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Yes, where would that question come from for sure--it wasn't even a thought on our minds as children when I was growing up. Sure, there were gay relationships going on in the small town that I grew up in, but those people certainly didn't advertise or "celebrate" it. They would have faced...

That's why we fell in love with Diana--she was a good kind of rebel challenging the coldness, stuffiness, and restrictions in the palace. She looked absolutely gorgeous in her designer jeans! I remember when I started in the office after college in my industry career, the only day we could wear...

I like your original response. We tend to candy-coat harmful actions and behaviors to be "politically correct" and "accepting" today. Yet by doing this, we are not throwing up the proper cautions and warnings that a life apart from God is empty and unfulfilling. If the divorce rate is 50% or...

The suspicion of an erotic physical relationship between David and Jonathon is alive and well today. Anyone who claims they had one is in the realm of speculation at best. I had a pretty intensive conversation with a professor who believed David and Jonathon had a "homoerotic" relationship, and...

Drawing The Line in My Sand with The Pom Poms Hi folks, This is the closest forum I could find for what Lisa and I saw tonight watching the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. There is a male on the cheerleading team flashing pom poms. I know we are living in a liberal era (to say the...

Inspiring posting, Pilgrimshope! It really is an awesome calling we've been given, and the beauty is we're not alone trying to accomplish the impossible. Paul certainly wasn't a sissy (old term for "weak"). The expectations are very clear for us as Christians to take up our crosses and witness...

14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. This is what I love about Paul: he cuts through all the nonsense and keeps his focus on Jesus. A major theme of his mission and ministry was the "simplicity"...

The Climax of Galatians is the following in my opinion: Galatians 5:22-23 New King James Version 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. The fruit of God's Spirit...

The NIV is an excellent translation--solid cross-denominational scholarship with language that is up to date with contemporary society. I love the KJV, too, as it ties into my classical literature roots. The Old English can be intimidating to audiences today, however, so I generally quote from...

Thank you for digging into this 2ndTime...! James Moffatt is a well-respected Biblical scholar, and he also served as a Christian pastor for 16 years. He was on the faculty of three distinguished universities: Oxford, Glasgow, and Union Theological Seminary. James Moffatt | British biblical...

The Preface and Introduction are superbly written as well. Yes, it's not a perfect translation, but his intent was Holy Spirit inspired. It's just a fun Biblical text to read!

The main issue I have with Moffatt's translation is he moved some chapters and sections around in certain books to try and synchronize the flow of the ideas/storyline. He captures some great literary expressions from the original Hebrew and Greek languages. I feel like I'm reading great...

What are the specific issues with Moffatt's translation of this verse?

As a lit. major, I just love the KJV because it brings me back to classical poetry from Donne and Shakespeare. King James English is so poetic and lyrical. However, more modern translations are better suited to current cultural/language usages, and modern language translations like the NKJV...

Yes, he would be a real "hit" in our society today...:devilish:

Probably one of the many incredible scents he experienced when God placed Eve before Adam (Whoa Man!) o_O

And Adam happily took the leftovers! :love:

He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years (Rev. 20:2).

Happy to carry out your will in the meantime, Lord...