Comments on: What would Jolie do?

By: Make it Man

Make it Man — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:44:14 +0000

How come this post shows up correctly in Firefox but not in Internet Explorer?

By: arcadia

arcadia — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:19:40 +0000

Victoriaadding pictures which have nothing to do with GOD’s Word

Yeah, he really never would have wanted that. He wasn’t into communicating with and attracting new believers. And beauty of any kind threatens the worship of him.

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By: Richard Everitt

Richard Everitt — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:39:12 +0000

Any Bible is a translation unless it is in the original Hebrew or Greek. The big problem has been translations which distort the original meaning, or make a doubtful reading certain. A lesser problem has been Bibles with footnotes which promote only a chosen interpretation, and ignore equally probable ones. By comparison illustrations probably do little harm to an otherwise faithful translation, even if they could be better chosen; and they may enrich the experience of those who read. My wife’s Bible has numerous pictures I generally ignore, but the oversized text is easy on my eyes. If an edition makes it easier for some people to read the books, that should be enough justification for printing it.

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By: contented-joy

contented-joy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:24:36 +0000

I had a friend from Switzerland, and all the children there were given ‘School Bibles’. They had interpretive guides explaining everything in leftist terms. However I guess they couldn’t explain away Revelation, that book was left out completely, the Bibles ended at Jude.

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By: Make it Man

Make it Man — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:45:17 +0000

#4,
Well if it was in Sweden, it certainly wasn’t served up with Fire and Brimstone now was it?

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By: Spinoza

Spinoza — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:18:17 +0000

#4 roflmao!

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By: RR

RR — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:15:27 +0000

Is it compromised and pluralistic and trite? Yes. Would I buy one for my daughter? No. Do I believe God is sovereign, and that His Word that goes forth from His mouth will not return to Him void but will accomplish the purpose He has ordained for it, no matter whether pictures of Angelina Jolie are involved? YES and YES!

This isn’t the first Silly Bible(TM) and it won’t be the last. Not much to get worked up over.

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By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:03:01 +0000

I had a look at the book, the photography is beautiful and compelling. Perhaps for people who don’t have the ability to have the “movie in their minds”, images that provoke thought, and thought around the biblical passage associated with it is a good thing. Perhaps the use of modern images will help people to see the relevance in modern life.

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By: RPN

RPN — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:41:55 +0000

“This was lunched in Sweden last year – ”

How was it served? Curly fries and tartar sauce?

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By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:25:12 +0000

This was lunched in Sweden last year –

Many want to re-write the Word of God to suit their beliefs. They feel that the ancient manuscripts and translation don’t match todays beliefs – adding pictures which have nothing to do with GOD’s Word, something to entertain those who aren’t able to accept the truth from HIS Word.

We are warned in Scripture:

1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
2 Timothy 4

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