Bibles
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Last year the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution asking Lifeway Bookstores to quit selling the NIV2011. (Something about liberal commie pinkos or something like that.) Thankfully, Lifeway has decided to keep the NIV2011. I won’t shop at Lifeway any more than I already do (which is never), but I’m glad to hear they have… Read more
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I am a confessed translation junkie. As I read the Common English Bible and the NIV, I come across different ways certain phrases are turned. Mark 1:41 is a good example. The leper comes to Christ and says, “If you are willing you can make me clean.” The response is so interesting. CEB: 41 Incensed,[a]… Read more
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I have been part of the Common English Blog Tour for about two months now. They began the tour before Advent and I think today is the last day of cycle. For over two months I have gone through the exercise of building devotional thoughts while reading the Common English Bible. I have also used… Read more
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The end of Revelation is one of my favorite places to camp. I honestly love the entire Book of Revelation if I can read through it without the voices in my head. (You know: Tim LaHaye, Jack VanImpe, Hal Lindsey, etc.) In Rev. 22:15 I noticed different ways translations have tackled the Greek word pharmakos… Read more
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I looked at James 2:1 in the Common English Bible and found it to be interesting because the phrase “deny the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ” was not in the NIV or ESV. Is the connotation there? If we are showing favoritism, are we denying the faithfulness of Christ? My brothers and sisters, when you… Read more
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Here is James 2:1 in the CEB: 1 My brothers and sisters, when you show favoritism you deny the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has been resurrected in glory. The NIV: 1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. The ESV: 1 My brothers,[a] show no partiality as you… Read more
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3 God’s lamp hadn’t gone out yet, and Samuel was lying down in the LORD’s temple, where God’s chest was. (1 Sam. 3:3, CEB) It just begs a lot of questions… and images my mind shouldn’t conjure up when it comes to God. I know “ark” may be archaic, but it HAS to be better… Read more
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The Common English Bible seems to keep rolling along. “There’s a reason the Common English Bible is receiving such a positive and popular reception,” says Paul Franklin, PhD, associate publisher. “It’s probably the most literal Bible translation, built on common ground with academic rigor and denomination neutrality, which clearly communicates ancient sacred text in understandable… Read more
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I am part of the Common English Bible Advent Blog Tour and have spent the last month reflecting on Advent using the Common English Bible. This report is showing the Common English Bible is off to a strong start in sales. For all the great discussion we’ve been having on what we like and don’t… Read more
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The “Human One” Explained from Common English Bible on Vimeo. Read more
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