[Faith-talk] Bible Translations

[karin]

Thank you for this.  The message is a paraphrase bible but easy to  understand.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joshua Lester 
  To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:13 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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