Does literal = accurate ?
Would you prefer your bible translation to be word-for-word or thought-for-thought?
There’s a meme going around that goes like this:
Jesus: “Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.”
Onlooker: “But Lord, what if they’re Muslim?”
Jesus: “…Ok, let me start again from the beginning.”
I’ve found myself having a love/hate relationship with this meme and its variations!
Would you prefer your bible translation to be word-for-word or thought-for-thought?
Proverbs 16:24 says:
(NIV) Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
(NLT) Kind words are like honey—sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
1 Thess 5:11 says:
(Message) So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind.
(NCV) So encourage each other and give each other strength, just as you are doing now.
Let me quote from another article…
Over the past few months when I’ve been leading worship I’ve been challenging the team with a simple question: “How have you worshipped this week?”
I primarily asked them to (a) remember that everything we do should be for his glory, (b) recognise where God has moved in our lives recently, and (c) realise that sometimes our worship isn’t directed at God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 says…
This has been my favourite parable for many years, perhaps because it was my first ever sermon at a mid-week church meeting. I love the whole story arc of gifting and obedience. Reading a post over at The Gospel Coalition Blog a fresh view was presented that I hadn’t considered before.
If our worship songs reflected our true hearts, thoughts and affections on Sunday mornings, would it sound like this? (Check out the video below)
Having decided I’m going to need a clip-on tuner for my Taylor I’ve been reading around at what’s good, and the Peterson Strobe Clip-on seems to have great reviews for its 1/10 cent accuracy and specific sweetened temperaments. Anyone who has tuned up, played a chord and thought “Fab!” and then a second chord and thought “That’s less fab!” will have hit the problem that sweetened temperaments are meant to address. Long time readers of my blog (or interested parties) may want to check back on the Key Colour post I made some time ago.
However…
In Australia, an atheist humanist visited Hillsong to find out why Christian music was selling more than mainstream music. When the Pastor stood up to speak, he wrote:
I had a plan.
Our church treasurer says it can’t work. However, let me share the idea anyway.
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