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    Thoughts about using a KJV update?

    Hi, I would love to hear the community’s feedback about using an update to the King James Version. I love the KJV. But the translation is in the main about 400 years old (spelling changes were made in 1769). So if there were an update that simply and accurately updated the KJV, making no...
  2. HammerStone

    Bible Translation Searches on Google

    The KJV and ESV are the only two which are growing, whilst the NIV continues the downward trend along with many other major [Evangelical] versions. Pretty interesting. http://www.openbible.info/labs/translation-share/
  3. HammerStone

    Why Mars Hill Church Uses the ESV

    http://theresurgence.com/2013/08/22/why-mars-hill-uses-the-esv-bible I thought the above article made the case of the use of the English Standard Version (ESV) from a fairly reasonable standpoint. Obviously, there are statements to quibble with, but this didn't seem, at least, to have as much...
  4. HammerStone

    Default Bible Version Now NIV

    Over the past six months or so, we have made a number of changes to the default Bible version/translation here at Christianity Board. We know that this is a touchy subject among many and we are not here to declare our version choice the best or necessarily better than others. In fact, each...
  5. HammerStone

    A scientific argument for formal equivalence?

    I think this becomes an argument for at least reading the formal equivalence translations (IE: ESV, NASB, NKJV, KJV): Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2261636/Reading-Shakespeare-Wordsworth-offer-better-therapy-self-help-books.html Obviously, this doesn't factor in the...
  6. HammerStone

    Does the Bible Version or Translation Really Matter?

    Does the Bible version or translation that you use really matter? For KJVO'ers, I'm just honestly not that interested in your arguments here. I wanted to start by saying that so we'll have a mutal understanding that this will not evolve into a debate about the KJV vs everyone else. I have use...