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Hands-On Bible Relaunch + Contest

We’re relaunching the Hands-On Bible, which is Tyndale’s best-selling kids’ Bible.  If you’re familiar with the previously published version, this one is a bit smaller, has blue type inside, and the full-color pages inside (called tip-ins) have been completely redesigned. A bit of trivia: the Hands-On Bible was the first Bible published with the NLT second [...]

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Are you reading this in an RSS reader? Change your subscription URL today

If you are subscribed to the NLT Blog through our old RSS feed, I hope you’ll join us at our new RSS Feed. Since we’ve switched to a new blogging platform, we’re switching our RSS feed location. You’ll still be able to read new posts from the old feed for a short amount of transition time, [...]

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The NLT Blog is now on WordPress!

We’ve made the switch—the NLT Blog is now a WordPress blog. (So much peer pressure–I don’t know how we held out this long)
Because we have a custom design and custom URL, you’ll probably only notice a few small changes. The main change is in the RSS feed. If you have been reading the NLT blog [...]

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No Room at the Inn?

We’ve all heard the Christmas story from Luke 2 many times, and we’ll hear it again this Christmas. And you’ll probably hear that “there was no room in the inn.” But was it an inn (that is, a public place of accommodations) where Joseph and Mary found no room?
The NLT (2nd ed.) renders this familiar [...]

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Share a story about the NLT and win a trip to Israel

Do you have something to say about why you use the NLT, an example of a passage that the NLT has clarified for you, or the impact that the NLT has had in your life or ministry? If you’re reading this blog, I’m going to guess that you probably do.

That story may win you a [...]

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Reflections on Advent Week 2

Here are the links to Sean’s reflections on Advent, Week 2:

Advent 2
Isaiah 40:1-11
Psalm 85
2 Peter 3:8-14
Mark 1:1-8

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Reflections on Advent Week 1

Sean Harrison, General Editor of the NLT Study Bible, has been reading and blogging the advent readings from Mosaic. Sean is, as you would expect of a study Bible editor, very knowledgeable and thoughtful about the Bible. So I recommend his posts to you. Here’s where you can read along in Mosaic (or with [...]

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The Advent of Advent

Advent starts tomorrow! And so do the readings in Holy Bible: Mosaic. Are you going to be reading it?
If you haven’t decided yet, you can try it out for free online: just use this online booklet, which includes the four weeks of advent from Mosaic. (click on the corners of the pages to turn them) [...]

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Who Owns Christian Publishing Houses?

Blogger Polycarp of the blog The Church of Jesus Christ recently wrote a blog post entitled “We support Christian Publishing Houses, but Whom do They Support?” He takes an interesting look at the major Christian publishing companies and how they’re financed, especially putting time into the Tyndale Foundation, which owns Tyndale.
He concludes: “Frankly, [...]

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Join our party/giveaway! Mosaic releases today!

Update: the contest is now complete and we’re happy to announce that Holy Bible: Mosaic, hardcover was ranked at 2,504 in books at midnight last night, out of nearly nine million books for sale at Amazon. I’ll announce the winner of the deluxe edition and $300 Amazon.com gift certificate this afternoon. Thanks to all who [...]

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