Comments on: So Many Translations, So Little Time…

By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:33:14 +0000

Thanks, Kent. I will be sure to check it out.

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:06:56 +0000

Have you seen the digitized version of the Apologetics Study Bible from Logos Bible Software? You can read the study notes and articles along with any translation (or the original languages). It's part of a collection of Bible reference books from Broadman & Holman. I thought you might be interested! The Apologetics Study Bible

By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:14:12 +0000

Yes, the Amplified Bible is published by the Lockman Foundation. I wasn’t interested until recently actually. I heard a guest speaker at a church in Munday, Texas (my wife’s hometown) and he quoted from the Amplified Bible. I was surprised, but I was also intrigued and then persuaded to check it out. He wasn’t advocating for it or anything, but when he would quote scripture he would say something like, “…and the Amplified Bible says…”

I’m glad you mentioned the IHOP. A good friend of mine who was from Sweetwater and now is a worship leader in Amarillo went this last summer. He loved it. Our church is about to open the Sweetwater Prayer Center, and our pastor wants a live feed of the IHOP on a television. I would love to go myself.

Thanks, Doug, blessings to you as well.

By: Doug Stone

Doug Stone — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:36:26 +0000

Peter,
You will love the Amplified Bible. It takes a little getting used to but I have had mine for years, have had it recovered once years ago and I still use it all the time. If I am not mistaken it was published by the Lockman Foundation and is based on the American Standard.
It’s not great for every purpose but when you get used there are just certain verses that you will always reference the Amplified for.

BTW I noticed your are from Sweetwater. I am from Lubbock though I live in Kansas City now. You should come up and visit the International House of Prayer and or check out our website at http://www.ihop.org
Thanks for the great information.
Many Blessings,
Doug

By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:06:37 +0000

Spoiled pets are great, aren’t they. We have a Jack Russell named Oliver, I think he owns us as much as we own him. Thanks, Carl.

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:44:40 +0000

Unfortunately my wife and I have no children. Just a very spoiled cockatiel who can’t read as far as we know.

By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:44:00 +0000

I think that’s wonderful. When our daughter was born a couple of months ago, I bought here a pink International Children’s Version so I could read to her. I would love for her to still cherish it when she’s an adult.

You should pass it on to your children/grandchildren.

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:55:24 +0000

For whatever it’s worth (and this may sound hokey to some) but I still have the “My First Holy Bible: Keepsake Edition” published by the Keepsake Bible Company in Nashville, TN. It was presented to me when I was an infant shortly after I was born in 1963 by the Rev. & Mrs. Speed who apparently was the pastor of the church where we lived at the time. I don’t remember anything about Rev. Speed.

By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:01:04 +0000

Thank you Bosco, for taking the time to read and comment. I agree with you about the consistency with which footnotes are applied. I will defer to you regarding the original Greek, I am not an expert in Biblical Greek.

By: Bosco Peters

Bosco Peters — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:05:42 +0000

I understand your point about footnoting.
My point is that there is no consistency in footnoting.
Sometimes the footnote is there – at other times it is not.
There is no consistent principle applied.
This makes the ESV have an appearance of accuracy which, those who follow the original languages will realise, it does not have.
http://www.liturgy.co.nz/newsviews/esv.html