The Longing
Stuff that didn't quite make it into The Briefing
The Briefing and the ESV
Tony Payne / March 2004
A response to Don Carson and Allan Chapple
I am not by nature a grumpy person. I don't often get very heated in debate or upset about things. You could even call me phlegmatic (love that word).
However, even the most laid back personality has pressure points. For me, it's when the kids spill things at the dinner table, especially any form of milk drink. It sends me into a blustering and irrational rage. Imprecations burst forth onto the head of the unfortunate child (“Oh for heaven's sake! Why don't you just fling Milo all over the walls
ESV/NIV Comparison Chart
Allan Chapple / March 2004
In his RTR article (reproduced elsewhere in this month's web extra), Allan Chapple judges that the ESV has fallen short of its own objectives, and provides some examples. As promised (in the paper edition of this month's Briefing), here are some counter-examples, where the ESV is advantageously a few steps more direct in translation than the NIV, while remaining quite readable (that is, where the ESV has achieved its objectives).
Verse |
ESV |
Comment |
Gen 16:2 |
And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. |
The retention of the concrete |
Generating Confidence in the Bible: The use of Bible translations in Christian ministry
Mark Thompson / March 2004
As a preacher, I am passionately concerned to ensure that I am faithfully proclaiming the word of God. Equally important is the question of whether I am effectively proclaiming the word of God. It will be of little or no lasting benefit to those who hear if I parade my cleverness—my wit or charm, my ability with funny or emotive stories—and not bring people into contact with the word that God has spoken. It likewise will be next to useless if I proclaim the truth in a way that obscures its meaning or makes it difficult for people to hear and
A Bible for Everyone
Alan Jacobs / March 2004
Copyright (c) 2003 First Things 138 (December 2003): 10-14.
One summer years ago, I attended a conference that met at Princeton Theological Seminary; we participants stayed in the seminary dormitory. We soon discovered that the lounge on the first floor of the dorm had been converted into a kind of outsized study. A large table dominated the room; scattered across its surface were dozens of hefty books, many of them held open by other books. A group of men sat around the table from morning to evening, sometimes rising to consult one of the
All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God and Profitable
John Piper / March 2004
Today, at the end of prayer week, we focus on the preciousness and power of the Word of God, the Bible. I will call you today to love the Word of God and meditate on it every day this year and memorize it systematically.