Amos: A Fresh Translation
A friend recently asked me if I might do a new translation of Amos for him to record a reading of it for…
Category: translation
Changing Media Living Message
I often hear complaints (and have offered my own) about movies not being like the book and just how much better the book…
Something Weird in the NIV Tradition
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…
Let Women Remain Silent (or Not)
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…
Jesus Led Israel Out of Egypt?
In a phone conversation with a friend today, we were discussing grammatical-historical methods of interpretation and how the NT writers simply did not…
When the Bible Comes Alive
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…
Ezekiel and The Message
Eugene Peterson’s The Message offers a fresh reading of Scripture that is intended not for study, but for hearing Scripture in a way…
Saints or Holy Ones?
Over Thanksgiving (the U.S. one for my Canadian friends) this last weekend one of the conversations I had with family (my family on…