Ben Ting Posts Bible Reviews
Just can't get enough? Reader Ben Ting comes to the rescue with a couple of Bible Design Blog-inspired reviews. As you can see, they feature some excellent photography:
First, Ben's posted a comparison of the Holman Legacy CSB in black cowhide and the Tyndale Select NLT in mahogany calfskin. The Holman Legacy has come up here before (and, in an earlier iteration, here). The Tyndale Select is on my list of editions to review, and as you can see from Ben's photos, it's a real beauty.
Next, inspired by my comparison of the Allan's Ruby KJV and the Cambridge Pitt Minion, Ben stacks his Pitt Minion side-by-side with an Allan's Brevier Clarendon KJV, the same edition in brown buffalo grain calfskin that I reviewed here.
It's great to see more reviews online -- including some Bible yoga. Be sure to check out Ben's work and let him know what you think.
J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor whose writing on Bible design has helped spark a publishing revolution. Mark is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World (Crossway, 2007), as well as the novels Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide—described as a “series worth getting attached to” (Christianity Today) by “a major crime fiction talent” (Weekly Standard) in the vein of Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and Henning Mankell.
Mark has a BA in English Literature from Union University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.Div. from Heidelberg Theological Seminary. Through his influential Bible Design Blog, Mark has championed a new generation of readable Bibles. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the Society of Bible Craftsmanship, and chairs the Society’s Award Committee. His work was featured in the November 2021 issue of FaithLife’s Bible Study Magazine.
Mark also serves on the board of Worldview Academy, where he has been a member of the faculty of theology since 2003. Since 2017, he has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife Laurie life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.