ESV Study Bible Online FREE IN MARCH

If you haven't checked out the new ESV study Bible, you are missing out. The ESV has quickly become my favorite translation (I used to be a NAS guy - and later a rNAS guy). I haven't purchased the new ESV study Bible yet ... saving up my pennies, so I was excited to find out that Crossway has made the online version free during the month of March.

So, if you are interested, check it out here:

http://www.esvstudybible.org/online

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