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Lifeway Bookstores and the NIV2011
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 a bit more sense than…
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Giving Without a Second Thought
A refreshing look at James 1:5 from the Common English Bible. First, the NIV 2011: 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. Common English Bible: 5 But anyone who needs wisdom should ask God, whose very nature is to give to…
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The CEB and NIV2011 — Comparison in 1 John
Going through 1 John this past week in our Wednesday Bible study I found these verses to be interesting. It will probably be something the Common English Bible folks will pick up and probably revise in later printings. I know it takes several years to get translation “kinks” worked out. I’m sure the NIV2011 will see some very small changes…
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The New NIV Study Bible
While I am not a fan of study Bibles, it is good to see Zondervan finally getting more products out with the NIV2011 text. This Bible looks fun. Lots of color. In our Wednesday night Adult Bible study I notice fewer and fewer people bringing their own Bibles, so I am ordering a case of NIV Bibles. When I went…
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It’s Still the NIV2011
The more I work through texts these days the more impressed I am with the NIV2011. It reads well publicly. Withe CEB leaves me wondering at times… The freshness of the language should catch on. I still have a tough time with the slight Reformed bent of the ESV (at least by its advocates.) Every time I drift away from…
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NIV2011, Reviews, and Lifeway’s Stance to This Point
Last week I was in the vicinity of a Lifeway Christian Bookstore in the Twin Cities, so I stopped in to see if they were following the directive from the Southern Baptist Annual Convention earlier this year. This is the edict where Lifeway was given a “suggestion” to not stock the NIV2011 (it being a “heretical” translation and all). Thankfully,…
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NIV2011
Ben Witherington has some good thoughts on inclusive language and the NIV2011. Wish I could get a hard copy preview! 😉
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Initial thoughts are trickling in…
Early thoughts on the NIV2011 abound. Two I look for are Rick and TC. I am not sure why TC may say the NIV “played it safe.” It’s early and I haven’t been able to dive too far into the new text. (Doing it online is not my favorite way to do this.) But I look for passages I am…
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Is it possible?
In reading some of the translator notes, is it possible that the NIV2011 is really going to be THIS good? So far I am impressed with the early documentation. They have really thought through a LOT of issues.
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Let the fun begin
The NIV2011 is now available online. I have to admit, I was very excited for today! Early comments from Mark. Early comments elsewhere.
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