I love thin-line bibles with references, concordance, and matt finish maps with map index. I don’t mind if the Bible’s are a little taller and wider with a bit of space in the margins in order to make the font larger like 9.0 font or 9.5, but please dear publishers- keep your bibles “thin.” A one inch thickness is perfect. I hope Schuyler makes a 1” thick CSB translation in that desert camel color way. Kudos to Crossway on their thin-line bibles. You listen to your customers. I got to buy this Bible in full grain leather. Tim, as always you did a great job talking about thin line bibles. 😊
One of my all time favorite bibles is the NRSV go anywhere compact thinline Bible, it’s a 6pt font but it’s such a clean layout that I can read it fairly comfortably even without my reading glasses and it has the apocrypha. I take it with me everywhere
The difference between the 2 are that the Full Grain Leather is made from the top layer of the animal hide, which is really strong and has a rich texture. This gives the leather its nice, refined look. On the other hand, Genuine Leather can be taken from any layer of the hide and is often sanded or buffed to smooth out any natural imperfections.
I had bought myself an NASB 95 thin line, bonded leather Bible for quick reference when i did my Bible studies. The portability of it is super convenient and very easy to handle. I don't use it as much since i bought my NASB 95 MacArthur Study Bible but it does come in handy still.
Love the bloopers! 😂 I too am a fan of thinline Bibles. My favorite is my ESV top grain leather. It's a bit larger since my aging eyes need large print these days. It just feels right in my hands.
Oh, my secondhand ESV faux leather bible is thin lined ! Learn something new everyday 😊 I love the simplicity of the pages, not busy, very relaxing to read.
Thanks for including all of the bloopers - you made me smile. I have 3 of those NIV thinline leather Bibles like yours - brown/tan, black and blue - which I used when I was first saved in 1980. They are well loved and marked up. These days [at 75 years old] the font is too small for my old eyes. I really enjoy your channel.
I was beginning to think (with all the bloopers) that you needed a nap before doing this video, but you got it together. LOL, it added so much fun to the beginning. Additionally, it kept me from tuning out. I'm not a thinline fan. I'm a little older than you (70 yrs.) but recently had my vision corrected by cataract removal and implants. So I can now read 7 pt font without to much difficulty. Also, the gsm /opacity on thinline was always to thin, allowing the words to bleed through the pages. However, this one look great. I'm impressed. Usually I stick to 32 gsm personal size, but I may need to look into the new thinlines. Thanks again for a fun informative video.
Gidday Tim. I must say that I absolutely LOVED the intro with all the bloopers, it was a lot of fun and I laughed so much. You should do more of these 😀. I don't have any thinline bibles so I can't comment on them. I love a good thick chunky bible, knowledge is power 🙂
Point #3 is why I love large print personal size Bibles. When I became a Christian as a teenager, I saved up my babysitting money and picked out my own Bible that happened to be a personal size. Now, that's the kind of Bible that just "feels right" to me.
Thinlines are great! They're so portable and just the right size to fit in your hand and flip through easily. My first bible was a thinline R. L. Allan (Collins Fontana 16 mo. ref.) that my parents gifted me in 1977. It was my daily throughout my teens and I still love the familiar thin profile! It has an 8 pt. font, is 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" and only 7/8" thick, but it still has a 250-page concordance and a set of maps.
LOVE thinlines! I have sooooo many on my shelves. They’re my favorite for teaching. My favorite one is a CSB I bought from Scriptura last year as a gift to myself on my first Mother’s Day.
I like the size of thinline bibles because it keeps them light and also allows them to have larger print without making the Bible too thick and hefty. I have a large print NLT filament thinline in synthetic leather and it’s great.
I have a thinline, single colour, brown faux leather NET. It's my fave bible these days. I love, love, love the KJV, but the NET thinline is my favourite these days.
I have an old New King James thinline alligator skin bible from Nelson with medium print book intros, Concordance and maps, just got done repairing some of the pages. Thinlines are what I carry to church, except for when I'm preaching and studying
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Great review and love the bloopers at the start! I think this would be a very nice bible for my son who is on the go in college. Good size and classy look.
My daily read/church Bible is an ESV Thinline in Horween leather I was lucky enough to get when there was an offer on! I absolutely love it. My previous church used the NIV and I had one of the thinline bibles in blue buffalo leather. Still love and read that one too.
Thinlines with center column reference is such an instant nostalgic bible feel for me. I think it's because the last bible my grandmother had (never really knew her, she passed when I was still practically a baby) was given to my mom and its an old 84 NIV Thinline in burgundy bonded leather with center column references. Then, the various center column reference Cambridge bibles I've always seen. Something about it. But I love my large print thinline CSB. For just a little bit of extra real-estate the print size is great.
I've got a few thinline bibles in different translations. I've got NIV, NKJV, ESV and NLT bibles. Thinline bibles are so easy to carry wherever you go, be it church or at home.
It is being familiar with your Bible. I am so use to a single column CSB. The personal size slate just feels right in my hand. I also have a large print notetakers csb that I know where I put notes and I can just turn at a whim. I preached yesterday with my personal size and I was able to turn back and forth without skipping a beat
I have a number of bibles, but I really like the smaller one since I can grab it and stuff it in my lunch bag( fits perfectly) and take it anywhere. I write notes in it, highlight it, etc. If I need to do some research I go home and do it in my big study Bible.
Got this Bible a couple of months ago and I love it. I had a TruTone Large Print Thinline ESV, but gave it to my sister who wanted a good translation to read and replaced it with this one.
For a guy who doesn't typically like Thinline Bibles I've sure had my fair share of 'em in the past. I've had three that I particularly loved: NASB, ESV, and TNIV. I carried that TNIV one with me quite often. The portability of a Thinline that I can keep in my truck is so convenient.
I have a growing collection of thinlines: NIV, NASB95, NKJV, TLV, and some differing sizes of other translations, but the NIV & NASB95 are my go-to. For the same reasons, I love these more than any other format. I'm only 23, so I have no need for large text bibles; the thinline has small yet readable text, and is the most portable and practical out of any other bible format I've seen. Thinline for the win 🔥
I would love to have a good recommendation on a thin line with really good opaque non-ghosting paper. I bought the ESV thin line, genuine leather and unfortunately the paper is really bad with the ghosting. Thanks for any advice you can offer and it’s always thank you for all that you do.
I have the premium collection of the NKJV Thinline from Thomas Nelson. They have the amazing opaque paper that doesn't ghost or bleed through. Would recommend checking it out!
What makes the CSB Thinline so unique as well is it uses a 9 point typeface. If Holman made a premium version of that exact Bible I would give them my money yesterday. Thinlines are my favorite.
The paper in the CSB Thinline wrinkles a lot and doesn'thold up at all with microns. I used 005 microns and colored pencils in mine, and it is ruined. I'd love a CSB Thinline with some premium paper! Or paper that is as good as what Crossway uses. My Crossway Thinline has great paper. 😊
The other publishers like Crossway, Tyndale, and Thomas Nelson make nice Thinlines with good paper. Holman is the exception. That's sad, because I really like the CSB.
Rob here! Great video and I love the light heartedness! Okay…I get your reasoning…For me, I carry the Schuyler Stridon NASB as my carry everywhere…it is just not that big and ohhhh the quality…I don’t own a thin line specifically, but the Stridon is close enough for me with enough bells and whistles to help me when I need it on the road.🤷♂️🤷♂️
I got an NIV Thin Line with my name on it for my HS graduation in 2008. That was by far my favorite bible. Had to retire it as it was falling apart, though I still keep it in my office as my "thought for thoughtish" translation :)
I have an ESV I bought in tru-tone then had rebound in calfskin that I use to preach every week. I’ve found it to be the easiest for me personally to hold.
Tim if you still use the NIV PSQ today, can you do a crash test update on how the NIV PSQ has held up over the years? great video by the way, I love this ESV Thinline as well, I did a video on it last week and have been using it everyday cause I really want to see how it holds up and patinas, so far so good!
As far as portability and the phone, consider a Kindle Oasis. They don't make them anymore so you have to ebay them, but they are front lit with a nice grip and two buttons so you can turn pages with your gripping thumb. Front lit as opposed to back lit makes the page look like paper and is easy on your eyes. I hve 8 translations, and all are study bibles on mine. They are a bit over $200 now if you can find one. Love your channel.
I've been carrying my collection of Bibles, hymnals (plus Liber Usualis) and my Book of Common Prayer on my various Kindles for a decade now. I have the original Kindle XL, which is no longer supported, but it's easy to upload to it with my PC. A bit heavy, but less than the whole library :) It's not backlit, but the size and font adjustments make it great for music or lecturn reading. I've got an old Paperwhite in a goatskin cover that I carry in my bag and dearly love, but it's got an annoying dead pixel, so I've recently replaced it with the current stock Kindle. If you set up Alexa to monitor Amazon offerings, you can occasionally get discontinued models as resales or refurbished, and they run good deals on pay by the month on newer products. I also have a couple Echo Shows for videos and other tasks. They are fairly loud and clear, and flexible for reading out loud. I have several vision problems and MS, and the Kindles and Alexa are great assistive tools that don't cost an arm and leg.
Familiarity is so true. For ten years I used a zippered NLT pocket Bible, when it was falling apart beyond usability I went searching for a bible. Now I use a zippered NKJV PSQ, something about the zipper that makes my Bible feel like my Bible I guess
Dude, don’t worry about being scattered brained in a video like this. When this happens you show you know a lot about the topic, and you know more about the Bible than anyone I know online or in real life! That said I agree, for portability, comfort, and simplicity nothing beats a thin line! I love my newer NIV thin line that I carry to church, on vacation, or anywhere else.
Full grain is the entire grain of leather. Will be thicker leather depending on the part of the cow its from. Genuine leather is more of a catch all name, bit tends to be either the outer layer or mid layer of the grain. Genuine leather is usually also corrected grain, where they buff out any blemishes to make it "appear" nicer.
Through the years I’ve tried the alphabet soup of Bible versions. But eventually the NASB by Moody Press returns. Received it in 1979. The unique stories about receiving each version. Are as unique as the individual version.
I do love, thin line Bibles, and my first Bible that I read all the way through was an NKJV thin line. The one thing I typically don’t like about thin lines is that I like a nice thick, very opaque paper and you don’t typically get that in a thin line.
I love thinlines! Why they put a concordance or maps in a thinline I don’t understand. I have an ultra thinline bonded black leather KJV I’ve had for over 25 years and like you, it is just my ‘home’ bible from when I was young in the faith. It needs a good rebind!!
Genuine leather is the mdf of leather, whereas full grain is the solid wood of leather. Then different qualities of full grain leather from low to high end. Same as pine wood to solid oak or cherry wood
The MDF of leather would be bonded leather. Genuine leather is more of a catchall term for leather, but tends to be a partial grain, usually outer layer, sometimes mid layer
@wsmoran I do disagree because bonded leather involves the blending of plastics. Genuine leather is only leather manufactured into sheets from off cuts and scraps from major factories. It's a way basically every manufacturer recycles and gets money for their waste. Genuine leather is heavily corrected just like bonded but it is only leather. Many uses will have stiffeners in between 2 pieces of "leather". Belts is a really good example of this.
I'm with you in my love for thinlines. The problem is middle aged eyes! So I have been using the ESV large print thinline for years. It's still 5x8 size (I really don't like 9x6 sizes) but has the 10 point font. The trouble is they only make it in the cheap covers. I really want a premium, preferably calfskin, cover. I guess I might need to have it recovered. The trouble with that is not having it for weeks. Also I have only seen Paul's Leather and the like that recover but with the heavy, thick, raw leather (too stiff for me). I prefer the buttery floppy feel with standard yap (don't like the large yaps that get int he way especially on a small bible). Any way if you have any recommendations, I'm certainly open to them!! I'd love a new bible for Christmas, so your recommendations might get sent on to my husband! LOL Thank you for your videos!
I never heard of a thinline until a few months ago. I'm not a fan because of print size and no cross-reference. At my age, I need a large print. I've always liked the NASB, until a few years ago, I was introduced to the ESV and took a shine to it, though I still stuck with NAS. Recently, I got the LSB, and it has become my go to. I've never owned a true full-grain or genuine leather Bible due to the expense.
But anyway... my everyday carry is the Crossway Thinline in black genuine leather. It's the perfect size in every way. I do not like the one you featured because of the nicked and scratched leather. Otherwise the two seem identical.
I will say this about the red text you mention in 13:00, being colorblind the more contrast the better. A deep red is often times really hard for me to see and it basically becomes useless.
Love me a thinline Bible! When I had only one Bible, it was a thinline 1995 NASB that I got secondhand. Now my everyday carry Bible is a Common English Bible thinline and I love it. Love me some mainline translations, but you Evangelicals get all the options. 😂
Hi Tim, you crack me up..all the takes you took at the beginning of this video 😂😂, then all the times you forgot what type of leather Bible this was and having to get up to go look it up again and again 😂😂 are you just getting old and/or just forgetful. Just kidding 😊 but that’s the stuff I do and I’m 63. You’re too young for that. I love the thin line Bible and I have several crossways Bibles, thanks to you. Unfortunately my eyes are not good enough for the 8 pt. font. Can you recommend a good thin line Bible that would be at least a 9pt font? Thank you. You’re great. Blessings to you and Becca.
Hey Tim! Quick question. Is there such a thing as a thinline ESV single column? Thanks for your videos. Pulling for that ESV Quentel Desert Camel in the giveaway!!
I think the only reason I wouldn’t like thinline bibles is because I started doing journaling bibles, however I do have my nlt filament Bible blue leather rose ingraved one and it’s at my dads but I figured I’d get it the next time I go over there because I’m almost out of my journaling Bible and I won’t be able to transport it because it’s a thick bible now
Just ordered my first thinline Bible; God help me it is a NIV too. I tend towards Bibles that share my body type, big and wide. I've spent the first 40 plus years of my walk with a KJV as my translation. I was a KJV only sort of guy until I modernized with a NKJV that became my prefered reading version circa 2005. Starting in the mid 1980's I added the NASB, NIV, Amplified, and a HCSB to the library. Most recently, like in the last two years, I've added a printed 1560 edition Geneva and finally the ESV a few months ago. I do have a question though. I'm not asking it as a troll, as I am in a similar boat. Since all our worldly goods will be burnt up at some point, and I figure this means any and all collections, should we limit the quantities of things we enjoy collecting? I do not have as many Bibles as you, maybe a dozen KJV's or more in various versions, but do collect model trains that are related to my time in transportation and such circa 1975ish. I enjoy the artistry of modeling things I remember, but if they all went away, I'd not be super sad. I'd trade everything for the ability to keep a great Bible in hand, and that would be enough, well that and my glasses. What do you think?
There’s just something special about grabbing and holding a thinline Bible. My question to everybody is do you prefer a thinline or personal size Bible?
I love thin-line bibles with references, concordance, and matt finish maps with map index. I don’t mind if the Bible’s are a little taller and wider with a bit of space in the margins in order to make the font larger like 9.0 font or 9.5, but please dear publishers- keep your bibles “thin.” A one inch thickness is perfect. I hope Schuyler makes a 1” thick CSB translation in that desert camel color way. Kudos to Crossway on their thin-line bibles. You listen to your customers. I got to buy this Bible in full grain leather. Tim, as always you did a great job talking about thin line bibles. 😊
I love this explanation of the thin lines! I really love the bloopers in the beginning!
Yay, thank you!
😂 love the bloopers. Crossway makes the best thinline bible, and that new full grain leader is really nice looking!
Looks great! My kids have the early 80’s NIV, and NKJV… THEY ARE AWESOME.
I have a crossway premium ESV rebound by narrowgate leather. It’s so rustic and patinas so nicely as the years go on!
One of my all time favorite bibles is the NRSV go anywhere compact thinline Bible, it’s a 6pt font but it’s such a clean layout that I can read it fairly comfortably even without my reading glasses and it has the apocrypha. I take it with me everywhere
The difference between the 2 are that the Full Grain Leather is made from the top layer of the animal hide, which is really strong and has a rich texture. This gives the leather its nice, refined look.
On the other hand, Genuine Leather can be taken from any layer of the hide and is often sanded or buffed to smooth out any natural imperfections.
Right, you explain it better than me. "Genuine Leather" doesn't mean much today.
You're killing me Tim. I have way too many bibles already and now I have to have this one.
Sorry!
@@timwildsmith It will be here this morning. But hey there are way worse things to spend money on.
The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded. 😂
Thin lines are my favorite as well. Got my first one a year or so ago, and I loved it so much.
I've had my ESV thinline fullgrain for two weeks now and it's my new EDC Bible. It's awesome
I had bought myself an NASB 95 thin line, bonded leather Bible for quick reference when i did my Bible studies. The portability of it is super convenient and very easy to handle. I don't use it as much since i bought my NASB 95 MacArthur Study Bible but it does come in handy still.
Love the bloopers! 😂 I too am a fan of thinline Bibles. My favorite is my ESV top grain leather. It's a bit larger since my aging eyes need large print these days. It just feels right in my hands.
Oh, my secondhand ESV faux leather bible is thin lined ! Learn something new everyday 😊
I love the simplicity of the pages, not busy, very relaxing to read.
Thanks for including all of the bloopers - you made me smile. I have 3 of those NIV thinline leather Bibles like yours - brown/tan, black and blue - which I used when I was first saved in 1980. They are well loved and marked up. These days [at 75 years old] the font is too small for my old eyes. I really enjoy your channel.
I also love thinline Bibles Tim. They are the BEST! Easy to carry to Church, or anywhere! 🦬🥦🥦🥦🦬
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Thanks!
I was beginning to think (with all the bloopers) that you needed a nap before doing this video, but you got it together. LOL, it added so much fun to the beginning. Additionally, it kept me from tuning out. I'm not a thinline fan. I'm a little older than you (70 yrs.) but recently had my vision corrected by cataract removal and implants. So I can now read 7 pt font without to much difficulty. Also, the gsm /opacity on thinline was always to thin, allowing the words to bleed through the pages. However, this one look great. I'm impressed. Usually I stick to 32 gsm personal size, but I may need to look into the new thinlines. Thanks again for a fun informative video.
I’m right there with you man… thinline’s are the best!
Gidday Tim. I must say that I absolutely LOVED the intro with all the bloopers, it was a lot of fun and I laughed so much. You should do more of these 😀. I don't have any thinline bibles so I can't comment on them. I love a good thick chunky bible, knowledge is power 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Point #3 is why I love large print personal size Bibles. When I became a Christian as a teenager, I saved up my babysitting money and picked out my own Bible that happened to be a personal size. Now, that's the kind of Bible that just "feels right" to me.
Thinlines are great! They're so portable and just the right size to fit in your hand and flip through easily. My first bible was a thinline R. L. Allan (Collins Fontana 16 mo. ref.) that my parents gifted me in 1977. It was my daily throughout my teens and I still love the familiar thin profile! It has an 8 pt. font, is 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" and only 7/8" thick, but it still has a 250-page concordance and a set of maps.
LOVE thinlines! I have sooooo many on my shelves. They’re my favorite for teaching. My favorite one is a CSB I bought from Scriptura last year as a gift to myself on my first Mother’s Day.
I’m so ready for this video 🥳
I like the size of thinline bibles because it keeps them light and also allows them to have larger print without making the Bible too thick and hefty. I have a large print NLT filament thinline in synthetic leather and it’s great.
I have a thinline, single colour, brown faux leather NET. It's my fave bible these days. I love, love, love the KJV, but the NET thinline is my favourite these days.
I have a ESV tru tone thinline I used for years. The Lord used it to shape me. Amen.
I have an old New King James thinline alligator skin bible from Nelson with medium print book intros, Concordance and maps, just got done repairing some of the pages. Thinlines are what I carry to church, except for when I'm preaching and studying
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Great review and love the bloopers at the start! I think this would be a very nice bible for my son who is on the go in college. Good size and classy look.
My daily read/church Bible is an ESV Thinline in Horween leather I was lucky enough to get when there was an offer on! I absolutely love it. My previous church used the NIV and I had one of the thinline bibles in blue buffalo leather. Still love and read that one too.
I love thinline Bibles!!!! My cheap ESV thinline TruTone is still my favorite Bible!
Love the outtakes. It proves you're NOT a machine!
Thinlines with center column reference is such an instant nostalgic bible feel for me. I think it's because the last bible my grandmother had (never really knew her, she passed when I was still practically a baby) was given to my mom and its an old 84 NIV Thinline in burgundy bonded leather with center column references.
Then, the various center column reference Cambridge bibles I've always seen. Something about it.
But I love my large print thinline CSB. For just a little bit of extra real-estate the print size is great.
“We’re not professionals!” ;)
Thanks for the laughs. :)
I like them for portability as well (that’s my church Bible). I have the dark brown ESV thinline with the spine hubs. I love it!
I've got a few thinline bibles in different translations. I've got NIV, NKJV, ESV and NLT bibles. Thinline bibles are so easy to carry wherever you go, be it church or at home.
It is being familiar with your Bible. I am so use to a single column CSB. The personal size slate just feels right in my hand. I also have a large print notetakers csb that I know where I put notes and I can just turn at a whim. I preached yesterday with my personal size and I was able to turn back and forth without skipping a beat
I have a number of bibles, but I really like the smaller one since I can grab it and stuff it in my lunch bag( fits perfectly) and take it anywhere. I write notes in it, highlight it, etc. If I need to do some research I go home and do it in my big study Bible.
This is perhaps the best recently released video in existence.
Hey thanks!
I never knew thinlines til about 1.5 yrs ago... I totally agree. Thinlines are the BEST!!
Got this Bible a couple of months ago and I love it. I had a TruTone Large Print Thinline ESV, but gave it to my sister who wanted a good translation to read and replaced it with this one.
My favorite thin line bible is the Thomas Nelson NKJV Thinline blue cover.
For a guy who doesn't typically like Thinline Bibles I've sure had my fair share of 'em in the past. I've had three that I particularly loved: NASB, ESV, and TNIV. I carried that TNIV one with me quite often. The portability of a Thinline that I can keep in my truck is so convenient.
I have a growing collection of thinlines: NIV, NASB95, NKJV, TLV, and some differing sizes of other translations, but the NIV & NASB95 are my go-to. For the same reasons, I love these more than any other format. I'm only 23, so I have no need for large text bibles; the thinline has small yet readable text, and is the most portable and practical out of any other bible format I've seen. Thinline for the win 🔥
I would love to have a good recommendation on a thin line with really good opaque non-ghosting paper. I bought the ESV thin line, genuine leather and unfortunately the paper is really bad with the ghosting. Thanks for any advice you can offer and it’s always thank you for all that you do.
I have the premium collection of the NKJV Thinline from Thomas Nelson. They have the amazing opaque paper that doesn't ghost or bleed through. Would recommend checking it out!
What makes the CSB Thinline so unique as well is it uses a 9 point typeface. If Holman made a premium version of that exact Bible I would give them my money yesterday. Thinlines are my favorite.
The paper in the CSB Thinline wrinkles a lot and doesn'thold up at all with microns. I used 005 microns and colored pencils in mine, and it is ruined.
I'd love a CSB Thinline with some premium paper! Or paper that is as good as what Crossway uses. My Crossway Thinline has great paper. 😊
@@CreationhorseI agree. The paper is not quality at all. A nice goatskin or calfskin bible with some quality GSM paper would be amazing.
The other publishers like Crossway, Tyndale, and Thomas Nelson make nice Thinlines with good paper. Holman is the exception. That's sad, because I really like the CSB.
Rob here! Great video and I love the light heartedness! Okay…I get your reasoning…For me, I carry the Schuyler Stridon NASB as my carry everywhere…it is just not that big and ohhhh the quality…I don’t own a thin line specifically, but the Stridon is close enough for me with enough bells and whistles to help me when I need it on the road.🤷♂️🤷♂️
I am so glad to know that I am not the only one that has to re-record sections over and over again because I get tongue tied 😂
I got an NIV Thin Line with my name on it for my HS graduation in 2008. That was by far my favorite bible. Had to retire it as it was falling apart, though I still keep it in my office as my "thought for thoughtish" translation :)
I just used your affiliate link to order my first ESV Bible and chose the thinline buffalo leather
For portability and ease of use, I tend to reach for my large print thinline NIV from Zondervan.
I have an ESV I bought in tru-tone then had rebound in calfskin that I use to preach every week. I’ve found it to be the easiest for me personally to hold.
I absolutely love that two tone CSB Thinline as a Church Bible.
I love the character of the leather on this Bible!
Tim if you still use the NIV PSQ today, can you do a crash test update on how the NIV PSQ has held up over the years?
great video by the way, I love this ESV Thinline as well, I did a video on it last week and have been using it everyday cause I really want to see how it holds up and patinas, so far so good!
It's hard to argue against thinline Bibles. The two column portability is outstanding.
As far as portability and the phone, consider a Kindle Oasis. They don't make them anymore so you have to ebay them, but they are front lit with a nice grip and two buttons so you can turn pages with your gripping thumb. Front lit as opposed to back lit makes the page look like paper and is easy on your eyes. I hve 8 translations, and all are study bibles on mine. They are a bit over $200 now if you can find one. Love your channel.
I've been carrying my collection of Bibles, hymnals (plus Liber Usualis) and my Book of Common Prayer on my various Kindles for a decade now. I have the original Kindle XL, which is no longer supported, but it's easy to upload to it with my PC. A bit heavy, but less than the whole library :) It's not backlit, but the size and font adjustments make it great for music or lecturn reading.
I've got an old Paperwhite in a goatskin cover that I carry in my bag and dearly love, but it's got an annoying dead pixel, so I've recently replaced it with the current stock Kindle.
If you set up Alexa to monitor Amazon offerings, you can occasionally get discontinued models as resales or refurbished, and they run good deals on pay by the month on newer products.
I also have a couple Echo Shows for videos and other tasks. They are fairly loud and clear, and flexible for reading out loud.
I have several vision problems and MS, and the Kindles and Alexa are great assistive tools that don't cost an arm and leg.
Me too! Thin line is the best
You’re videos are the best
Hey thanks!
@@timwildsmith could I talk to you
Thinlines are the best bible format, change my mind.
I can’t, I agree! I do love a wide margin or a personal size also but thinlines are so versatile!! Really the best!
Nah. Hard to do thinlines in single column format (which is the best).
Chunky bibles for the win.
No, you!
They are great if you can still see! The large -print thinlines have a big footprint even though they are thin.
Taking notes is absolutely priceless.
Familiarity is so true. For ten years I used a zippered NLT pocket Bible, when it was falling apart beyond usability I went searching for a bible. Now I use a zippered NKJV PSQ, something about the zipper that makes my Bible feel like my Bible I guess
Dude, don’t worry about being scattered brained in a video like this. When this happens you show you know a lot about the topic, and you know more about the Bible than anyone I know online or in real life! That said I agree, for portability, comfort, and simplicity nothing beats a thin line! I love my newer NIV thin line that I carry to church, on vacation, or anywhere else.
Great intro!! The bloopers got me dying!! 😂
I like the brown ribbon! I don't see that color very often.
Thinlines are the best for church, in my opinion. The thin and easy to carry nature makes it ideal for church.
I concur. I have an ESV LP thinline reference, same edition available from Alastair Begg. Mine is trutone that I bought for
Big fan of showing the bloopers
Full grain is the entire grain of leather. Will be thicker leather depending on the part of the cow its from. Genuine leather is more of a catch all name, bit tends to be either the outer layer or mid layer of the grain. Genuine leather is usually also corrected grain, where they buff out any blemishes to make it "appear" nicer.
Tim's bloopers are hilarious
I feel ya I can't say recently without being what my grandmother and tongue twister I understand completely lol 😆
Through the years I’ve tried the alphabet soup of Bible versions. But eventually the NASB by Moody Press returns. Received it in 1979. The unique stories about receiving each version. Are as unique as the individual version.
I do love, thin line Bibles, and my first Bible that I read all the way through was an NKJV thin line. The one thing I typically don’t like about thin lines is that I like a nice thick, very opaque paper and you don’t typically get that in a thin line.
I'm sure you've already seen it, but the Omega Edition Heirloom Bible from Crossway is a slightly larger thinline with a 10.5 font size.
I have the Thomas Nelson NKJV Ultra Thin Bonded leather (planning to rebind with Goat skin).
Btw, thoroughly enjoy your videos! Looking forward to your book release, I’ve preordered. Have a great day!
Giant print is the best 😄
😂😂😂😂 that was SO funny this intro!!! LOL
TKS from Brazil
I love thinlines 👍
I love thinlines! Why they put a concordance or maps in a thinline I don’t understand. I have an ultra thinline bonded black leather KJV I’ve had for over 25 years and like you, it is just my ‘home’ bible from when I was young in the faith. It needs a good rebind!!
Genuine leather is the mdf of leather, whereas full grain is the solid wood of leather. Then different qualities of full grain leather from low to high end. Same as pine wood to solid oak or cherry wood
The MDF of leather would be bonded leather. Genuine leather is more of a catchall term for leather, but tends to be a partial grain, usually outer layer, sometimes mid layer
@wsmoran I do disagree because bonded leather involves the blending of plastics. Genuine leather is only leather manufactured into sheets from off cuts and scraps from major factories. It's a way basically every manufacturer recycles and gets money for their waste. Genuine leather is heavily corrected just like bonded but it is only leather. Many uses will have stiffeners in between 2 pieces of "leather". Belts is a really good example of this.
I'm with you in my love for thinlines. The problem is middle aged eyes! So I have been using the ESV large print thinline for years. It's still 5x8 size (I really don't like 9x6 sizes) but has the 10 point font. The trouble is they only make it in the cheap covers. I really want a premium, preferably calfskin, cover. I guess I might need to have it recovered. The trouble with that is not having it for weeks. Also I have only seen Paul's Leather and the like that recover but with the heavy, thick, raw leather (too stiff for me). I prefer the buttery floppy feel with standard yap (don't like the large yaps that get int he way especially on a small bible). Any way if you have any recommendations, I'm certainly open to them!! I'd love a new bible for Christmas, so your recommendations might get sent on to my husband! LOL Thank you for your videos!
I love large print thinlines.
Yeah large print thinline really is the sweet spot.
And I say that as a 29 year old that has 20/20 vision.
Very cool! Didn’t Tyndale send you a new premium thinline in their latest box? How is it?
I never heard of a thinline until a few months ago. I'm not a fan because of print size and no cross-reference. At my age, I need a large print. I've always liked the NASB, until a few years ago, I was introduced to the ESV and took a shine to it, though I still stuck with NAS. Recently, I got the LSB, and it has become my go to. I've never owned a true full-grain or genuine leather Bible due to the expense.
Broadman and Holman large print thinline all day 💪🏼
Hey Tim! Do other bibles like Schuyler, Allan, etc. have their own version of thinlines?
Tim I think you were really caffeinated during the filming of this video 😂
But anyway... my everyday carry is the Crossway Thinline in black genuine leather. It's the perfect size in every way. I do not like the one you featured because of the nicked and scratched leather. Otherwise the two seem identical.
I will say this about the red text you mention in 13:00, being colorblind the more contrast the better. A deep red is often times really hard for me to see and it basically becomes useless.
Love me a thinline Bible! When I had only one Bible, it was a thinline 1995 NASB that I got secondhand. Now my everyday carry Bible is a Common English Bible thinline and I love it. Love me some mainline translations, but you Evangelicals get all the options. 😂
Hi Tim, you crack me up..all the takes you took at the beginning of this video 😂😂, then all the times you forgot what type of leather Bible this was and having to get up to go look it up again and again 😂😂 are you just getting old and/or just forgetful. Just kidding 😊 but that’s the stuff I do and I’m 63. You’re too young for that. I love the thin line Bible and I have several crossways Bibles, thanks to you. Unfortunately my eyes are not good enough for the 8 pt. font. Can you recommend a good thin line Bible that would be at least a 9pt font? Thank you. You’re great. Blessings to you and Becca.
Hey Tim! Quick question. Is there such a thing as a thinline ESV single column? Thanks for your videos.
Pulling for that ESV Quentel Desert Camel in the giveaway!!
Actually there used to be. I gave mine away. There are some reviews on UA-cam if you search. But it wasn’t thin and the ghosting was awful
I like logos software so I can change font size! lol
Can you do a review on the ESV Journaling Bible, Interleaved Edition (TruTone, Mahogany, Mosaic Cross Design) Imitation Leather?
Do you have rebound examples? I want to rebind my Tru-tone ESV Thinline, but but I'd lose the lion stamp on the front that it came with.
I think the only reason I wouldn’t like thinline bibles is because I started doing journaling bibles, however I do have my nlt filament Bible blue leather rose ingraved one and it’s at my dads but I figured I’d get it the next time I go over there because I’m almost out of my journaling Bible and I won’t be able to transport it because it’s a thick bible now
I’m concerned that this thumbnail leaves your attitude toward thinline Bibles ambiguous. 😂
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Do you like large print (larger size) thinline bibles or personal size (smaller than the large print thinlines, but thicker) bibles better?
Just ordered my first thinline Bible; God help me it is a NIV too. I tend towards Bibles that share my body type, big and wide. I've spent the first 40 plus years of my walk with a KJV as my translation. I was a KJV only sort of guy until I modernized with a NKJV that became my prefered reading version circa 2005. Starting in the mid 1980's I added the NASB, NIV, Amplified, and a HCSB to the library. Most recently, like in the last two years, I've added a printed 1560 edition Geneva and finally the ESV a few months ago. I do have a question though. I'm not asking it as a troll, as I am in a similar boat. Since all our worldly goods will be burnt up at some point, and I figure this means any and all collections, should we limit the quantities of things we enjoy collecting? I do not have as many Bibles as you, maybe a dozen KJV's or more in various versions, but do collect model trains that are related to my time in transportation and such circa 1975ish. I enjoy the artistry of modeling things I remember, but if they all went away, I'd not be super sad. I'd trade everything for the ability to keep a great Bible in hand, and that would be enough, well that and my glasses. What do you think?
Do you know if crossway will produce an esv-ce thin line ?
There’s just something special about grabbing and holding a thinline Bible. My question to everybody is do you prefer a thinline or personal size Bible?
They're probably my favorites