents
Following their introduction on “Christ the Communicator”, Carter and Coleman proceed…
1. Pathos: Emotional Jesus
2. Logos: Jesus the Logician
3. Ethos: Jesus as Shepherd, Savior, Teacher, and Friend
4. Narrative and Imagery: The Story and Stories of a Savior
5. Discipleship: Spreading and Sustaining the Message
6. Heavenly Heuristics: Rhetoric’s Rules of Thumb
7. Case Studies
To learn more about How to Argue Like Jesus, visit arguelikejesus.com.
C.J. Mahaney has written this new foreword for Game Day for the Glory of God by Stephen Altrogge:
This is the book I needed way back when.
I grew up passionate about sports. I played baseball, basketball, and football, and I swam competitively. And when I wasn’t playing sports, I was watching sports. Sadly, I think it was all a waste.
Yep, all of it. I wasted my sports because I didn’t play for the glory of God. I played for the glory of C. J. Like I said, I wish I’d had this book years ago. (Being a Christian would have helped as well!)
I wasted years of playing sports. But it can be different for you. And it will be, if you will read and apply the contents of this unique book. My friend Stephen Altrogge has given us a book we desperately need, on a topic rarely addressed. He applies the gospel not just to our behavior, but to our hearts. He is theologically informed, reminding us that sports are gifts from God and potential means to grow in godliness. Whether it’s a real sport like basketball, soccer, or golf or a bogus sport like Frisbee golf, Stephen wants us to glorify God when we play. (And if you think Frisbee golf is actually a sport, we need to talk.)
So whether you are an athlete (like me), a wannabe (like my friends), a parent, a coach, or simply a fan, Game Day for the Glory of God will provide you with a biblical perspective on sports. In the light of the gospel, you will see game day—and yes, even practice—as a moment of eternal significance, whether you win or lose.
C. J. Mahaney
Sovereign Grace Ministries
To learn more about the book, you can check out the contents or read this sample chapter.
The new President of Ghana, John Atta Mills, holds a copy of the ESV Bible as he is sworn in as the country’s new president on January 7, 2009.
One of the key factors in the growth of the ESV over the past few years has been Crossway’s partnership with the British & Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) and distribution with numerous other Bible Societies around the world, including Ghana and other countries in Africa.
Matching our current theme, here is an interesting post on the distribution patterns for a number of ESV reading plans.
The OpenBible.info blog sets the stage:
A perfectly evenly distributed Bible reading plan would have you read about 85 verses each day to get through the Bible in a year. The Bible doesn’t break up into nice, logical 85-verse sections, however, and reading-plan designers have to decide when to vary from a strict 85-verse-a-day schedule. For example, they’ll often have you read complete chapters in a day, which differ in length.
Read the rest of the article.
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