Subject: TNIV: How Will It Affect Us? |
Bible Note: Benjamite, hello. Your post says some interesting and important things that need to be said in our time. We have, by and large, become a nation of instant gratification of our desires, the quick fix for our problems, and the fuzzy, warm feeling for our spiritual life. We have closed the classroom doors to the word of God and dismissed it from the pulpits of many churches. We care less about sound doctrine and more about the sound of our own worthless opinions. We want a watered-down, weak, politically correct translation of the Bible that speaks to us in our words -- words that we want to hear -- but gives little regard to the actual words of Scripture -- words that God wants us to hear. We have adulterated and twisted sound doctrine in our vain effort to bring it into conformity with our culture of secular humanism. We revere animal life and go to any length to protect endangered species of the animal world, while killing unborn babies by the millions without blinking an eye. We defend and justify human behavior that the Bible calls perversion by calling it an alternate lifestyle. We are the heirs of a rich, God-fearing and Bible-honoring heritage. What heritage are we preparing to pass on to our children and grand-children? You raised a question about marketing. No, I don't think marketing can be blamed for all the trash out there that claims to be "Christian" publications. (There is, of course, much that is good being offered in Christian bookstores; but there is also much that isn't) It is axiomatic that no product on the market will flourish unless people are willing to shell out money for it. This watered-down junk that is being sold in so-called Christian bookstores is being bought by people who want the quick fix, the fuzzy feelings, the instant gratification. We live in an age of microwave Christianity. Thank you for your post. --Hank |