Archive for June 3rd, 2008
From the Preface
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Here are, I believe, the salient points from the preceeding pages and from the preface of the NIV Bible. The first thing I noticed was this:
You will be pleased to know that a portion of the purchase price of your new NIV Bible has been provided to International Bible Society to help spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ around the world.
I’ll be honest here; I really wasn’t pleased to know this. I knew I’d be contributing to the cause by buying the book but it was only $5.95 and a necessity I really couldn’t avoid, if I wanted to use the NIV Bible. I’d dabbled in the King James version but I found it difficult to trudge through and probably a little less complete than the NIV Bible. A friend just recommended the NET Bible which is a great free resource. I’m sure I’ll be referencing and quoting both of these versions periodically throughout this project but most likely I’ll primarily be using the NIV Bible.
(Note: When I mention “IBS” here I mean the “International Bible Society”, not “Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, as one might think. The irony is not lost on me.)
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