ESV Journaling Bible

Even though I am putting this post under the label of bible translations, this is going to deal a bible format more than the ESV translation. I have used the journaling bible format to review that but I still have not read and dealt with the ESV to give a full review. I have used it enough to say I like the translation but not enough to do an intelligent review. I will be doing a review of the ESV later. Enough said, let us get on with the format review.

The thing that drew me to this edition of the ESV was having big margins to write notes in. Sometimes it is really nice to write in thoughts and ideals in the margins as I go through the bible. The down side is that the print has to be a bit smaller to accommodate this which for me and my weakening eyes can sometimes be an issue but not too bad of one so far. It has a brief topical concordance in the front.There are also brief introductions to each of the books of the bible in the back. There is also a reading plan, an explanation of the translation, and a section explaining God's plan of salvation. Of all of this, I appreciate the big margins the best so I can have a bible that has my reflections in it. This is something I usually don't do with smaller margin bibles. It will be interesting to go back over these notes in a few years which may make for an interesting blog post later.