[Faith-talk] Bible Translations

Tue Nov 29 21:28:29 UTC 2011

He is a testimony of the grace of God.
He repented, and now God has restored him.
His pastor is in New Orleans, (a member of the AG.)
Blessings, Joshua

On 11/29/11, Jeanette <nettiecosp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
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>> 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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