The Message Slimline edition"Just one inch thick, The Message Slimline is the skinniest Message Bible ever. Including The Message's readable single column format, the Slimline edition combines the best features of both books and Bibles to give you the ideal Bible reading experience. The Message is a reading Bible translated from the original Greek and Hebrew Scriptures by scholar, pastor, author, and poet Eugene Peterson. Peterson spent ten years working on The Message after