Ben Wink has left a new comment on your post "WELS Playing Hamlet on Their Next Bible Blunder":
You'd think that a translation that has proved itself over the course of 400 years would be a clear winner, but apparently not.
Or a hymnal (TLH) that has been around for 70 years (another anniversary this year!)
There's got to be someone getting a piece of the action in switching translations like this right? I mean going from the NIV to the NIV2: The Sequel or the ESV is just adding more water to weak tea already isn't it?
I remember a shut-in that I had on my internship that refused to listen to any Scripture that I had in my devotions unless it came from the KJV. She was from Italy and when she came over to the US after WWII, she learned how to speak and read English from the KJV and it always remained a crucial part of her faith.
So I picked up a KJV for doing those devotions. Got a nice red-letter one from a local Christian bookstore and it was the original KJV translation. I am certainly glad that the Lord used this shut-in believer as the reason why I now have my KJV.
There is something to be said about being connected to other believers who have read these same words for centuries. I feel the same way whenever I get a chance to use TLH or a TLH version of a traditional hymn or even just saying the traditional version of The Lord's Prayer or Nicene Creed.
Fixing something that isn't broken just for the sake of fixing it is pointless and redundant. Sure it will increase book sales, like a new not-needed hymnal would, but that's about it.
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GJ - A steady seller is a flow of money in book publishing. The NIV publisher (Murdoch) will not allow the old NIV to be used in the present and future WELS/LCMS textbooks. Poor them - they are forced to print everything new again. No recycling allowed.
For WELS and Missouri, it is like having a big taxation passed, without any votes.
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"Say NO to the New NIV!" Monday evening, I was unable to attend Ladies Bible Study.(which is led by my pastor) I emailed Pastor concerning my disgust of the 2011 NIV. The translation is filthy!(made love) This language is not a proper translation and it belongs in the Romance Novel section of the book store. This "so-called" Bible defends homosexuality.(only practicing homosexuality is a sin) The name "Jesus" appears less than the reduced appearance in the regular NIV. The translators are not above reproach. Gender-neutral language is an attempt to make differences in men and women(as designed and defined by God)nonexistent. So God is not our Heavenly Father? Look at those Her Churches and Gay churches; it seems that they need a Bible that accommodates such audiences. Whatt really puzzles me is the fact that as Confessional Lutherans, we are trusting a translation of God's Word by Freemasons and at least one openly fay female. This is maddness on all fronts. WELS leaders and laity need to standup and say "No" the the acceptance of the 2011 NIV. Tell your friends, relatives, congregation, and pastors. Perhaps the Intrepids would like to start another petition.
In Christ,
from WELS chruch lady
Sorry for the typos in the above comment.
In Christ,
from WELS church lady
I fixed them on the separate post, WCL.
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