Members John81 Posted December 21, 2011 Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 One sad thing I noticed is that so many churches, and especially the media, either chose to ignore the annivesary of the KJB or they turned it into a celebration of English language Bibles...with the clear implication that none are any better than another, and often with the implication that "newer is better". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted December 22, 2011 Members Share Posted December 22, 2011 I did see one thing on fox news at one point where they guy "specialist" said that the KJV was the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted December 22, 2011 Members Share Posted December 22, 2011 I did see one thing on fox news at one point where they guy "specialist" said that the KJV was the best. Amazing someone said that on there! Too bad there wasn't more of that going on. I really hurt for those new Christians who get handed something like The Message and are told that's the best Bible for them because it's easy to understand. Is it any wonder so many professing Christians don't actually live like Christians when they are reading such poor Bible versions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted December 22, 2011 Members Share Posted December 22, 2011 It is sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 One Bible study I attended for awhile in university (just a group of students) started out with just a couple guys, then three of us, then a couple more, then a few more. Problems began as it grew because it seemed almost everyone was bringing a different Bible version. Since our practice was to take turns reading whatever passage we were on each night, and then studying that passage, it caused much confusion with the different versions. Many there were either new, baby Christians, or just not biblically literate. Often after a passage was read we would have to spend a long time dealing with the differences. Sometimes this didn't amount to much, just a different word with similar meaning, but at other times the differences were big, and this caused problems because it seemed as if Scripture wasn't accurate. It took a long while, and mostly my own money, but eventually we got everyone to agree that we would conduct our study with all of us using the same Bible version. Some managed to get their own Bibles and I bought Bibles for the others. Amazing how much our studies improved after that! Interestingly, at least to me, was what I discovered in reading the history of the KJB recently. Prior to the KJB there was much confusion in England due to the several different Bible versions (Tyndale, Coverdale, Bishops, Great, Geneva, etc.) and the fact they didn't all agree. The KJB eventually solved this problem...for a time. Now we are back to having many versions (many more than back then!) which don't stand in agreement. Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 I might have to take sometime to read on the history. I have never really done that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 It's interesting, especially if you like history. The book I'm reading focuses on the KJB but it gives a brief account of the English Bibles which came before the KJB. Interesting how the different rulers of England had such an impact on this even prior to King James. King Henry the VIII, Queen Anne, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 That does sound interesting. what is the name of the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 A Visual History of the King James Bible by Donald L. Brake. I'm on page 120 and it's been really good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 I will have to look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 I'm glad I bought it. I wasn't sure at first because of the "visual" aspect. Sometimes those books are just filled with pictures and not much else. This books has some good pictures but it's also filled with information, which is why I bought the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 Sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 Reminds me of some of the marching songs we sang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 I don't remember many of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 Unfortunately, most of the ones I do remember are not something I would want to repeat. The others I only remember parts of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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