[Faith-talk] Bible Translations

[Jeanette]

and jimmy is agreat example of a reliable source for Bible information you 
know, smile
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From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations


> The Message, or the "Mess," Bible is a paraphrase, not a translation.
> There's a whole lot of New-Age stuff in it.
> Jimmy Swaggart has some great commentary on it here.
> www.jsm.org
> Look for a program on Bible translations, in the program archives.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 11/29/11, karin <karinjhar at att.net> wrote:
>> I have also read the NIV but now I have the NKJV version in braille and 
>> like
>> it very well.  I wish I had the message Bible, New Living translation or 
>> the
>> amplified versions.  But I am happy with what I got.
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Jeanette
>>   To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
>>   Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 6:45 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations
>>
>>
>>   i learned many scriptures and did many a bible study with the NIV it 
>> was
>> the
>>   only version i could get in braille for many years, i now have a nkjv 
>> and
>>   enjoy it but have also used the nasv and the rsv for study, many folks,
>> good
>>   Christian folks as far as i know like all kinds of versions, i thinkit
>> again
>>   is a personal preference and we should not judge others for the version
>> they
>>   use, i find the idea that one version is the only one to use part of 
>> the
>>   legalism that some folks love and push, thanks for the information in 
>> this
>>   email
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>>   From: "Ryan Kwaak" <kwaakproductions at gmail.com>
>>   To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
>>   <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>   Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 5:39 PM
>>   Subject: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations
>>
>>
>>   > Well the topic of good and bad Bible versions has come up, and I
>>   > believe it merits a new thread. As some of you might have guessed by
>>   > my Baptist roots, I hold to the Authorized King James version and
>>   > continue to use it exclusively. However, I used to believe that it 
>> was
>>   > the ONLY Word of God for the English-speaking population because that
>>   > was what my church teaches. Not only that, but to my knowledge the 
>> KJV
>>   > wasn't copyrighted by a nonprofit corporation with a vested economic
>>   > interest in its usage like the more modern versions. That was until I
>>   > did the research. Turns out, The KJV is public domain worldwide 
>> except
>>   > in Great Britain. The laws in force at that time pre-date any modern
>>   > copyright legislation, but the right to disseminate the KJV is
>>   > bestowed upon whomever the Sovereign wishes to grant it to, and today
>>   > that right is held by Cambridge University Press. Not only that, but
>>   > the KJV was written by Anglicans with an ulterior political agenda,
>>   > and nothing could go into the KJV that the king, as the
>>   > self-proclaimed spiritual authority in England, did not first 
>> approve.
>>   > However, I still hold to the KJV because it sparked a myriad of
>>   > old-time revivals and turned many a gambling drunkard into a
>>   > Christian. Although the newer versions may be easier to understand,
>>   > some of the corporations producing these newer Bibles tend to water
>>   > the message down and compromise the Word of God to be more 
>> politically
>>   > correct. A good new version that claims not to compromise the truth 
>> is
>>   > the New American Standard Bible, but old habits are hard to break, 
>> and
>>   > I for one will keep my KJV.
>>   >
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