Why Our Church Switched to the ESV

Why Our Church Switched to the ESV by Kevin DeYoung was published by Intervarsity Press in July 2011 and is our 18039th best seller. The ISBN for Why Our Church Switched to the ESV is 9781433527449.

In Why Our Church Switched to the ESV DeYoung shares seven reasons why he encouraged his church to switch Bible translations to the ESV.

A few years into his current pastoral role, Kevin DeYoung was faced with a church that needed to replace its well-worn pew Bibles. DeYoung wrote to his congregation, outlining seven reasons why he preferred the English Standard Version (ESV) and was proposing its adoption.

Among his top reasons for switching to the ESV DeYoung noted its essentially literal translation philosophy, avoidance of over- and under-translation, consistency in translating important Greek and Hebrew words, and retention of important literary features.