Heritage is my favorite ESV layout and design! Looks ao beautiful. For those who can't afford the Heirloom Heritage, there's a TruTone edition of it coming out in Feb 2024. It retails at $49.99, but I signed up for Crossway+ (which is free to sign up for) and automatically got 30% off. So I paid right around $35 to pre-order it. I'd love to have the Wellington leather (maybe someday), it's so beautiful, but the TruTone edition is far more affordable for me and it still features the same layout and design. 😊
I recently received the ESV Heirloom Heritage in Prussian blue from Evangelical Bible. It is so beautiful! I love it. But now I wonder if I should have gotten the Wellington leather instead because it also looks absolutely gorgeous! Lol.
Maybe we can swap? Haha. But serioisly, I sadly don't have a review of it! I only got it yesterday actually. But I think Tim Wildsmith has all three of the new colors for the ESV Heirloom Heritage Bible in his RU-vid channel so you can see the Prussian blue, Sienna red, and olive green. I think these three colors are a collaboration between Schuyler and Crossway or something like that? Not sure if it'll be a limited run or if they'll do more. Otherwise I think the Heirloom Heritage is in black goatskin and also in the Wellington leather that you have and which also looks awesome. 😎
Well I thought you were done with premium bibles! But not quite I guess!!😊 I have recently come across a HREAT bible tool that I think would greatly enhance your bible analysis! I would like to send it to you if you have a PO Box that you could give me? Don’t know how to go about getting this sent to you while guarding your privacy other than a PO Box? Bob
Thanks for comment. Yes, I am done with premium Bible reviews for the most part. They will be few and far between. Shoot me an email for my physical address: JoesBibles@gmail.com
400 hundred dollars. I hope people who already have a stack of Bibles gathering dust take that money and send it to Crossway's One Million Bibles campaign instead.
1. To be fair, there are "cheaper" versions of the ESV Heirloom Heritage. For example, I saw an Heirloom Heritage (not Wellington but other fine leathers) for $200 on Evangelical Bible. Also, I pre-ordered the ESV TruTone Heritage on Crossway+ for a significantly cheaper $35. 2. Of course, even $200 is a lot of money. So I agree that many Christians probably shouldn't buy a premium Bible. That said, this issue isn't limited to premium Bibles. After all, there are many Christians who should spend their God-given money in wiser ways than they do. For example, instead of going out to eat dinner at a nice restaurant, many Christians could eat at home and save money, then give that money to their local church or other ministries. In short, this is a bigger issue than just premium Bibles, it's about being a good steward in general, and many Christians should be better stewards of their God-given money in general. 3. However, I think it could be warranted for some Christians to buy a premium Bible. For example, if someone buys a $200 premium Bible and uses it for their entire life, that could be cheaper in the long run than buying a new cheap Bible every time it wears out. 4. Otherwise, if the point is something like "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" (John 12:5), then that might prove too much. After all, every Christian who has a device with internet access can read the Bible for free (or download it and read it for free). They never need to buy a physical Bible again. So why not just get rid of physical Bibles at least for Christians who can get a free Bible online? Of course, if we did this, then this could have consequences that we probably wouldn't want to occur - from individual Christians to Bible publishing companies and even impacting Christians who only have access to physical Bibles like in the developing world (e.g. funding translations of the Bible into other languages). Another example of this possibly proving too much is: if what you say is true, then why not only produce cheap paper Bibles since that's all that's really needed? After all, a cheap $5 Bible from Walmart is still God's word! But again, if this happened, then it may have consequences that we probably wouldn't want to occur.
