A REVIEW ARTICLE BASED ON “WHICH VERSION NOW” BY BOB SHEEHAN, Carey Publications, 5 Fairford Close, Haywards Heath, Sussex RH16 3EF, England 32 pp. Price $2.25. Readers have sent in a number of letters about Bible translations. Some of them have been disturbed or convinced by claims that the King James Version is the only […]
The issue of “gender neutrality” in Scripture translation became a matter of grave concern earlier this year. The International Bible Society (IBS) had commissioned its Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) to make the Bible more gender-sensitive. Susan Olasky of WORLD magazine publicly criticized the IBS, CBT and Zondervan Publishing for their plans. In response, Zondervan […]
If you put twelve men with strongly differing viewpoints on a controversial issue in one room, what do you get? If they are Christian men who are willing to pray together, and who share a desire that the Bible be translated accurately, then you just might get a surprising agreement. That was exactly what happened […]
The day was November 19, 1863, and the president of the United States had traveled by train to the site of the tragic Battle of Gettysburg. A portion of that bloody battleground was being dedicated as a cemetery for those who had died, and Mr. Lincoln was scheduled to address the gathering. At the appointed […]