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ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal: 1–3 John
Lightly dotted blank pages and 130+ elegant hand-lettered gold ink illustrations throughout the full text of books of the Bible invite you to creatively engage with God's Word alongside specific passages.
Illustrations by Dana Tanamachi, whose work has been featured by Google, The Wall Street Journal, Random House, USPS, and Target.
ESV Illuminated Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the New Testament with a lightly dotted blank page opposite each page of Bible text, providing space to creatively engage with and reflect on the Word of God. Hand-lettered, gold-ink illustrations by renowned artist Dana Tanamachi are interspersed throughout the blank pages, inviting readers to add their own artwork or reflections to each page. These thin, portable notebooks have unique gold-foil stamped covers and are great for art journaling, personal Bible reading and prayer, small-group Bible study, or taking notes through a sermon series.
Lightly dotted grid on blank pages opposite each page of Bible text Gold-ink illustrations by artist Dana Tanamachi Wide margins Lay-flat binding Unique gold-foil stamped covers Single-column format Thick, opaque, cream-colored paper 5.75 x 8.00 11.75-point Trinit� type
Illustrations by Dana Tanamachi, whose work has been featured by Google, The Wall Street Journal, Random House, USPS, and Target.
ESV Illuminated Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the New Testament with a lightly dotted blank page opposite each page of Bible text, providing space to creatively engage with and reflect on the Word of God. Hand-lettered, gold-ink illustrations by renowned artist Dana Tanamachi are interspersed throughout the blank pages, inviting readers to add their own artwork or reflections to each page. These thin, portable notebooks have unique gold-foil stamped covers and are great for art journaling, personal Bible reading and prayer, small-group Bible study, or taking notes through a sermon series.
Lightly dotted grid on blank pages opposite each page of Bible text Gold-ink illustrations by artist Dana Tanamachi Wide margins Lay-flat binding Unique gold-foil stamped covers Single-column format Thick, opaque, cream-colored paper 5.75 x 8.00 11.75-point Trinit� type
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January 4, 2024
I’m attempting to read through the Greek NT this year. Starting with John’s writings.
These journals are great.
These journals are great.
November 23, 2024
I love the idea. I do wish there were the standard footnotes (I'm using the Blue Letter Bible app to get them digitally). I also kind of wish there were some lined pages - the dot grid is very faint for me & my vision, especially in low light.
Personal story:
My wife and I jokingly compete with one another when it comes to Christmas gifts. That is, whoever gets the better gift "wins Christmas". Christmas of 2022 I had been teasing my wife for months that I was going to win. I had bought her the double boxed set of the scripture journals of the entire OT & NT. They were a big enough gift and that I wrapped the two separately. When is she opened the NT first, she was confused and had me open one of her my guests from her immediately after and she had also got me the NT set. I still claim the win since I got her the whole Bible but she laughed and said I'm pretty sure we just "won marriage". Our daughter stuck a great, cute photo of the two of us holding our gifts. Having received a Bible from her before when we were newlyweds, and her having tried many and Bibles during our marriage (varying translations & study guides), but many of them not seeing the usage that they should have, I was bound and determined to not let these collect dust. And checking some numbers I found that there were exactly 260 chapters of the new testament, which provides by 52 weeks in a year perfectly equal 5 years. After going through a read through the whole Bible with the tmbh podcast at the beginning of 2023 I decided that immediately after that I would do some Easter readings, and Then followed up with starting to study a chapter a week to go through the whole Bible. The TMBH podcast signed a new light on 1st John for me that I hadn't picked up before. The emphasis was not on the standard teaching that says we're looking at pre-Gnosticism that John is arguing against, but instead described it in the light of duality / yen & yang / light & dark. So I started my study there. I then had my church call on me and several other men to take part in a summer scripture survey. I immediately claimed the letters of John, which by far were the most popular request, but I was first so they gave it to me. In the end I also took the Gospel of John since many were hesitant to volunteer for the gospel Sundays. I love myself to get distracted by the end of the school year and by the summer studies enough, that I got hung up on week 5 with 1st John 5. That was in the month of May and I didn't really resume until December/Christmas break. I decided to take advantage of the time in plow through what I had left. I went faster Pace than what my normal schedule is. Day 1 read through it; Day 2 mark it up highlighting repeated words and other literary things that stand out & ask questions; Day 3 do word studies; Day 4 outline it digitally; Day 5 read through Halley's Bible Handbook, Eerdman's Bible Handbook, & Library Bible Commentary; day 6 read through Matthew Henry's Commentary, and day 7 is a catch up day and will in the future be a summarize and apply day as I find that lacking in my studies (and I intend to add picking a verse/verses to memorize to Day 1 in the future). Part of my hangup how long it took me to read through Matthew Henry's Commentary, part of why I chose to go through so many commentaries, and also part of why I chose to not go to others, is simply because those are the ones we own / have inherited already and I was tired of them never being opened. I don't exactly recall what made me think to do it (I think it was simply the fact that my students listen to many audiobooks on YouTube and the fact that I stumbled across Decade Bird in podcast & on YouTube using AI to read some Star Wars Legends EU books that were either never put on audio or when they put on abridged audio), but I managed to find someone on YouTube (https://youtube.com/@IrvRisch)who has been used AI to read all of Matthew Henry's Commentary. Reading along with that, and also just having the timestamp to be able to estimate how big of a time commitment that study is going to be both sped up that part, increase my comprehension of it, and lowered the intimidation factor. Now that I'm hopefully back on track, and will be making a New Year's resolution to stick to it, it is obviously going to take me more than 5 years to complete it, but I am dedicated to completing it no matter how long it takes. I also warned my wife and that if by the time I'm done she has not effectively used the Old Testament part of her journal and Bibles as well, that I will be adopting them. It turns out the Old Testament at a chapter a week divides perfectly into 15 years. If God allows in the course of 21 years (or whatever it takes if I get more bumps along the way) I will have read slowly through and studied in depth every chapter of the Bible. I've also been using Goodreads here to keep track of how many pages of each of the commentaries and handbooks I've read, so far I am at most 1% of the way through all of them except for Matthew Henry's. The only reason that I'm at 4% on Matthew Henry though is because I his is a 6 volume set and I'm a whole 4% away through Volume 6, which means I'm less than 1% of the way through all 6 assuming they're about equal in size. I've also been taking photos of each page as a complete a chapter and creating an album of it. I hope is that not only can I go back and reflect on what I've learned, but that this might be something my family will treasure now or in the future. Next up the Gospel of John, because I'm not going in order and I'm aiming to do essentially a gospel a year and acts in the fifth year. Not sure what other writings I'll take on this coming year, but I'm leaning towards completing John by doing Revelation. And then probably chipping away at the other non-Pauline Epistles so that I can kind of look for themes throughout Paul's writings by doing them roughly together (broken up by Gospels of course).
Most of this was typed using voice to text and only loosely proofread, so please forgive Amy tyco's.
Personal story:
My wife and I jokingly compete with one another when it comes to Christmas gifts. That is, whoever gets the better gift "wins Christmas". Christmas of 2022 I had been teasing my wife for months that I was going to win. I had bought her the double boxed set of the scripture journals of the entire OT & NT. They were a big enough gift and that I wrapped the two separately. When is she opened the NT first, she was confused and had me open one of her my guests from her immediately after and she had also got me the NT set. I still claim the win since I got her the whole Bible but she laughed and said I'm pretty sure we just "won marriage". Our daughter stuck a great, cute photo of the two of us holding our gifts. Having received a Bible from her before when we were newlyweds, and her having tried many and Bibles during our marriage (varying translations & study guides), but many of them not seeing the usage that they should have, I was bound and determined to not let these collect dust. And checking some numbers I found that there were exactly 260 chapters of the new testament, which provides by 52 weeks in a year perfectly equal 5 years. After going through a read through the whole Bible with the tmbh podcast at the beginning of 2023 I decided that immediately after that I would do some Easter readings, and Then followed up with starting to study a chapter a week to go through the whole Bible. The TMBH podcast signed a new light on 1st John for me that I hadn't picked up before. The emphasis was not on the standard teaching that says we're looking at pre-Gnosticism that John is arguing against, but instead described it in the light of duality / yen & yang / light & dark. So I started my study there. I then had my church call on me and several other men to take part in a summer scripture survey. I immediately claimed the letters of John, which by far were the most popular request, but I was first so they gave it to me. In the end I also took the Gospel of John since many were hesitant to volunteer for the gospel Sundays. I love myself to get distracted by the end of the school year and by the summer studies enough, that I got hung up on week 5 with 1st John 5. That was in the month of May and I didn't really resume until December/Christmas break. I decided to take advantage of the time in plow through what I had left. I went faster Pace than what my normal schedule is. Day 1 read through it; Day 2 mark it up highlighting repeated words and other literary things that stand out & ask questions; Day 3 do word studies; Day 4 outline it digitally; Day 5 read through Halley's Bible Handbook, Eerdman's Bible Handbook, & Library Bible Commentary; day 6 read through Matthew Henry's Commentary, and day 7 is a catch up day and will in the future be a summarize and apply day as I find that lacking in my studies (and I intend to add picking a verse/verses to memorize to Day 1 in the future). Part of my hangup how long it took me to read through Matthew Henry's Commentary, part of why I chose to go through so many commentaries, and also part of why I chose to not go to others, is simply because those are the ones we own / have inherited already and I was tired of them never being opened. I don't exactly recall what made me think to do it (I think it was simply the fact that my students listen to many audiobooks on YouTube and the fact that I stumbled across Decade Bird in podcast & on YouTube using AI to read some Star Wars Legends EU books that were either never put on audio or when they put on abridged audio), but I managed to find someone on YouTube (https://youtube.com/@IrvRisch)who has been used AI to read all of Matthew Henry's Commentary. Reading along with that, and also just having the timestamp to be able to estimate how big of a time commitment that study is going to be both sped up that part, increase my comprehension of it, and lowered the intimidation factor. Now that I'm hopefully back on track, and will be making a New Year's resolution to stick to it, it is obviously going to take me more than 5 years to complete it, but I am dedicated to completing it no matter how long it takes. I also warned my wife and that if by the time I'm done she has not effectively used the Old Testament part of her journal and Bibles as well, that I will be adopting them. It turns out the Old Testament at a chapter a week divides perfectly into 15 years. If God allows in the course of 21 years (or whatever it takes if I get more bumps along the way) I will have read slowly through and studied in depth every chapter of the Bible. I've also been using Goodreads here to keep track of how many pages of each of the commentaries and handbooks I've read, so far I am at most 1% of the way through all of them except for Matthew Henry's. The only reason that I'm at 4% on Matthew Henry though is because I his is a 6 volume set and I'm a whole 4% away through Volume 6, which means I'm less than 1% of the way through all 6 assuming they're about equal in size. I've also been taking photos of each page as a complete a chapter and creating an album of it. I hope is that not only can I go back and reflect on what I've learned, but that this might be something my family will treasure now or in the future. Next up the Gospel of John, because I'm not going in order and I'm aiming to do essentially a gospel a year and acts in the fifth year. Not sure what other writings I'll take on this coming year, but I'm leaning towards completing John by doing Revelation. And then probably chipping away at the other non-Pauline Epistles so that I can kind of look for themes throughout Paul's writings by doing them roughly together (broken up by Gospels of course).
Most of this was typed using voice to text and only loosely proofread, so please forgive Amy tyco's.
April 22, 2025
These little Bible Journal booklets are wonderful! I used them in a class setting and with my own children. Love meditating through the Bible in small easily managed segments. Plenty of room for highlighting, doodles, notes, pictures and prayers. I also enjoy this translation. Eager to read through more.
February 27, 2023
Beautiful Journal with plenty of space to write notes and other annotations!
April 18, 2023
1 John 4:8 «Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.» (ESV)
September 19, 2023
Useful little booklet for writing your own commentary on the Epistles of John.
March 3, 2025
Such a great little journal to help meditate on these three short letters. I have enjoyed coming back year after year to reflect on past revelations and add new insights.
April 12, 2025
John disputes false teaching about Christ, reminds the believers of the command to love one another, finds joy in the faithfulness of fellow believers, warns about division, and commends hospitality towards missionaries.
August 9, 2024
"And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world." 1 John 4:14
January 27, 2023
A wonderful resource made by Crossway. The Tyndale Greek New Testament is an excellent edition, and the journal edition of 1-3 John is perfect for Greek practice.
B. Grizenko
B. Grizenko
October 21, 2020
3.5 stars [Scriptures]
(U: 3.5, L: 3, M: 3.5)
Exact rating: 3.33
Obviously, this rating is for the format of the publication, not the Scripture itself.
Crossway's new [pub. 2017] Scripture journals are very handy. A clean, double-spaced presentation of Cambridge's Greek text, with wide margins and 2 blank, lined pages at the end for annotation.
For the cost of $6 and a few ounces of weight, the seminary student, pastor, or exegete can carry a piece of the Greek New Testament and a pencil into class, onto mountain trails, or to academic conferences.
(U: 3.5, L: 3, M: 3.5)
Exact rating: 3.33
Obviously, this rating is for the format of the publication, not the Scripture itself.
Crossway's new [pub. 2017] Scripture journals are very handy. A clean, double-spaced presentation of Cambridge's Greek text, with wide margins and 2 blank, lined pages at the end for annotation.
For the cost of $6 and a few ounces of weight, the seminary student, pastor, or exegete can carry a piece of the Greek New Testament and a pencil into class, onto mountain trails, or to academic conferences.
July 30, 2022
BOOM. Read it for NT class.
July 30, 2023
πολύς καλός
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