[fishtank]

Just don't pick up the Living 'bible' or "The Message" "bible".

Neither of those are true Bibles. They are unreliable and inacurrate.

[connectthedots]

Just don't pick up the Living 'bible' or "The Message" "bible". Neither of those are true Bibles. They are unreliable and inacurrate.

And they don't claim to be 'true Bibles'. they make it very clear that they are paraphrases.

[papertyger]

Just don't pick up the Living 'bible' or "The Message" "bible".

Neither of those are true Bibles. They are unreliable and inacurrate.

Nonsense! These books have their place.

[DennisR]

Bingo! The "New Living Bible" or "The Message" (which are more commentary than translation) might be fine to broaden understanding, but they are not a bona fide translation. One only need go to a Bible bookstore and purchase a Greek New Testament if they want to see what that part of the Bible really says. Ms. Green is obviously ignorant of that fact and has read nothing on the amazing sameness of the copious numbers of copies of the New Testament in its original language.

[jimfree]

Just don't pick up the Living 'bible' or "The Message" "bible".

Neither of those are true Bibles. They are unreliable and inacurrate.

The Access Bible is annotated and points out possible errors, such as who's really talking in different parts of Job or the likely original sequence of verses or chapters in the Letters.