Giving the Word

Commentary
Written By J. MARK BERTRAND

World Magazine's Susan Olasky touched based with me recently to ask about Bible rebinding. Her article "Giving the Word" in the June 14 issue focuses on ministries that help you donate used Bibles -- Christian Resources International and the Bible Foundation -- and ends with some remarks of mine about why people choose to rebind worn Bibles. (Note: the linked article will require log-in to read in its entirety.)I wrote about "Giving Your Bible Away" back in September. I'm wondering: have any of you participated in Bible drives or similar donation programs? I'd like to hear about it. Also, in addition to the organizations mentioned in the article, are there any other engaged in such work that we should know about?

J. MARK BERTRAND

J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor whose writing on Bible design has helped spark a publishing revolution. Mark is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World (Crossway, 2007), as well as the novels Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide—described as a “series worth getting attached to” (Christianity Today) by “a major crime fiction talent” (Weekly Standard) in the vein of Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and Henning Mankell.

Mark has a BA in English Literature from Union University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.Div. from Heidelberg Theological Seminary. Through his influential Bible Design Blog, Mark has championed a new generation of readable Bibles. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the Society of Bible Craftsmanship, and chairs the Society’s Award Committee. His work was featured in the November 2021 issue of FaithLife’s Bible Study Magazine.

Mark also serves on the board of Worldview Academy, where he has been a member of the faculty of theology since 2003. Since 2017, he has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife Laurie life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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