The ESV Illuminated Scripture Journals differ from the plain ones in two ways: the blank pages are dotted rather than lined, and gold-ink artwork runs through them.

This volume carries the whole of John's Gospel, with hand-lettered illustrations by the artist Dana Tanamachi interspersed among the blank pages, inviting the reader to add his own drawing or reflection. The notebooks are thin and portable with covers stamped in gold foil, and they suit art journaling as readily as study.