The Everyday Christian

WHAT I AM READING

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Amazon.com: Ryrie Study Bible NAS Hardback- Red Letter (Ryrie Study Bibles): Books: Charles RyrieISBN: 0802438660
ISBN-13: 9780802438669

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  1. Brett said, on August 20, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    Excellent choice.

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  2. Nigel Bruce said, on August 30, 2007 at 1:16 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.

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    • ariel said, on June 16, 2009 at 9:46 pm

      when someone wants REAL answers Nigel…one should go to the source…the source being God’s words….its funny how people who DO NOT read the Bible in its entire context…are quick to discredit it by some random authors interpretation of it….

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  3. Tom said, on August 30, 2007 at 1:20 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?

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  4. creek said, on September 22, 2007 at 7:49 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)

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  5. royingle said, on October 22, 2007 at 9:56 am

    I hope you enjoy the ESV as much as I do. It is a great translation.

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  6. Tom said, on October 22, 2007 at 1:07 pm

    Roy,

    Yes, I enjoy the ESV very much. I teach out of it but I study out of it and the NASB both primarily.

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  7. hughvic said, on January 16, 2008 at 2:00 am

    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.

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  8. Brad Beaman said, on January 19, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    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?

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  9. hughvic said, on January 19, 2008 at 1:09 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.

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  10. Tom said, on January 19, 2008 at 1:20 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.

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  11. Tom said, on January 19, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    Hughvic,

    You can do the same thing with E-sword

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  12. hughvic said, on January 19, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    Thanks, Tom! I almost never use the same comparator twice, and so have been very much in the market for recommendations.

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  13. Stephen said, on January 25, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    @Nigel Bruce,

    those books you have recommended have been read and all I can say is those books are a joke concerning scholarly work. And poorly defends the atheistic worldview. Let me recommend you a book though, and perhaps you could be well studied from the Christian perspectives, “He is There and He is Not Silent” by Francis Schaeffer.

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  14. Chuck Geer said, on August 5, 2009 at 9:57 am

    Tom, I too am reading through Calvin’s Institutes. Definitely NOT lightweight reading!

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