John McClean, Presbyterian minister, Vice-Principal at the Presbyterian Theological Centre, Sydney, where he teaches Systematic Theology has had a post published on the ABC Religion and Ethics web portal entitled: ‘That Scripture may speak like itself’: The KJB and the Word of God. McClean begins: If the KJB project was an attempt to reduce the …

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Bill Mounce demonstrates the considerations of nuance that are involved when a literal translation may not always provide the best understanding of the meaning of the text. Would you go do to the wharves and try to attract the attention of a group of fisherman by addressing them as ‘children’? So what did Jesus mean …

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One of my colleagues was wondering on Facebook about whether he should complete his preparations for preaching this Sunday if the world was going to end on Saturday, May 21. (Hi John!) Harold Camping’s declaration that the rapture will occur this Saturday is getting a lot of press. Remember this is not the pronouncement of …

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