From the first service of this New Year, you will notice a change in the sanctuary – our pew Bibles are now ESV. We have talked about this off and on for a while, but finally made the leap at the end of the year.

There are many reasons for this switch. Some of those reasons were covered in Robert Berman’s Sunday School classes last spring and others reviewed in an article by him in newsletter.

If you are interested in reading some good reasons for the ESV, check out the brochure by Kevin DeYoung called “Why Our Church Switched to the ESV.” It outlines seven reasons his church, University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, switched. (Note: His argument does not include the added wrinkle of the 2011 revision of the NIV which also factored into our decision)

Happy reading and Happy New Year!

Pastor Mike