The ESV Takes Over the World
Top 5 Reasons Why the ESV is Taking Over the World:
- It’s a very accurate, word-for-word translation that is very readable.
- Since the popularity of reformed theology is on the rise, the ESV seems to be the popular choice of reformed Christians (John Piper, R.C. Sproul and Mark Driscoll to name a few).
- They’re the most web-friendly Bible translation, offereing RSS feeds, a mobile web version, devotions, daily reading plans and more through their website.
- They freely distribute their licensing to many projects – The ESV Wordpress plugin, the Sword project, ESV widget, eBible and more.
- They are the only translation to date to offer a journaling Bible.
As most people know, I’m a big fan of the NLTse, but it’s hard to avoid using the ESV since they make it so accessible. In pretty much any situation you may need a Bible, you can find a version of the ESV to use.
This post has been sitting in my draft box for a couple of weeks. Apparently, for good reason. Just yesterday, the ESV blog announced their current restructuring due to tremendous growth.
6. This translation is absolutely stellar for PDA’s Pcoket E-sword for Windows Mobile (Free Esv) and Olive tree has it for 15.00 bucks for the blackberry. Check out the blackberry curve, if you do email on the fly it totally rocks!
Dave Tucker
12 Jul 07 at 5:22 pm