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Five centuries of the most important book in the world, a blog almost no one expected anyone to find, and a pulpit on the prairie.
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NarratorFor five centuries, it was the most important book in the world.
And for much of the last one, it was made to be looked up. Not read.
Double columns.
Thin paper.
Glued spines that cracked in the hand.
Then, a man almost no one had heard of began to write about it.
A novelist.
A typographer.
A Southern expatriate who confessed he lived, mainly, in the past.
J. Mark Bertrand…in over twenty years of writing about Bible design.
NarratorHe called it, simply, Bible Design Blog.
He expected a handful of kindred spirits.
Instead, the letters came from every corner of the world.
And quietly, the publishers began to listen.
Single columns. Sewn bindings.
Bibles made to be read, cover to cover, like any great book.
A magazine put his face on its cover.
A museum in Washington opened its doors to the craft he had championed.
But at the very moment the golden age arrived,
he answered a different call.
A pulpit on the prairie. A congregation in Sioux Falls.
And still, he teaches.
J. Mark BertrandChristianity isn't just a belief system, it's a faith that you practice.
One of the things I think worldview thinking has the potential to do is realign us with deeper realities.
NarratorHe never sought the spotlight.
Only that the Word be set before us, as it was always meant to be.
Read.
J. Mark BertrandYou can ignore chapter and verse, just read the paragraph text, and get lost in it.
