"If we do not defend the Virgin Birth what else is left? The Church and Change crowd is so hell bent on destroying justification by faith that they are going to destroy the Virgin Birth too. I know no one can destroy the Word of God.
However this translation can lead many a person into doubt and ultimately to no faith at all. Jeske and company will have much to answer for on Judgement Day."
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GJ - WELS is hot to use the New NIV, which the mainlines love for its either/or position on Isaiah 7:14 - not to mention its universal absolution in Romans 3.
Another bonus is that once adopted, the legalistic cult is stuck with it forever. As new improvements come out, each error will be added to the rest of many.
The "dynamic translation" model means the authors can make up anything they want and say - "That's what the text really says, although there is nothing to support that conclusion."
