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441 | Gender-neutral NIV | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 32572 | ||
Yes, EdB! "Promise broken" is correct! In 1997, I first learned of the NIVI, a 'new inclusive' version of the NIV. I was shocked to hear that the publishers would seek to "change" the NIV! But they pulled the NIVI off the shelves and promised not to introduce such a "change" ever again. For a little more "perspective" of 1997... "The straw the broke the camel's back, however, came when the nation's largest denomination, the Southern Baptist Covention, considered dropping the NIV from its Sunday-school curriculum. In the face of impending catastrophe, the IBS executive committee met in an emergency session. On May 23, 1997, the committee approved a statement abandoning "all plans for gender-related changes in future editions of the New International Version (NIV)." They also pledged to continue publishing the present (1984) NIV, to begin revising the gender-inclusive New International Reader's Version (NIrV), and to enter into negotiations with Hodder and Stoughton, the British publisher of the NIV, on the matter of ceasing publication of the NIVI." (1) However, only five years later, IBS announces plans to launch the TNIV! Promise broken? Yes!! Promise is definitely broken!! Why was/am I so shocked? Well, the NIV is almost a victim of its own success. No translation since the 1611 KJV has come as close to usurping the dominance of the KJV in the English-speaking world as the NIV. Among many evangelicals (as well as among many other Christians), the NIV has become the Bible of choice. The NRSV is for Catholics, or so it seemed to me. But when one of "our" Bibles- indeed THE most popular and widely read of evangelical Bibles- was accused of caving in to feminist demands for political correctness, the translators had/have a scandal on their hands! As Christianity Today puts it: "Hands Off My NIV!!" Also, why will the TNIV be published and marketed in the way that it is being planned? No other publisher has produced two separate versions from the same text- one inclusive and the other noninclusive. For instance, when the NRSV came out, the RSV was no longer being published. And the NRSV did not identify itself as a 'gender inclusive' version, like the TNIV does, but it was a 'revision.' By publishing two different versions, the International Bible Society is only inviting criticism upon itself. Why should the publishers seek to continue to publish the un-updated (and seemingly less accurate) version? Have they forgotten that this is the very Word of God? The only conclusion that I can come up with is that the TNIV is a 'agenda driven' translation. My question to the IBS: Why the TNIV? You would have thought that they would rest their pens and ink with all the success that the NIV has enjoyed in its very brief lifespan. Their actions only serve to threaten the longevity of their own proudest culmination! Makarios Source: (1) "Distorting Scripture? The Challenge of Bible Translation and Gender Accuracy" by Mark L. Strauss, 1998, InterVarsity Press |
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442 | Who? What? When? Where? How? Why? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 33209 | ||
Kalos, Does the "chicken" thread fit in here somewhere? I'm still fumbling over verses to prove that the chicken came before the egg or vice versa.. :-) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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443 | TNIV: How Will It Affect Us? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 33373 | ||
Greetings benjamite, There are many more changes and mistranslations than that in the TNIV.. Check out http://www.cbmw.org for at least 100 of them. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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444 | TNIV: How Will It Affect Us? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 33465 | ||
Greetings Benjamite! Thank you for all of the blessings! I believe that those who do know how "huios" differs from "teknon" (and I include Zondervan among them) should not lead the "uneducated masses" astray! Since they have this knowledge, they should use it to produce a translation worth reading, and one that does not "dumb down" God's message to man by using "gender-neutral" language. A REAL translation would be one that is used and found acceptable to both the educated and the uneducated. And this should be done without diluting God's Word in any way, shape or form. There is no need for the obvious inclusion of "gender-neutral" language in the Bible. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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445 | How is the end really going to happen? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 33904 | ||
Dear CDBJ, Excellent website, my friend! Also, there are a couple more, if one seeks any more information.. :-) http://www.lookup.org http://home.elp.rr.com/endtimeprophecy I have enjoyed "The Sign" and also "The Rapture Question Answered"! Blessings to you, Makarios |
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446 | How is the end really going to happen? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 33911 | ||
Greetings, CDBJ! You ask me what I think? :-) Doesn't the mere fact of the content of the websites and of the books that I have mentioned give my identity away, my friend? :-) Well met, I say to you! I own a book by Tim L. called "Are We Living in the End Times?", even though I MUCH PREFER the books that you sent to my address through postal mail, dear friend, that fully describe the "Prewrath" view of the Rapture! My identity! :-) Have you not guessed it already? You have heard it before, I think. Yes, you have heard it before. I am Nolan E. Keck! I have since changed my Username to the Greek word "Makarios", which in Greek means "blessed." Blessings to you, CDBJ! :-) Makarios! |
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447 | How is the end really going to happen? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 33978 | ||
Greetings CDBJ! The progress is going great! A few months back, they had only a few chapters on display. Now, they have quite a few! I keep checking from time to time to see what is happening. Blessings to you, Makarios (http://www.revelationcommentary.org) |
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448 | Bible study software suggestions, please | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 34139 | ||
Greetings, retxar! The official site for the International Standard Version is http://isv.org. I have found it to be quite interesting! Blessings to you, Makarios |
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449 | Forum's First Birthday | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 35020 | ||
Yes, we will light a candle, Hank! And the candle will be "blown out" by the next 'big engagement' of a long series of posts on a topic that has already been presented to this Forum and has already been analyzed to the nth degree with still no resolution in plain sight of that topic. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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450 | scripture for Write it in your doorway? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 35040 | ||
Greetings, Searcher! Lizah was searching for a passage using "doorway" instead of "doorpost." Either way, I pray that our answers are of use to one if not many people. I also used my answer as an opportunity to promote "QuickBible NASB", which is a Search utility that is downloadable from this site. So as you can see, my posts are not written out of haste or without purpose, my friend. :-) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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451 | Forum's First Birthday | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 35042 | ||
Thank you, Hank! I apologize for being a little critical of the Forum lately, but its true: time away from the Forum is usually a good thing that results in a spiritual 'recharging'! Blessings to you, Makarios |
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452 | scripture for Write it in your doorway? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 35093 | ||
Excellent idea, Searcher! And I'm glad that you were able to find the text that was asked for. You have truly lived up to your Username! :-) |
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453 | Why did God create time? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 35468 | ||
Greetings Mother of Nine! I don't know why God created time, but I sure wish sometimes that He would slow it down just a little bit! :-) One thing that I do know is that God is 'timeless'.. He Himself is not bound by time at all, even though He sent His one and only Son to step into time for about 33 years so that He could provide a way for us 'time-bound' individuals to be saved. Perhaps time is a medium that God uses to bless us in much the same way that the Earth itself is a medium for our use. If that is so, then we must look at time as a blessing from God, even though it seems to go faster than an Olympic bobsleder! If one could find a way to trap "time" then they would have a great possession indeed, since all of us have a limited amount of time. But what we do with our time is the most important and precious part of time indeed! I pray that the Lord will bless your time that you and your husband spend with all nine of your children! :-) The "Time Bandit", Makarios |
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454 | Gender-neutral NIV | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 36814 | ||
Greetings Hank! Tim Bayly of Bloomington, IN was one of 12 men - including executives of Zondervan and IBS - who, in 1997, agreed in writing that gender-neutral language was inappropriate if it diminished the accuracy of Bible translation. Tim is a Presbyterian and former council executive who has launched an anti-TNIV website at http://www.KeptTheFaith.org. This website contains some interesting information! Your Brother in Christ, Makarios |
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455 | devine revelation | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 36981 | ||
"Can Christians become too heavenly minded? No! Christians are those who have been delivered from this present-evil age, this system of Satan, into the eternal kingdom. Their affections are heavenly. Their desire is for that which is eternal and not for the passing things of this world. It may sound paradoxical to say this, but heaven should be at the center of the Christian worldview. A proper Christian worldview is uniquely focused heavenward. Though some would deride this as escapism, it is, after all, the very thing Scripture commands: "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth" (Col. 3:2). The apostle Paul penned that command, and his approach to life was anything but escapist. In fact, Paul is a wonderful example of the proper biblical perspective between heaven and earth. He faced overwhelming persecution on earth and never lost sight of heaven. In 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 he says, "We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed-always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body." Then in verses 16-17 he adds, "We do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Elsewhere he told the church at Rome, "I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" (Rom. 8:18). Paul was saying exactly what Peter told the scattered and persecuted believers he wrote to: we endure the sufferings of this world for the sake of the glory of heaven (1 Pet. 1:3-7). Whatever we suffer in this life cannot be compared with the glory of the life to come. In other words, we don't seek to escape this life by dreaming of heaven. But we do find we can endure this life because of the certainty of heaven. Heaven is eternal. Earth is temporal. Those who fix all their affections on the fleeting things of this world are the real escapists, because they are vainly attempting to avoid facing eternity-by hiding in the fleeting shadows of things that are transient." [Taken from http://www.gty.org/IssuesandAnswers/archive/heavenmind.htm] - Makarios |
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456 | body of death | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 36982 | ||
Matthew 26:41, Mark 14:38 | ||||||
457 | my dad paid a heavy price for this | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 36983 | ||
John 14:6 | ||||||
458 | Who can refute reasoning? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 37040 | ||
Greetings "Armygrunt".. After looking at all 25 of your posts, I have noticed that you have not used or quoted ANY Scripture whatsoever in your posts. In fact, all of your posts can be fit into one single post, since there is absolutely no substance to what you write. This is a Study Bible Forum. If you have anything at all to contribute to this Forum, then please do so, and do not be a nuisance to it. - Makarios |
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459 | Who can refute reasoning? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 37048 | ||
And more nonsense! | ||||||
460 | WHAT IS A CALV... | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 37147 | ||
Explain yourself, BWJ. | ||||||
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