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Translation Battles and the Advantage of One Main Bible
I try to read broadly on issues of English translations, though I know I miss a lot. Over the past several years I have wanted to settle in on a translation that is useful for me in personal study and in public reading. As I have settled on one main translation (and still using a LOT of others as I…
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Translations and Readability
As a pastor I want a translation to make sense to my congregation, yet I just don’t like it to be too “informal.” Here is yet another reason why I am preferring the NIV 2011 (Old TNIV). Which makes more sense? 7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over…
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NIV, TNIV and Use of “Man”
I was preaching this past week from Matthew 4. The quote from Deut. 8 is interesting because the NIV 2011 went back to “man.” I was surprised. Deut. 8:3 (TNIV): He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that people do not live on…
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Is This the Week of Release for the NIV 2010?
I keep seeing signs that March 1 is the date to buy a hard copy. However, release dates of some editions on Christianbook.com say March 15. Our local Christian bookstore was sold to Lifeway last year. I’ve been in there several times in the past few weeks asking when the NIV update will be out and every time they all…
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NIV2011 Coming Online
Via Rick Mansfield, who secretly still loves the TNIV (just kidding!), comes the news that the NIV2011 will be available ONLINE this November 1. Good news! I still use the TNIV for my church’s public reading and my own preaching. Nothing else has matched up. I am anxious to see what has changed.
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Christmas Eve and Weather Outside IS Frightful!
We made the trek to my family in Kansas a day early (Tuesday as opposed to Wednesday) because we were leery of the travel conditions in Iowa. Now, on Christmas Eve, we were certainly glad we made the choice because weather is horrible every mile of the journey between our home and Kansas. Our hometown of Minneapolis is getting hammered…
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