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Thoughts on HCSB
Somewhere in this mix of possible Bible translations comes the Holman Christian Study Bible. As far as I can tell, it’s more readable than ESV, but in many ways more accurate than the TNIV. One interesting point is it if the first brand new translation in decades. The ESV is building off of the Revised Standard Version. The TNIV, of…
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Yet more grist for the mill of translations. Derek Vreeland has a blog detailing why he is now using the ESV for preaching, and links to Mark Driscoll of the prominent Mars Hill Church in Seattle. Driscoll has a VERY detailed message on why the ESV has become their main text. I am still scrolling through examining churches who have…
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I am working to sort out two great translations in English. I have long been a fan of more formal, or literal, translations. In Bible college I began using the NASB as my Bible. No one else was using it, which was a problem. My only solace was reading it in a sermon allowed people reading their KJV Bibles to…
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I am working to sort out two great translations in English. I have long been a fan of more formal, or literal, translations. In Bible college I began using the NASB as my Bible. No one else was using it, which was a problem. My only solace was reading it in a sermon allowed people reading their KJV Bibles to…
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Jacob is a story out of the Old Testament that can resonate with me. He is a man who is always striving, trying to get ahead on his own, trying to grab a piece of the pie he thinks he has been denied. He is an opportunist. When Esau was hungry and Jacob knew the man worried more about eating…
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Jacob is a story out of the Old Testament that can resonate with me. He is a man who is always striving, trying to get ahead on his own, trying to grab a piece of the pie he thinks he has been denied. He is an opportunist. When Esau was hungry and Jacob knew the man worried more about eating…
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“Let me be a man of one Book.” (John Wesley) Being a person of the Book is so key to powerful Christian living. We need to re-establish a love for the Word of God! We need to unleash the power of the Word into the lives of believers. A couple of key helps (I hope): 1. Get a good translation…
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“Let me be a man of one Book.” (John Wesley) Being a person of the Book is so key to powerful Christian living. We need to re-establish a love for the Word of God! We need to unleash the power of the Word into the lives of believers. A couple of key helps (I hope): 1. Get a good translation…
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We have a need to rescue American Christians from bad theology and bad habits of biblical studies, or lack thereof. One example: in a meeting I attended that was geared to pray for Muslims, the speaker (a pastor) referred to Ishmael. In his view, the whole division between Palestinians and Jews goes back to Ishmael. Muslims are naturally fighters because…
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“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate.” Matt. 7:13, NLT Who teaches you? Whose disciple are you? You are somebody’s disciple. You learned how to live from someone else. Contrary to contemporary Western thought, we are NOT our “own person”. Who has discipled you over your lifetime? One of the major transitions in life is to recognize…
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