ESV Church History Study Bible from Crossway | Unboxing + Review

[@kevinlassberg]

this bible is currently 40% off on Crossway when you use your Crossway account! Promo runs through January 25th

[@timwildsmith]

Hey-o! Thanks, Kevin!

[@monicaaleixo5378]

Tim, I just want you to know that I bought this ESV Church History Bible after watching this video and I'm loving it. Thank you for reviewing this Bible. I love reading not only the scriptures but the church history. It is really an amazing Bible. I got the hard copy just like the one you showed us here. Thank you so much for doing this Bible review.

[@mikehoward455]

This is a great resource. I have the hardback edition too. Thanks for the review Tim.

[@timwildsmith]

Thanks for watching, Mike!

[@andyheller2691]

I purchased one of these and received it about two weeks ago. I’m really liking it!

[@timwildsmith]

Great to hear!

[@OrondeB]

Great bible review man! I got this as an early birthday present for myself (January 9th) and I love it man. I had very high expectations for it in other areas, but overall this is a great bible that I definitely would recommend to others! I appreciate your review. God bless you.

[@timwildsmith]

Happy birthday!

[@OrondeB]

@@timwildsmith yikes man! Thank you! I have my comment notifications off so I’m sorry I’m so late. Thank you again brother🙏🏾

[@donellweathersby9163]

Brother Tim,it looks like you need another book shelf. Great job on the review.

[@timwildsmith]

Working on it!

[@helenaholcomb3004]

I like it!! Great review, thanks Tim!

[@timwildsmith]

My pleasure!

[@teresabrooks7570]

I love this Bible!

[@chrismendezva]

Beautiful Bible! Can’t wait to check out the notes!

[@timwildsmith]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@NyahHarper]

great video! definitely will add to my collection in the future

[@timwildsmith]

Good choice!

[@aarondotpettus]

You stack your Bibles the same way I do! Great review

[@timwildsmith]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnmcafee6140]

This looks really interesting Unfortunately I'm not the biggest fan of the ESV translation. Don't get me wrong, I'm not an ESV hater it's a solid translation, but there is something with the ESV that has never "clicked" with me.

[@clearingtheair1083]

Just curious, what translation do you feel better clicks with you?

[@Bible_Loving_Lutheran]

Never clicked with me for many years. But finally became my favorite Bible. The older I get though has me wanting to stick with the KJV

[@glennosjv]

Not sure about this one. I heard that the majority of notes are from 16 th century reformers. Church history did start a little earlier than that.

[@bradberry6953]

beautiful bible

[@Wild_Flower1997]

Nice. Thank you for sharing this.

[@timwildsmith]

Thanks for watching!

[@terrysbookandbiblereviews]

That hardcover looks awesome!

[@timwildsmith]

It does!

[@donnawildsmith2232]

This is very interesting. I think the footnotes would be helpful & stimulating. Thanks! ❤

[@timwildsmith]

You’re welcome 😊

[@caseyjeanchapman]

How does this compare to the ancient faith and enduring voices Bibles? I really want it to be like a combo of the two!

[@michaelg4919]

I am so excited about this bible and its content. Really looking forward to your review. Also in terms of durability which edition will last the longest when it is often used?

[@timwildsmith]

I think any of them will hold up well. This hardcover is lovely.

[@michaelg4919]

@@timwildsmith Thanks for the reply! :)

[@dave4usc]

Are you going to do a video on your Israel trip?

[@timwildsmith]

I am! Just haven’t had much down time since I got back.

[@andrekriel657]

Hi Tim, what does the ghosting look like in person? It seems quite noisy. Other than that it looks like a great resource.

[@timwildsmith]

Good question, Andre. The show-through is noticeable, but I don’t find it any more distracting than the other study bibles I have lying around.

[@makaylamiller5336]

This is the Gavin Ortlund bible (Truth Unities)

[@markmarley2556]

Nice idea, but it appears to have a very narrow definition of Church history. Is there much in it from the East or the West prior to the Protestant Reformation? The video suggests not.

[@timwildsmith]

Consider the source. Crossway is a Protestant company that does a lot in the reformed theology space. But this does include a lot of non-Reformation commentary.

[@BMB125]

Crossway has so many cool study Bibles, but I’ve never really wanted one till now…

[@timwildsmith]

😉

[@sylviafriessen9124]

Is this like a cloth overboard?

[@gwendylanpusateri2947]

It looks very similar to the Ascension catechism they came out with last year.

[@wereldatlas]

How is this different from the Ancient Faith Study Bible?

[@timwildsmith]

They have some similarities. Watch my review of that one and you'll get a good feel for it.

[@wereldatlas]

@@timwildsmith thanks Tim, I have the Ancient Faith one, would you also advise to get this one too?

[@jscottnewland]

Love the idea behind the content , it is greatly unfortunate that Crossway did not line match the text, that is always so distracting to me

[@kevinlassberg]

Line match?

[@jscottnewland]

@@kevinlassberg this new edition has been completely redesigned. The layout now utilizes line matching, a design method which significantly improves readability on Bible paper. This is from the description of one of the Crossway Bibles, but most publishers seem to do this process these days. The best way I can describe, is in the print process they ensure that the sentences printed on each side of the page are in perfect "alignment" with each other so that you are not looking at the "bleed thru" of the sentences in between sentences on the page you are reading. I know it is a personal thing, but it is very distracting to me with books printed are really thin paper like bible paper tends to be. Of course if they use thinker, like best seller hardbacks, then the book would be 3 inches wide. So publishers now utilize this line matching process to get a better aesthetic look when using the thin pages for the benefit of ease on the eyes for the reader.

[@d.c.sodyssey4783]

was this red letter in the New Testament? couldn't tell ....

[@timwildsmith]

Nope.

[@ExposingThePharaohs]

John Calvin? Are there many Calvinistic beliefs throughout this Bible?

[@timwildsmith]

There is a lot of commentary from Reformation-era theologians. That's pretty much Crossway's wheelhouse, so it's to be expected to a certain extent.

[@ExposingThePharaohs]

@@timwildsmith - Just what I thought. It seems like I'm the only one catching this. I don't mind Luther, he just wanted to get away from Catholics and some of their bad doctrine. But it's the ones after Luther that kind of change things up that get to me. John Calvin even would have you killed if you didn't believe in his doctrine! Go Google him for anyone who wants to know! People don't realize the bad history of John Calvin.

[@Yaas_ok123]

​@@ExposingThePharaohsAlso Augustine changed doctrines. Check Soteriology 101 Ali Bonner (historian)interview, shocking stuff.

[@ExposingThePharaohs]

@@Yaas_ok123 - Thanks for the tip! I'll check it out!! I heard Augustine was into a lot of paganism. People just don't get it.

[@Yaas_ok123]

@@ExposingThePharaohs Another notable is Dr. Ken Wilson's research in The foundation of Augustinian-calvinism. And ofcourse Book of the Year -22 : Adam Harwood's Christian theology.

[@joeseph6981]

Sadly it only goes back to 1517 🤣.

[@benjamincervantes2729]

Is there something like that but goes back past 1517?

[@johnmcafee6140]

@@benjamincervantes2729 The CSB Ancient Faith Study Bible has study notes and commentary from the writings of the church fathers of the second, third, and fourth centuries. I got one for Christmas and so far I find it totally fascinating.

[@joeseph6981]

@@johnmcafee6140 , that's cool, I got the O.S.B. for Christmas, for the O.T..

[@toddvoss52]

That's not true. For example, it quotes Athanasius, Ambrose, and Augustine. And other early church fathers.

[@Toby-asdf]

I tried to pause on every page you stopped on and they seemed to ALL contain bits from Calvin and/or Luther. Tim, you're being generous about the amount of slant but it looks like Crossway thinks that church history began around the Reformation and is limited to European and American Theologians.

[@thetruthshallsetyoufree2040]

no it has a lot of early church fathers, he just showed some pages

[@timwildsmith]

I would expect Crossway to lean Reformed, but this Bible has thousands of notes from non-Reformation thinkers.

[@Bible_Loving_Lutheran]

Calvin? Nope. Thanks for the heads up