"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.." 2 Tim 3:16.
All Scripture... mmm hmm... okkkkkkkkkkkkkay. Let's see how far we can take that....
Goodness gracious. Went shopping for a bible today. Since when did it get so complicated?!?!?!? How many translations are there now?? King James (KJV). New King James (NKJV). Good ol' NIV. Then there's a new one... Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB) - that was just recently released and is all over the shelves. Don't forget the New Living Translation (NLT). Oh...how about the Amplified Bible. The one that I actually got use to reading... English Standard Version (ESV) is no where to be found.
Do I need a commentary just to explain the difference?? Oh wait... there's more.
A bible isn't just a bible anymore. No no... There's a Life Application Bible. There's the Study Bible. There's a Women's Devotion Bible. Not to be outdone... there's a Men's Devotion Bible. There's the Family Bible - which is the size of a phone book (people don't even know what that is anymore) who's main purpose is to sit on your coffee table to look good. On and on and on... I was aimlessly walking uppppppppp and doooooooooown the aisles. Hoping to find ONE... just ONE.
And at the end... I give up. Go online. Download the Bible App. They have all the translation. No one lugs around a book anymore. But everyone has a smartphone. Let's just move on with technology already... geez louise puh-leez!!
Onto 2019...
Mood: stressed
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