Design Problem: What is the Bible for?

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Written By J. MARK BERTRAND

After 9,545 miles traveled and a total of fifty-seven days on the road, I've returned from my summer teaching gig at Worldview Academy. If you've been wondering where I am -- and it seems quite a few of you were -- that's the answer. I'll have more to say about how my ESV Pitt Minion fared on the road, but for now, if you're experiencing advanced symptoms of Bertrand deprivation, here's a fix.

Back in May, the good people at Comment posted a piece I wrote summarizing my design concerns where the Bible is concerned. I should have posted the link back then, but -- what can I say? -- I've been swamped. So here goes:

Enjoy!
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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