Subject: Brand new out of date NASB? |
Bible Note: EdB: I really do see your point. I could not agree more about the "christian junk", and I purposefully used the small letter "c" because Christ has nothing to do with these noder day temple coffers! The WWJD stuff is a perfect example! If it's not in your heart, why ware it? In most of our chain Christian Book stores Thomas Kinkade, paintings that have been reprinted by the hundred of thousands are a hig price item. There is Kinkade, cups, pictures, glass trinkets, and so many things done by Kinkade. I would bet one fourth of the store is devoted to this "christian" mega million dollar enterprise. My pet pieve is try and find some really schollary material. You mentioned the Left BEHIND BOOKS. The co autor, according to Hank Hanegrraaf does not believe in the trinity! My opinion is if there wer no book of Revelation Lehey whould have starved! I call this kind of reading "christian junk". How many Christians own an Exhaustive Concordance, or a set of Commentary's? Yet they will have all 27 books of LEFT BEHIND. or however many gets in print. You are very correct to buy a well made genuine leather Bible does cost a lot. I have no objection to CBD or Amazon, or any other place we can save money. We are all faced with choices, abd some we might rather not like to make. A Bible at the local Book store for 89 dollars or the Bible discount Mall for 65 dollars. There is not much to deciede. I do agree, but also see the other side. As for your friend I can not speak for how that is dome. What ever they are doing must be pretty profitable. May I address you feelings on Zondervan. When Mr. Zondervan owned the Company, I can say Mr. Zondervan was A FINE SOILD CHRISTIAN I HIGHLY RESPECTED. When Harper and roe bought Zondervan out in the late eighties, it was a huge change. Many who worked for Zondervan, were paid their full retirement out of Mr. Zondervans personal funds. He had intregrity. The publishing industry has lost many publishing houses in the last decade. The way they print and make books is much faster, and cheaper, and quality is lower. Zondervan/Harper and Roe, are mading a profit, where Zondervan was not. The sane for Broadman and Holman, they united. However Zondervan has is not the only publishing house that has made some real faulty changes to older versions. the New Revised Standard Version is appalling to me. BroadmanHolman prints that. So what are we to do? I will support The Lockman Foundation, and their wonderfull efforts in the NASB update. Published by....Zondervan. I am buying the work done by The Lockman Foundation, printed on better quality materials in genuine leather ans smythe sewn. Like buying at Wal Mart, rather than my local store. If we do not buy the TNIV it will ge gone soon. I wish they would bring back THE OPEN BIBLE in the updated NASB, myself. Thanks for the reply. Agape, justme |