REVOLVE BLABLE?

[LindaR]

Has anyone heard of this? The New Testament in a magazine? It's called a Bible-zine. Check out this article on av1611.org:

http://www.av1611.org/KJV/revolve.html

There has been over 400 versions of the English Bible since the King James Bible was published in 1611. They come in every flavor, fashion and fad imaginable. Starting with the Revised Version (1881); to the American Standard Version (1901); to the Amplified Bible (1958); to the Living Bible (1967); to the New International Version (1973); to the New King James Bible (1979); on and on they go. . .

There?s feminists Bibles such as the Feminist NIV Inclusive and the TNIV; the African-American Jubilee Bible; and the piles and piles of Children?s and Teen Bibles ? we have seen it all.

Or. . . We just thought we had seen it all. . .

The latest $cam running the gamut of the Bible PERversion trail is the new "fashion" magazine teen Bibles. They are modeled after the "teenage-fashion" magazines complete with the trendy "beauty secrets", "ask a guy", and "BLABS" columns.

The first to crawl out of the "fashion" pile is the Revolve Bible. The Revolve Bible is aimed directly at the young teenage Christian girl. It is published by Thomas Nelson Publishers under Transit Books (http://www.transitbooks.com).Transit.com says of it?s new creation, "It's the complete New Testament, but it looks just like a fashion magazine!" and a little P.$. "Order your copy today at http://www.amazon.com! A "boy" version of the Revolve is also in the works. Zondervan reportedly, also has "fashion-bibles" on the way. (did I hear ca$h-ching?)

And yes. . . The Revolve "Bible" does indeed, look, feel and read just like a teenage "fashion" magazine. As the saying goes, "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck ? it?s probably a duck." An updated Bible PERversion translation says, "If it looks like a fashion magazine, feels like a fashion magazine, and reads like a fashion magazine ? it?s probably a new Bible PERversion".

If the fashion-magazine-madness was not bad enough ? the Bible text used in the Revolve is the New Century Version (NCV). The NCV is the product of the Church of Christ affiliated World Bible Translation Center (WBTC). The NCV was originally created in 1978 as an easy-reader Bible for the Deaf titled the Easy Reader Version (ERV). In 1983, the ERV was repackaged (can you say ca$h-ching?) as the best-selling Children?s International Version. And in 1984, it was repackaged again (can you say ca$h-ching. . . ca$h-ching?) as the New Century Version. The NCV holds the title as feminist "gender-neutral translation". (Vern S. Poythress & Wayne A. Grudem, The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy, Muting the Masculinity of God?s Words, p. 9) It?s odd with so much emphasis put on "gender-inclusive" and all the Bible publishers zooming into overdrive to produce "gender-inclusive" Bibles that they are now producing a "gender-exclusive" Bible devoted EXCLUSIVELY to teenage girls? (Did I hear a ca$h-ching. . .?) The NCV ranks among the most liberally mis-translated and corrupted Bibles in circulation. We will examine the history and text of the NCV a later with our article: The New Century Version: Easy to Read OR Easy to Mislead?

My husband has read some of the reviews on Amazon...it's quite shocking. Even more shocking is that the publisher of this so-called Bible-zine would attempt to package this garbage as a Bible. The publisher is none other than Thomas Nelson, Inc.

[Marcus2Israel]

Ok, my blood is a boilin' now! :verymad:

[Kubel]

I hope God uses it for his glory.

[Jerry]

God might be better glorified if it was destroyed, not used.

[JerryNumbers]

It ought to be enough proof for anyone, that Thomas Nelson Publishers Company is not in the Bible publishing business for the glory of God, but for the glory of their very own pocketbooks.

[LindaR]

It ought to be enough proof for anyone' date=' that Thomas Nelson Publishers Company is not in the Bible publishing business for the glory of God, but for the glory of their very own pocketbooks.[/quote']
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Thomas Nelson is the biggest publisher of ecumenical books...they will publish anything that will make them a buck! I believe they recently came out with a book on Yoga. Unfortunately I have a Nelson Study (KJV) Bible which I purchased years ago...but warning flags should go up for anything published by Thomas Nelson Publishers.

[John81]

Many publishers are more about the money than anything else; like Nelson and Zondervan, etc.

[JerryNumbers]

I was going to say, we have many publishers that are blinded by money.

[IM4given]

Sounds like the scribes are at it again!

Webster's 1828 Dictionary: SCRIBE, n. [L. scriba, from scribo, to write; formed probably on the root of grave, scrape, scrub. The first writing was probably engraving on wood or stone.]

1. In a general sense, a writer. Hence,

2. A notary; a public writer.

Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matthew 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment