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For We Are Not as Many

author Posted by: Mike on date Apr 18th, 2011 | filed Filed under: Bible Versions

I read an article, on John McTernan’s blog, the other day about the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.  The article was not about 2 Corinthians 2:17, but rather about Revelation 13:1. As we discussed the article as a family, we wondered how the new versions rendered 2 Corinthians 2:17.

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King James vs. NIV? – Precept upon Precept vs. Do and Do

author Posted by: Mike on date Feb 20th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Bible Versions

My wife and I were discussing Isaiah 28:9-10 this morning. This is a verse about teaching your children about God. It is in the context of fallen Ephraim.  (Ephraim had strayed from their former glory. Ephraim had fallen because both the people and the priests were drunkards.) Could it be they had forgotten to teach their children God’s truth?

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Filthy Rags

author Posted by: Mike on date Feb 7th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Bible Versions, Faith

I was remembering a church service from several years ago.  Something happened in that service that proved to me the importance of having the pure word of God. It was near the beginning of worship when a man stood up and read the following verse from his Bible. Read more »