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The People's Library

by Veronica G. Henry (Goodreads Author)

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ESV Single Column Journaling Bible

by Crossway

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Jeff said: " I'm not reviewing the text of the ESV Bible, here, but, rather, the edition that I just finished reading. I wouldn't dare write a "review" of the text.

My church spent the summer months reading the whole Bible in 90 days. I actually finished one day I'm not reviewing the text of the ESV Bible, here, but, rather, the edition that I just finished reading. I wouldn't dare write a "review" of the text.

My church spent the summer months reading the whole Bible in 90 days. I actually finished one day ahead of schedule. I chose this version, this edition, to read. Everyone, as far as I know, was allowed to pick any version they wanted to.

This particular edition has a lovely light blue cover, soft-covered (I'm not sure what the material is, on the back, it says "trutone"), with "I will sing ; I will make melody to the Lord. Judges 5:3." It doesn't have standard Bible page material, but the pages are still thinner than a normal book page. The text is, as the title suggests, single-column, and takes up about two-thirds of the page. There is a column on each page that is roughly two inches wide and lined for journaling notes. The column is on the left side of the left pages and right side of the right pages.

This is not a reference Bible. There are not cross-references, and there are very few notes at the bottom of the pages. I picked this Bible for this task for that reason. I wanted an edition of the Bible that was almost entirely biblical text with nothing extra. It has about a three-page preface at the beginning, a list of the books of the Bible in alphabetical order (I have no idea what purpose that serves--is there anyone who wants to read them in that order?), and a table of contents in order of the books of the Bible. At the end of Revelation, there is only a "Table of Weights and Measures" and a reading plan to read the Bible in a year.

There are 1547 pages of biblical text.

The ESV and the NRSV are my two favorite versions of the Bible. I also have at least one copy of The Message, several old KJV Bibles (one of them is my very first Bible, from my childhood), and a parallel Spanish/ESV edition, that I plan on using more extensively as I learn more Spanish.

I recommend this edition of the ESV for reading and journaling. There are plenty of other editions out there for folks who want notes and cross-references. But if you just want one for reading and making your own notes, this is a good one. ...more "

Sep 11, 2026 09:18PM · see review

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Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

by Nabeel Qureshi

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I could have asked him how he got the idea that Candy is my best friend, since I don’t even believe in the notion. All my friends are a blessing, and I would never label one as more important than another.

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“If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.”
― Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim

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“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

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“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

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“How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.”
― Gore Vidal, Julian

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“We must understand that God does not "love" us without liking us - through gritted teeth - as "Christian" love is sometimes thought to do. Rather, out of the eternal freshness of his perpetually self-renewed being, the heavenly Father cherishes the earth and each human being upon it. The fondness, the endearment, the unstintingly affectionate regard of God toward all his creatures is the natural outflow of what he is to the core - which we vainly try to capture with our tired but indispensable old word "love".”
― Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

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