TYPOS: Punctuation Typos/Errors Throughout the Whole Book: "Good or God"

Richard Villanueva

Not sure if it's just me (maybe a font error on my laptop?) or everyone, but John Bevere's "Good or God" book that was recently promoted has some strange typos throughout.  

I already sent it in on the "Report Typos", but thought that since it was throughout the entire book, it would be helpful to post here for Vyrso staff to see. 

Here are some copy/pastes as an example:

From the Intro:

“When I read the stories of people who did unprecedented things out of love for God, I find myself longing to be among them. Good or God? speaks to what happens in the minds and hearts of those who truly embrace God’s best—rather than settling for easier counterfeits. If you share this desire to know and serve God in a radical way, I urge you to read this book.”

—John C. Maxwell, best-selling author and speaker

“John Bevere’s book Good or God? will challenge you to never settle for less than God’s best. John does a brilliant job of reminding us that we will find God when we look for Him.”

—Jentezen Franklin, senior pastor of Free Chapel and New York Times best-selling author of Fasting

Excerpt from the middle of the book.

 I CHARGE [you] in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, Who is to judge the living and the dead, and by (in the light of) His coming and His kingdom: Herald and preach the Word! (2 Timothy 3:16–4:2 AMP)

Again, did you note the words reproof, conviction of sin, correction of error, and discipline in obedience? Did you also note that Scripture trains us in holy living, and that Paul then commanded Timothy and us to preach the Word (Scripture)? Putting it all together, here is in essence what’s being commanded:

Excerpt from near the end of the book:

In Israel it was customary to bring an offering or gift to a prophet. As a young man, the future King Saul and his servant were searching for his father’s lost donkeys. After an exasperating hunt, the servant recommended they travel to a nearby city to see if a prophet named Samuel who lived there could help them locate the donkeys. Saul’s immediate response was, “If we go, what do we have to give him? There’s no more bread in our sacks. We’ve nothing to bring as a gift to the holy man. Do we have anything else?” (1 Samuel 9:7 The Message) This was the typical attitude when approaching a prophet.

Let’s go to a different time period in Israel. A Syrian army officer named Naaman came to the prophet Elisha’s house.

 Bevere, John. Good or God? Why Good without God Isn’t Enough. Palmer Lake, Colorado: Messenger International, 2015. Print.

JT (alabama24)

Richard Villanueva said:

I already sent it in on the "Report Typos", but thought that since it was throughout the entire book, it would be helpful to post here for Vyrso staff to see

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Vyrso resources are auto converted from the publisher file. If the issue was in the conversion, or if the publisher sent a bad file, FL might be able to do something about it. If the issue is in the source document (which is sometimes the case), there isn't anything FL can do. 

We will need the Vyrso team to take a look. Hopefully it can be corrected! 

MJ. Smith

This appears to be a simple case of the encoding of the manuscript not matching the expected encoding - the code for the apostrophe is a give away. Faithlife should be able to get this fixed quickly ... when they are back at work.

Richard Villanueva

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/771153#Comment_771153

That's what I was thinking as well. Thanks for confirming its not on my end. I know I've seen these kind of errors before on other digital media. 

I I know that reporting them is a generally good first step, for larger issues like this, would the forums be the right place to post, or should I have emailed someone directly at FL??

Thanks, MJ & Alabama!!

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/771156#Comment_771156

Richard Villanueva said:

would the forums be the right place to post, or should I have emailed someone directly at FL??

For Logos resources, I would certainly use the "report typo" feature, although the forums don't hurt. For Vyrso resources, the forums are probably best. 

Erin (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/771165#Comment_771165

Hi everyone,

Thanks for pointing this out. I've passed this along to our content production team to see if there's anything we can do!

Richard Villanueva

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/771523#Comment_771523

Erin Land said:

I've passed this along to our content production team to see if there's anything we can do!

Just had a resource download today a behold, "Good or God is" now GOOD!  Thanks for fixing all the typos.  Looks great!