Celebrating ‘Begotten’

by | Jan 11, 2016 | Uncategorized

I’ve just reviewed a document which criticizes in some detail The Message, of which I have recently posted two parts of the Introduction to. The link to the document was posted as part of a Facebook conversation regarding Part 1, if anyone would like to go...

Introduction to THE MESSAGE: Part 3

by | Jan 10, 2016 | Uncategorized

This is the final part in the little mini-series on what I feel is an excellent brief overview of what God’s Word is really meant to be to us, and what impact it can have if we actually read it. Several interesting and challenging conversations have arisen out...

Introduction to THE MESSAGE: Part 2

by | Jan 7, 2016 | Uncategorized

The other day I posted part 1 of Introduction to THE MESSAGE. Here’s the next portion of what Eugene Peterson, the translator of The Message says about reading it. *** Part 2: Introduction to THE MESSAGE Through reading the Bible, we see that there is far more...

Introduction to THE MESSAGE: Part 1

by | Jan 3, 2016 | Uncategorized

I have immense respect for Eugene H. Peterson, the man who spent ten years of his life translating the original Hebrew and Greek languages of the Old and New Testament into the language and vernacular of today. The Message is the result. For several years I have made...