[InvisibleChurch]

next up: the uni-wafer

[Jim Noble]

"It sounds like ecclesiastical and scholarly tyranny we shouldn't put up with," said Professor Lloyd Gaston, a Bible scholar at the Vancouver School of Theology.

Uh-oh.

Sounds like they left the abomination part in.

[Scenic Sounds]

Yeah, why do we need more than one??

[Quix]

BALDERDASH! What idiocy.

THE MESSAGE by Eugene H Peterson--for my layman's perspective is the most authentic to the style, imagry, common vernacular etc. of the original Greek and Hebrew.

I love his Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah--Paul's letters--the prophets.

The NIV is great for a scholarly, sanitized, homogonized version.

But God's personality, feelings, attitudes, intents come across so much more intensely and alive in THE MESSAGE, for me.

Besides, I think God is moving THE CHURCH wholesale away from parochialism--not deeper into that sucking bog.

[DallasMike]

e-Sword is a great free Bible software compilation. It has almost everything that a Christian could ask for -- multiple translations, concordances, commentaries, great books of faith, note-taking, searching, and parallel reading capabilities.

[Marathoner]

The ESV is a fine translation. I just don't see, however, how it is a significant improvement over the Updated NASB, which is my primary Bible. If the NASB had not been updated in 1995 (clarity improved, Old English words changed to modern equivalents) I would be using the ESV.

The one problem I have with the ESV is that the quality of printed Bibles available to date from its publisher, Crossway, for the most part is poor and disappointing, IMHO.

[Smokin' Joe]

AHhhhhh Yess! The "Orange Catholic Bible" from Dune. (by Frank Herbert)

Nope. Sorry. Not happening. Too many 'renegade' KJV coppies in print. (Thank God)

[FreedomCalls]

Professor wants all to read one Bible

Then learn Greek (NT) and Hebrew (OT). All versions then are the same.

[New Horizon]

Uniroyal.
Universal.
Uniroyal.
Unibomber.
Unibible.

It all makes sense now.

[Fifth Business]

For those curious about what distinguishes the ESV from NIV, NASB, and esp. RSV:

http://www.bible-researcher.com/esv.html

[madison10]

He needs to mind his own business. I'll read whatever translation/version/paraphrase I feel like reading.

Soon he'll have the Word in the hands of only those who "know" again, as in the Dark Ages.