a fresh word...
bibles
Originally uploaded by nathansean.
i have read several versions/translations of the Bible since i have become a follower of Jesus. i think the first Bible i read was a CEV. then i began to read the NLT. for the longest time i was all NLT. (8 years, i would guess.) just doing a quick search online i came in contact with over 23 english translations and versions of the same Bible.
a few years back i began to read "the message". when i made the switch it was as if my Bible was alive again. i was reading the same teaching, the same parables, the same songs, poems, and prophecies... but with the fresh wording i was awakened to a new excitement to read my Bible. it was a very special thing.
several weeks ago because of a class i was taking i needed to pick up a new version... i picked up a NASB. the knock i had always heard about the NASB was that it was difficult to read and not the easiest to teach from. but, it was an actual word for word translation. well, i am feeling the same excitement about reading God's Word that i experienced a few yaers back when i switched to "the message." i have found myself over the last few days sitting in my favorite chair holding my new Bible and looking up different passages and reading things new again. it is so cool.
i would suggest to anyone who is a follower of Jesus to pick up a new version of the Bible every few years. maybe it won't make a lick of difference, but maybe it will. don't chuck out any of the "old" versions you have. keep them to cross check and read from them all.
anyway... it has been a way cool thing for me, and i would love to pass along that insight to you.
read on.
love on.
posted by nathan sean @ Tuesday, May 02, 2006
3 Comments:
I agree...
Don't forget your first NIV study Bible! :)
I sometimes enjoy a little New King James Version as well, but NASB is my fav.
I can totally relate, N8. Your NLT is my NIV. And your Message is my NLT. I've kinda followed the same kind of progression. Only in seminary we had to use the NRSV for all our classes. It's a little less rigidly word for word than the NASB, but still on the direct translation side of things.
I think my Dad has read every English version of the Bible there is. But that'll be increasingly difficult with everyone and their dog starting to translate stuff, and now with the new niche Bibles that have notes and covers to reach a given population. I think it's cool that Eugene Peterson let xxxchurch print their "Jesus Love Pornstars" covers on the Message.
Very nice site!
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