Saturday, October 31, 2009

Two Study Bibles, Almost Identical Titles




Lutheran Study Bible
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Lutheran Study Bible or The Lutheran Study Bible can refer to two different study bibles released in 2009 in the United States.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America released their Lutheran Study Bible on March 1 2009. It is published by Augsburg Fortress and uses the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod released their The Lutheran Study Bible on September 1, 2009. It is published by Concordia Publishing House and uses the English Standard Version of the Bible.

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GJ - That is not very impressive, after ELCA and Missouri have spent so much time in bed together. One would hope a little pillow talk would resolve such issues. Let me guess - the two translations are almost identical. CPH has a lot of cash, I hear. Augie/Fortress is always on life support.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

A blessed Reformation to you.

Question:
Should I be bothered by this? Is this a form of unionism?

http://www.stmatthewsonline.org/News%20and%20Notes.htm

Salvation Army Bell Ringers

From Pastor Enderle:

We have been asked as a church if we could supply enough people to man the Salvation Army Bell Ringers Stand in front of Wal-Mart on Friday, November 27th from 5:00pm to 9:00PM and Sunday, November 28th from 11:00AM to 9:00PM. 80% of all money raised stay in this community for:

Families First

St. Claire Health Mission

Local Police Department

My questions to you:

1. Is there anyone who would be offended by this?

2. Would we be able to come up with enough people to staff the two bells at Wal-Mart for two days?

Your thoughts and comments are very much appreciated.

Anonymous said...

Guess you might as well sell cookies for the girl scouts then or park cars for Lifest.

John said...

Rev. Jackson,

I am not a learned person.

I am drawn to many of your posts, especially those on Justification. You back most posts up with thoughtful references that a reader can checkout for himself.

You speak of Justification in exactly the same terms as I was taught it in my youth.

You are, however totally missing the mark regarding THE LUTHERAN STUDY BIBLE.

Your posts on TLSB are simply digs at both the LCMS and the ELCA, and show that you have not cracked the cover of either The Lutheran Study Bible or Lutheran Study Bible.

The blog is, of course yours. You are free to post anything on it that you like and anyone who doesn't agree can take a hike. I get it.

What I am saying is that I respect your posts because you indicate your research and experience in most of them. That equals credibility.

Your comments on the two different Lutheran study Bibles, however show a total lack of any research into either of the books and give no insight to your readers who may be wondering about them.

We Lutherans have had to put up with reformed study Bibles forever, depending on our pastors to sort out the drek. Two 'Lutheran' study Bibles come out in the same year. I, for one was hoping for your usual, studied, informed comments. We get only sarcasm directed at ELCA and LCMS.

Again, this is your blog and you are certainly free to print anything you wish. In this instance, though I shall seek the counsel of one who has actually researched these two Bibles and is able to speak from that perspective.

I pray that you will bring your assessment of these two books up to the same level as your assessment of subjects such as Justfiication.

God bless!!

Jack