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Get the ESV Study Bible App for Free

~ Bob Hayton

The ESV Study Bible AppThroughout the month of November, Crossway is offering their ESV Study Bible App for free in honor of their 75th anniversary. The ESV Study Bible App brings the award-winning study tools, maps, charts, and notes of the ESV Study Bible to a mobile device near you. In addition to the app, you’ll get the ESV Study Bible as an ebook too, it looks like.

The app is one of the most user-friendly I”ve seen. Of all the study Bibles out there, this one is surely one of the best. And everyone who knows me, knows I am a big fan of the ESV.

I encourage you to add this free app while you can still get in on the special. And pass the word along to friends and family.

To get the deal, visit the 75th Anniversary page at Crossway, where you can also check out a short video about what it means for them to be a Gospel-Centered publishing company.

Great New Membership @ Challies.Com

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Influential Christian blogger and web-designer, Tim Challies has come up with a fantastic membership deal for his readers. I’ve followed his blog off and on for several years now, and his content is always worth reading. He has hosted advertising on his blog for a while and now is hoping this new membership program will help him bless his readers and allow him to limit the advertising on his site.

The deal is quite amazing, actually. Here is what you get for a $39 yearly membership to Friends of Challies (which can be canceled at any time).

  • $10 gift certificate for Westminster Bookstore
  • $10 gift certificate for Reformed Heritage Books (for the next 250 people sign up– his may run out soon)
  • 4 newly released books or DVDs from Zondervan (free shipping)
  • 1 newly released book from Reformed Heritage Books (free shipping)
  • free subscription to Tabletalk magazine from R.C. Sproul’s Ligonier Ministries
  • E-book access to new and forthcoming books from various publishers
  • free music download of Sons & Daughters CD from Sovereign Grace Music
  • free music download of Seeds of Courage CD from Seeds Family Worship
  • free music download of Frame the Clouds CD by Christa Wells
  • free music download of a best-of album from Sojourn
  • More deals, coupons, and freebies throughout the year
  • an affiliate program to earn gift certificates from Westminster Bookstore
  • & if you join by April 30th, you will have a chance to win an Amazon Kindle

All of that for only $39 is a good deal in my book. Plus it will help you stay in touch with Challies’ blog which will help your spiritual growth. I say you should consider it. If you don’t mind, use this link when you sign up so I can get credit for recommending this great program to you.

Holiday Book Giveaways

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If you read my blog, you probably enjoy books. And, if you’re like me, you love the chance to get books for free! I thought I’d mention a few chances to get free books at this time of year.

  • My pal Shaun Tabatt is at it again with his 12 Days of Christmas Book Giveaway. Although today’s giveaway is a software module for BibleWorks 7 or 8 users, the next four days will likely include free book giveaways. Pay close attention to his blog now through Christmas Eve.
  • A blog I just stumbled upon, Sententiae Nil, is offering a free book in honor of its 200th post. You can enter to win a free copy of Biblical Theology: Retrospect and Prospect, edited by Scott Hafemann (IVP) just by subscribing to his blog and commenting on this post. This contest lasts until 12/26. (On a similar note, I just realized that I passed the 700 post mark around here. My 700th post actually offered a free book, too!)
  • Next, Allen Mickle’s blog is giving out a free Crossway title each month in 2010. You’ll want to subscribe to his blog, and read this post for details.
  • Finally, I should mention online bookswapping as a way to get free books. I keep meaning to devote a post to this, and still plan to. But for now, you should check out bookmooch.com and paperbackswap.com for great book-swapping programs. I’ve used both, and like paperbackswap.com’s features the best. In fact if you sign up to paperbackswap.com (for free) using this link, I’ll get credit for referring you to them. Goodreads.com has a new swapping program which I’ll have to check into as well.

Free ESV Study Bible, with Subscription to World Magazine

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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.