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September 2011

September 21, 2011

Reader reviews of the HCSB

The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) was one of last month's giveaway books. Thanks to...

May 2011

May 10, 2011

Celebrating 400 years of the King James Bible

This video comes from my friends at St Helen's Church here in London. Actually I...

October 2010

October 04, 2010

Rick Warren at Desiring God 2010 – The Battle for your mind

Rick Warren's talk at the Desiring God 2010 National Conference Think: The Life of the Mind...

March 2010

March 02, 2010

Wayne Grudem’s Thoughts on Bible Translation

This is a classic quote from Grudem about why he prefers essentially literal translations (sometimes...

November 2008

November 25, 2008

A Bible is For Life, Not Just For Christmas

Christmas seems like it's just around the corner. In these times of financial pressure, surely...

September 2008

September 01, 2008

2008 Top Posts Numbers 3 and 4

Number 4 in the list of most read posts this year so far is a...

August 2008

August 07, 2008

Bilingual ESV Bibles Provided Free During Olympic Games

This press release was just sent out from Crossway. It is great news and reminds...

February 2008

February 15, 2008

3rd Most Read Post – The ESV: A Bible Translation for Everyone?

No. 3 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on July 10,...

January 2008

January 16, 2008

20th Most Read Post – Twelve Literary Features of the Bible

No. 20 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on October 25,...

October 2007

October 25, 2007

Twelve Literary Features of the Bible

UPDATEIn January 2008, the following post was identified as the 20th all-time most popular post...

September 2007

September 05, 2007

BOOK – ESV Literary Study Bible: Editor, Leland Ryken

Literary criticism has a bad reputation amongst evangelical Christians. This is, of course, misplaced since...

July 2007

July 08, 2007

ESV Quadruples Sales Growth

Crossway Books and Bibles today announced, "Growth of the ESV Bible continues to accelerate ....

August 2006

August 20, 2006

Cows, Dogs, and Political Correctness – Part Three

In this series, so far I have looked at how the Bible uses two Greek...

June 2006

June 08, 2006

Scripture Cannot Be Broken – T4G Statement

The Authority and Inerrancy of the Bible T4G Statement, Articles I and IIArticle IWe affirm...

December 2005

December 27, 2005

Blogspotting the ESV, interviews and other posts

I am enjoying the christmas break, but as a compulsive blogger how can I resist...

December 19, 2005

Anti-ESV Politicking

Parableman has an interesting post about the way ESV and TNIV advocates tend to talk...

November 2005

November 16, 2005

Tim is growing to love the ESV

Tim has a great post where he is being the Tim we all love. He...

October 2005

October 17, 2005

Which bible translation is the Bloggers favorite?

I thought I'd try a little experiment today. Searching Google Blogsearch for the acronyms of...

October 16, 2005

Stop the presses: Adrian quotes from the New Living Translation!

Carla has been very kind about todays sermon: "Today I wasn't able to go to...

August 2005

August 13, 2005

ESV NOT the easiest read after all.

I am afraid I made a basic but honest mistake in my previous post on...

August 13, 2005

Is the ESV the "easy-reading" bible translation?

Every now and then facts come along and expose a set of myths. The myth...

July 2005

July 18, 2005

Choosing a bible and the ESV contest

Two more loose ends to tie up about the recent ESV series. Firstly, I'd like...

July 10, 2005

The ESV – A Bible Translation for Everyone?

UPDATE In January 2008, the following post was identified as the 3rd all-time most popular...

July 06, 2005

ESV: assisted by God

To what extent was the translation of the ESV Bible one consciously assisted by prayer...

July 05, 2005

Gender and translation: getting out of my depth……

Help! I seem to have opened a can of worms with my post on gender...

July 05, 2005

ESV: original language experts- we all need them!

It is possible that a generation of preachers may grow up relying on the great...

July 03, 2005

ESV: arguing with translations whilst preaching

It is possible that a generation of preachers may grow up relying on the great...

July 02, 2005

Bible translation and gender: whats all the heat about? (Matt 10:24, Ro 3:28)

Last week Dave Warnock brought up Matthew 10:24. Unlike most other translations, the TNIV translates...

June 2005

June 30, 2005

ESV: its all Greek to me!

It is possible that a generation of preachers may grow up relying on the great...

June 29, 2005

ESV: don't throw out your commentaries!

There seems to be a conscious effort to incorporate the views of modern evangelical scholars...