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The Conflict Beautiful

The Conflict Beautiful


A beautifully designed, expertly crafted, NKJV edition of Ellen Gould White’s classic Conflict of the Ages series.
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Overview

The Conflict of the Ages by Ellen Gould White is a five-volume narrative Bible commentary spanning the history of the world from creation to future restoration. Originally written and published around the turn of the 20th century, The Conflict of the Ages reveals Christ’s character of love throughout the biblical story.

Our goal with The Conflict Beautiful was to create a beautifully designed, expertly crafted, NKJV edition of this timeless classic. We wanted to make books that are a joy to read and match the beauty of the words inside.


Design Details

As a creative studio we care about the small things because we understand the final result is simply the sum of all the decisions we made along the way. Keep reading to learn about some of our favorite design details within The Conflict Beautiful. 


Monograms

Among those familiar with Ellen White’s books, they are often cited by their acronyms: PP, PK, DA, AA, and GC. In light of this, we decided to design monograms for each book and we used the shapes found within the sanctuary as inspiration. The Outer Court and Holy Place are rectangles using a 2:1 ratio; the Most Holy Place and altar are perfect squares, and the laver is a circle. These shapes were stacked together to establish the underlying grid that was used in the creation of each monogram.

The monograms are presented in white foil on the spines, blind embossed on the cloth covers, and even show up within the patterns printed on the endpapers within each book. 

Color and Arrangement

The Conflict Beautiful is available with two distinct cover options—an elegant grayscale, hinting at the struggle between light and dark, and a sanctuary palette of scarlet, purple, and blue. 

In both cover options, the books are organized using a chiastic structure, which was a very common literary device used throughout the Bible. Essentially, the most important content is in the middle with the content before building to it and the content after mirroring that process in reverse. So The Desire of Ages (Ellen White’s book on the life of Christ) becomes the focal point in The Conflict Beautiful.

Slipcase

Every set of The Conflict Beautiful is delivered in a custom slipcase that’s wrapped in the same soft cloth that’s used on the covers of the books. The slipcase is also angled back to assist in removing and replacing the books.  

Typography and Paper

When it comes to book design, a really great typeface is one you don’t even notice. Your eyes glide across the page effortlessly moving from letter to letter, word to word, and line to line. This might sound simple, but designing a typeface that does all those things well is extremely difficult. After extensive exploration we decided to use Pensum Pro, a beautiful, highly readable font family designed by TypeMates, a foundry located in Germany.

The paper used on the interior of The Conflict Beautiful is made by Salzer. It’s silky smooth to the touch, ink sits beautifully on the page, it’s acid-free, chlorine-free, non-yellowing, has a high opacity, and best of all it’s entirely wood-free. This is a premium paper made specifically for books, and we think you’re going to love it as much as we do.

Dual Page Numbering

We created a dual-page numbering system to make sure it was easy to cite or lookup a specific passage, while not dictating the design of the page. 

The numbers in black along the bottom of the page are the page numbers for The Conflict Beautiful; the numbers in gray are the page numbers in the original editions of the books. The symbols in the outside margin mark the first complete paragraph of the original-edition page listed in gray type at the bottom of the page. To look up or cite a passage from a subsequent paragraph, simply count the paragraph breaks that come after the symbol.

Smyth Sewn Binding

We used Smyth Sewn binding for The Conflict Beautiful, which is the highest quality binding technique available. Each page is physically sewn in, resulting in a book that will stand up to heavy use over many years. Smyth Sewn books also open flat, making them a pleasure to read, and easy to highlight or jot notes in the margin.


CB with DA

The Conflict Beautiful is great on its own, but we promise you’ll experience these timeless books like you never have before if you choose to read through them alongside Pastor David Asscherick providing deep insights for each chapter. 

He already recorded videos for The Desire of Ages in a series he called DA with DA, and he is going to do the same for the remaining books in the Conflict of the Ages series starting with Patriarchs and Prophets in early 2022—a series he’s calling OT with DA.

Head on over to his YouTube page if you’d like to check out DA with DA, and follow him on Instagram if you want to stay up-to-date on OT with DA. 



Editorial Updates

The Conflict Beautiful reads in an almost identical way to the original editions and is not a contemporary paraphrase in any sense. The overall editorial intent was to preserve the integrity of the author’s original ideas at all levels, from the chapter level down to the individual words. 

If you would like to review a comprehensive list of the editorial changes made across all five books, please click here. 


KJV to NKJV

The New King James Version (NKJV) is quoted in place of most King James Version (KJV) Bible quotations throughout the book series. The KJV is maintained in some instances, such as, for example, when Ellen White highlights a specific word in KJV as the thematic focus of a sentence or paragraph; when the NKJV wording brings a much different word picture or meaning than Ellen White’s use of KJV; and in rare instances where she cites a margin note in KJV that is crucial to her meaning. Ellen White occasionally quotes from the Revised Version (R.V.), and some of these instances have been maintained in the Conflict Beautiful series, mainly where she uses R.V. to gain a particular word in the Bible quotation that does not appear in KJV.

Archaic Words

One of our goals with The Conflict Beautiful was to create the best reading experience possible, and this meant updating select words using the following criteria: (1) the word is archaic and unfamiliar to contemporary audiences, and (2) the meaning of the word today is different from its meaning in the nineteenth century.

Examples of word changes that meet both of these criteria are intercourse (changed to “interaction”); aught (“anything”); ass (“donkey”); demoralized (“corrupted”); idiotic (“mentally impaired”); list (“wish”); promiscuous (“indiscriminate”); and without (“outside”). 


The Content

The books that make up the Conflict of the Ages series—Patriarchs and Prophets, Prophets and Kings, The Desire of Ages, The Acts of the Apostles, and The Great Controversy—were written and revised over a 50-year period beginning in the late 1850s. They tell the story of God’s interaction with mankind, drawn from White’s understanding of scripture, her engagement with biblical scholars, and visions she received from God.

Two themes are central in White’s writings, and especially these books: One is the great conflict between God and Satan, and that age-long conflict is the namesake of both the series and the final book, The Great Controversy. The other theme is the infinitely loving character of God. The entire series begins and ends, literally, with the three words “God is love.”


Patriarchs and Prophets

Written in 1890, Patriarchs and Prophets explores the origin of evil, beginning with the story of Satan’s rebellion in heaven, and going through the creation of the world, the early patriarchs, all the way up through the life of King David.

Prophets and Kings

Written in 1917, Prophets and Kings begins with the life of Solomon and details the story of the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and the prophets who sought to call them to repentance. The volume concludes with the time of Israel’s exile into captivity.

The Desire of Ages

Written in 1898, The Desire of Ages details the central, pivotal event in Biblical history. In beautiful depth, this book depicts the birth, life, death, and resurrection of the desire of ages, Jesus Christ.

The Acts of the Apostles

Written in 1911, Acts of the Apostles covers the period in time from the Great Commission, through the early New Testament church and the persecution it faced, up to John the Revelator’s visions on Patmos.

The Great Controversy

First published in 1888, but revised and republished in 1911, The Great Controversy begins with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, takes the reader through the whole of Church History, past, current, and future, up to the end of sin and the recreation of the earth.


Ellen White

Ellen White was a renowned speaker, reformer, and spiritual leader who dedicated her life to spreading the message of God’s love for humanity. Her thousands of letters, magazine articles and dozens of books make her the most translated non-fiction author in history and led Smithsonian magazine to declare her one of the “100 most significant Americans of all time.” 

These writings, stemming from her love for Jesus and compassion for people, continue to inspire readers around the world and are part of her enduring legacy as a minister of the Gospel.


The Conflict Audible

If you’d like to learn more about the author of these books, we humbly suggest you give a listen to The Conflict Audible—a podcast where we invite experts to answer our questions abut Ellen White and her writings. 

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