Category Archives: translation

Amos: A Fresh Translation

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Rick Wadholm

A friend recently asked me if I might do a new translation of Amos for him to record a reading of it for a ministry he serves (which I will perhaps post the audio of here when finished). This is … Continue reading →

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Changing Media Living Message

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

I often hear complaints (and have offered my own) about movies not being like the book and just how much better the book was by comparison. This may be true enough, but perhaps what we are latently getting at suggests … Continue reading →

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Something Weird in the NIV Tradition

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

Today in church a verse was mentioned in connection with my church’s name “New Life”. The passage, Acts 5.20, was read in NIV1984 (and posted on the screen) and I turned to it in my Greek NT. To my surprise … Continue reading →

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Let Women Remain Silent (or Not)

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

Last week in class we discussed 1 Corinthians 14.33-35. Talk about a controversial text. How does one properly interpret such a passage?  I was asked by a number of friends if I might post my notes on this. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Jesus Led Israel Out of Egypt?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

In a phone conversation with a friend today, we were discussing grammatical-historical methods of interpretation and how the NT writers simply did not appear to observe this modern system for interpretation (which claims, in my opinion, an overly “scientific” approach … Continue reading →

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When the Bible Comes Alive

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

The first assignment of the semester for my Former Prophets class was to read Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and 1-2 Kings in two different translations and give me several pages of questions, comments, and insights about the texts. They could … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel and The Message

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Rick Wadholm

Eugene Peterson’s The Message offers a fresh reading of Scripture that is intended not for study, but for hearing Scripture in a way intended to be comparable to those originally hearing it.*  In many ways he has done a marvelous … Continue reading →

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Saints or Holy Ones?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

Over Thanksgiving (the U.S. one for my Canadian friends) this last weekend one of the conversations I had with family (my family on both sides is filled with pastors) was about the change made in the NIV(2011) concerning the non-use … Continue reading →

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