Bible Wars
For this week’s Discus
sions Ahoy, I’m asking about Bibles (and yes, this is the most violent picture I could find).
Everyone has their favorite Bible, and some are VERY opposed to some. I have had the same Bible for some time, and… well… some people were saying that it’s geared towards teens. This would make sense because I’ve had the same type of Bible (not the exact same Bible, but the same type because I swiped a new one when mine fell apart) since I was in middle school.
My Bible has been awesome for me though. It’s the Quest Study Bible (NIV). The footnotes are tremendous and really help me out when I’m trying to work some stuff out. It doesn’t have those teen-purposed pages on racy subjects like SEX and LUST or anything like that, but… frankly, pages are falling out again, and I think I need a new one.
So, with that knowledge, and the knowledge that Bibles are expensive, I want to have a good idea of what I want when I head over to the book store or Christian book store (might be cheaper at the regular book store).
The most information that I have on different Bibles was from Jon Acuff at Stuff Christians Like in his post about Bibles comparing to G.I. Joe characters. I’m a fan of Snake Eyes, so I’m leaning towards the English Standard Version…
What Bible do you use? Why do you use it? Why not others? What are the pitfalls?
