Subject: Why did God become a Man? |
Bible Note: Good post, kalos. Lots of devices have come into fairly common usage in many of our English-language Bibles that were foreign to the original Scriptures. In addition to capitalization of personal pronouns of Deity, there is the practice of placing emphasis on the direct words of Christ through the use of red (I once saw green) ink; the division of books of the Bible into chapters and verses; and even the maddening practice of chopping the Biblical text into colors that make it look like a rainbow. If any of these devices helps a reader (chapters and verses are handy for reference but can be distracting in reading the text), then I see no harm in using them. But it is easy enough to become sufficiently distracted by paying undue attention to any of them that we lose sight of the real message that God has for us in his word. --Hank |