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Why I use Six Translations
This Is Why I
-Preach from the NRSV,
-Study from the Tanakh,
-Reference the ESV,
-Give Out the CEB,
-Compose from The Message,
and Still Follow King James
There's a silly church camp song that goes, "Mr. Postman, bring to me, a copy of the NIV — can't stand to wait any longer, I need the Bible to grow stronger."
That's about as much translation education as most of us got.
No complaints from me though.
Here's the New International Version (NIV) ’s rendering of Romans 8:28:
"No Harm" Preaching: Three Principles for Not Accidentally Destroying Someone on Sunday Morning
I preached a Mother's Day sermon at a retirement facility once.
I thought I did a good job.
I was careful. I knew I had my own stuff about family — who doesn't — and I thought I'd kept it out of the sermon.
Stayed positive. Stayed theological. Didn't go anywhere near the personal stuff.