New "Story of God" commentary series from Zondervan

Only a couple of these have been released so far, but more are coming. It connects each book of the Bible with the whole story of God, and helps make it relevant to the stories of our own lives, with contemporary issues. I had a browse through one of them at the Regent Bookstore yesterday, and I really like it. But I want it in a digital version. It would be great if Logos could get in on the ground floor with them. Kindle versions are available from the get-go.

Here are the planned volumes:

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Milkman

Looks good. It reminds me of the NIVAC series. I'd seriously look at purchasing them.

mm.

Simon’s Brother

[:O] Rosie, the first two are already in Logos they came out quite a while ago on pre-pub. I'm surpised you missed them, maybe they are already in your extensive library

https://www.logos.com/product/34028/the-story-of-god-bible-commentary-series

Nick Steffen

Looks very helpful. Thanks, Rosie!

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Edit: Disciple of Christ, thanks for the link.

Milkman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/580379#Comment_580379

Oh my. Mark this down in the Logos annuls. But you're probably right, she missed them in her "Alexandrian" library.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/580379#Comment_580379

Rosie, the first two are already in Logos they came out quite a while ago on pre-pub. I'm surpised you missed them, maybe they are already in your extensive library

https://www.logos.com/product/34028/the-story-of-god-bible-commentary-series

Oh dear! Wonder of wonders, I did miss this. I usually catch everything that comes through pre-pub, as I check that page obsessively. Maybe I didn't realize this was going to be a good series. There were no sample pages available. But when I came across it in the Regent Bookstore, that's as good as an imprimatur for me. The bookstore manager, Bill Reimer, is exceedingly good at picking great stuff, finding excellent obscure books you'd never hear about through the normal grapevine, and avoiding faddish fluff. It is seriously the best Christian/theological bookstore I have ever set foot in. If you ever get a chance to come to Vancouver, don't miss it. In fact, plan a vacation to Vancouver someday just to visit this bookstore. It's that worth the trip.

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/580390#Comment_580390

And those two volumes are mentioned and available free through this thread:

http://community.logos.com/forums/t/82838.aspx

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/580396#Comment_580396

And those two volumes are mentioned and available free through this thread:

http://community.logos.com/forums/t/82838.aspx

Is it really the entire volumes that are free, or only sample ebook "shorts" -- excerpts from the full volumes. It wasn't clear from that website, but the titles they are using ("Kingdom Vision" for the Sermon on the Mount one, and "Eager Expectations" for the Phillipians one) do not appear on the covers of the full Kindle ebooks at Amazon.com. So I'm guessing they are just excerpts. But if someone who has received the PDFs already can chime in, we will know the truth and the truth shall set us free, even if the full commentary volumes aren't free.

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/580400#Comment_580400

But if someone who has received the PDFs already can chime in, we will know the truth and the truth shall set us free, even if the full commentary volumes aren't free.

I have the PDF documents and the commentaries in Logos as well.

The sermon on the mount PDF covers Matthew 5:1-42 but no further. It seems to be a complete extract from the commentary but just of that portion.

In a similar way the Philippians PDF goes up to Philippians 2:5

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/580402#Comment_580402

Thanks Graham - I downloaded these late last night and haven't even looked at them yet.

Simon’s Brother

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/580400#Comment_580400

And those two volumes are mentioned and available free through this thread:

http://community.logos.com/forums/t/82838.aspx

Is it really the entire volumes that are free, or only sample ebook "shorts" -- excerpts from the full volumes. It wasn't clear from that website, but the titles they are using ("Kingdom Vision" for the Sermon on the Mount one, and "Eager Expectations" for the Phillipians one) do not appear on the covers of the full Kindle ebooks at Amazon.com. So I'm guessing they are just excerpts. But if someone who has received the PDFs already can chime in, we will know the truth and the truth shall set us free, even if the full commentary volumes aren't free.

From the web page it seems these are only extracts but I would not use the words crafted and curated personally, I'd use the more direct language of simply saying it was an extract - once again marketing hype makes the waters cloudy. This fits from my memory of when I downloaded them from this site when I first saw these titles on prepub.

Download “Kingdom Vision,” a free eBook by Scot McKnight. Crafted from The Story of God Bible Commentary: The Sermon on the Mount,

Download “Eager Expectations,” the free eBook by Lynn H. Cohick, curated from The Story of God Bible Commentary: Philippians.

Nicholas Denner

Are these still coming or have they been cancelled?

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1203277#Comment_1203277

Are these still coming or have they been cancelled?

There are 21 volumes available now in print and Kindle, and all of these are available in Logos format too. The most recent one came out in Dec 2021, so I would hardly say it seems like the series has been "cancelled".

It looks like 22 volumes are still forthcoming:

https://bestcommentaries.com/series/story-of-god-bible-commentary-sgbc/

It seems that the http://www.storyofgodseries.com/ website has not been updated in a while. But more volumes have been released since it was last updated.