Crossway Publishers recently released Unfolding Grace: 40 Guided Readings Through the Bible, and its accompanying study guide. Unfolding Grace marries two of my favorite things – Scripture’s story line of redemption (biblical theology) and the English Standard Version Bible.

I wouldn’t technically call Unfolding Grace a Bible, though its contents are thoroughly from the Bible. It doesn’t, however, include all of Scripture’s contents. Instead, choosing to include particular portions of the Bible’...