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 …
In the year that the KJV turns 400 the Common English Bible will be published. You can read all about those behind its production and publishing at the website. It seems that the less conservative neighborhood of the US church want a translation that won’t have them paying royalties to Rupert Murdoch or conservative evangelicals …
At The Gospel Coalition, Collin Hansens asks Tim Keller, Don Carson and David Murray “How would you caution teachers intent on preaching Christ in the Old Testament?” Tim Keller, senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York and vice president of The Gospel Coalition: 1. Don’t “get to Christ” so soon in the sermon …
Monday With Mounce is always interesting. Each week Bill Mounce explores an aspect of biblical interpretation. This week he considers the account of the cloths in the empty tomb. The point he examines was part of the sermon I preached on Sunday. Having heard the resurrection story today at church, I reminded of the translation …
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