I thought this was a pretty good deal. Subscribe to World magazine for 1 year ($49.95) and get a free hardcover copy of the new ESV Study Bible (retail price $49.95 / $31.49 on Amazon).
I subscribed to World for a couple years or more, and really enjoyed their magazine. It’s a Christian news magazine similar to Time. It isn’t just Christianized, fluff reporting– World is a serious, professional read. Very well done, indeed.
I’ve trumpeted the ESV Study Bible in the past on my blog: here, and here. It didn’t win Bible of the Year and Book of the Year honors from the ECPA for nothing. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my copy, and I have no qualms in claiming it is the best single study Bible available hands down.
So go ahead and take advantage of this doubly good deal, and introduce yourself to World magazine as you enjoy a new ESV Study Bible.
James White isn’t impressed by the ESV. He calls it the NASB without semicolons. A couple of months ago, he was down here in my neck of the woods at a Sola Fide Conference hosted by Countryside Bible Church in Southlake, Texas, and he made the comment about the ESV Study Bible that “it could stop a bullet.” He also teased his audience that you’re only reading the ESV because John Piper told you to read it.
I thought it was pretty funny. Neat offer from World Mag. White’s opinion notwithstanding, I’m also a fan of the ESVSB.