[Faith-talk] Bible Translations

Tue Nov 29 22:14:34 UTC 2011

Does anyone know where I could get a celebrate recovery Bible?  Rick Warren started it I think.  
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  From: Joshua Lester 
  To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:30 PM
  Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations

  BTW:
  This doesn't mean I approve of everything he teaches, but he's right
  on Bible translations, and on Rick Warren's books.
  Just my humble oppinion.
  Blessings, Joshua

  On 11/29/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
  > 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
  >> ----- Original Message -----
  >> From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
  >> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
  >> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
  >> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 2:13 PM
  >> 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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