WHAT I AM READING
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ISBN: 1598561685 |
Amazon.com: Institutes of the Christian Religion: John Calvin, Henry Beveridge: Books——————————————————————————-
 Amazon.com: The Holy Bible: English Stanard Version (Red Letter Text): BooksISBN: 158134659X
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 Amazon.com: Ryrie Study Bible NAS Hardback- Red Letter (Ryrie Study Bibles): Books: Charles RyrieISBN: 0802438660ISBN-13: 9780802438669 |
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ISBN: 0805445366 |
Amazon.com: Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around and Yours Can, Too: Ed Stetzer, Mike Dodson: Books———————————————————————————
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ISBN: 0882707574 |
Amazon.com: The Pilgrim’s Progress in Modern English (Pure Gold Classic) (Pure Gold Classics): John Bunyan, L. Edward Hazelbaker: Books
Excellent choice.
Brett
August 20, 2007 at 2:05 pm
How about The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens and Letters to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
If you’re faith is that strong why not really test it instead of just reading books that re-inforce you views.
Nigel Bruce
August 30, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Nigel,
I might consider reading one of these books if you would consent to reading a book that I picked for you. How strong is your faith?
Tom
August 30, 2007 at 1:20 pm
wow pink is awesome. get a book called the nature of God by pink. its 2 books in one. very worth it.
Do you Hit many Puritans? ( i work in a bookstore email me and i will try to hook you up with a mail order with a discount)
creek
September 22, 2007 at 7:49 pm
I hope you enjoy the ESV as much as I do. It is a great translation.
royingle
October 22, 2007 at 9:56 am
Roy,
Yes, I enjoy the ESV very much. I teach out of it but I study out of it and the NASB both primarily.
Tom
October 22, 2007 at 1:07 pm
I find it wonderful that in only the past 40 years or so there have emerged several excellent, accurate translations of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures into accessible, intuitive English. Exegetes use them all, and respect them all. However, a caveat: there are now many Bibles billing themselves falsely as English Language translations when in fact they are mere paraphrases, stylizations of previous translations or even of paraphrases in turn of translations. And these downstream, derivative paraphrases usually are ignorant, corrupted and even tendentious perversions of the original texts, intended to serve purposes other than to put English-speaking non-classicists into touch, as directly as possible and without opaque or purposeful mediation, with the ancient texts. The most ubiquitous of these non-translations is the New World Bible, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, the hidden hierarchy of Jehovah’s Witnesses. While it bills itself as a translation, it is in fact a paraphrase of and gloss on the great Revised Standard Version, variously expurgated, bowdlerized and embellished to suit the purposes of that organization. The New World paraphrase is only one extreme example of Biblical corruptions offered as “translations”. There are, alas, more such titles every year.
Protestants should note that as they have no equivalent of the Vatican Holy Office to serve as a clearinghouse, it will be incumbent upon the various units of the denominations, e.g. Bishoprics, Synods, Conventions, Presbyteries, congregations, individual believers, to vet the metastasizing titles purporting Biblical accuracy. You’re on your own.
I’m not sure that Professor Luther wouldn’t have wanted it that way.
A word to the wise, sisters and brothers.
hughvic
January 16, 2008 at 2:00 am
How do you create this “what I am reading” page? Is there something on Amazon you paste into the page to get the picture of the book? Is this a widget?
Brad Beaman
January 19, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Roy, If you can swing it, look on eBay or Amazon for a used Parallel [Xian] Bible, or else for a Parallel Old Testament or New Testament. You’ll be able to pick, say, four of the translations you’d most wish to compare, e.g. the ESV, KJV, and a couple more of your choosing, and have a given pericope printed in columns of four translations to a page, to afford side-by-side analysis. This can be done online, of course, but needless to say that’s not the same as owning a book. The cost should be about the same as that of a good used Strong’s Concordance; so, expensive, but not very.
hughvic
January 19, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Brad,
I used Windows Live Writer. It has a plug-in for Amazon that does it. I am sure there is probably a way to do it directly but I don’t know it.
Tom
January 19, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Hughvic,
You can do the same thing with E-sword
Tom
January 19, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Thanks, Tom! I almost never use the same comparator twice, and so have been very much in the market for recommendations.
hughvic
January 19, 2008 at 5:56 pm