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1 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | PNLamb | 2664 | ||
For Bible study and reading I usually use the NASB, NIV, and AMPLIFIED. In regard to the KJV (Authorized Version): The version available today is different from the original one produced in the 1600s. It has been updated, corrected, and reworked many times. It is a beautiful Bible translation that has blessed countless people. P.S. As a lifelong Southern Baptist, I believe that the 10-12 million dollars (assuming your amounts are accurate) invested by SBC and Holman in publishing another English language Bible should have been spent in mission projects or in translating Bibles into the languages of those who have no version of God's wonderful Word. Look at the real, selfless nonprofit work of Wycliffe and the enormous task yet to be done in the world. Those Holman millions would have reached a great number of the ignored unsaved. |
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2 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 2671 | ||
Good point! Your being a Southern Baptist affirms that we, you and I, are birds of a feather. In all candor, I'm hard pressed to come up with cogent reasons for yet another translation. Have Bible publishers joined ranks with soap and cereal producers, ever searching for a new brand with which to saturate an already glutted market? It seems so. In reference to your proposal to use this tidy sum for missionary or other endeavors instead of another translation of the Bible, I would posit that in the publication of this new Bible they hope to recoup a part, if not all, of their cash outlay. Such would not be their fortune, of course, in missionary enterprises. | ||||||
3 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | PNLamb | 2782 | ||
RE: Holman Baptist Version. Is there not more to recoup in lost souls than in cash from a business enterprise? I find it interesting that our convention has such a tidy store of cash when there are so many needs in our churches, colleges, communities, the world. I worry that our leadership in Tennessee has become too business executive oriented, not centered on where treasure is truly stored. Your comments are well-taken. | ||||||
4 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 2784 | ||
My heart-felt response, PNLamb, is that all bodies of believers, be they Southern Baptist or anything else, dare not lose sight of their Christ-commissioned mission which is to preach the gospel to everyone on earth. To the extent that this primary mission is pre-empted by various other agenda, we as the church grievously dilute our strength and influence in the world and wax derelict in our duty. Not only in Tennessee (I was born in Chattanooga) but all across the land the pressures of the secular world are being exerted upon the church. It is imperative upon us perhaps as never before in history to stand firm -- not militantly, but lovingly -- for the faith that we hold so dearly. God be with you, my brother, in all things. | ||||||
5 | What do you think of new Holman Bible? | NT general Archive 1 | PNLamb | 2896 | ||
Your response is much appreciated and very valid. Blessings to you. | ||||||