This is supposed to be an apology? This from a man who considers himself a Christian and capable of defending a reasonable position on Bible versions? I have to wonder if he's ever read ANY version.

I believe James Dobson's heretical teaching has done more damage to the Christian church and to Christian homes than any other single person in the past 20 years. Now that he's instigated and facilitated the shipwreck, he wants to try to fix it thru the political process in the name of Christ!

Depending on your theology, you might want to be wary of the translator's notes (most of which I believe to be unnecessary).

And I have always strongly suspected that many of those who exhibit such a sanctimonious attitude in their disdain for those who use the AV do so because they are too stupid and dense to comprehend it's English.

"(BTW, when Alexander Scorby read the Bible with a VOICE given by GOD in his providence, inquiries as to Scourby's testimony would require us to find out the testimony of the PRINTER who set the type of our Bible, or of the paper mill employee who made the page, or of the tanner who made my (BLACK LEATHER REAL CALF SKIN) cover.
wouldn't it??"

I have purchased all of the Bibles that I own from either the Trinitarian Bible Society or Bearing Precious Seed. I absolutely refuse to buy anything from Zondervan, Thomas Nelson or any of the other so-called Christian publishers that exploit God's Word for profit. Think about the absurdity of the lost world selling God's Word back to the church! When I buy from TBS or BPS, I understand their motives and am sure that I am helping to share Scripture around the world.

Lincoln just declared war on his own country.

Almost every verse in the early chapters of Jeremiah (read chapter 6 in particular) could describe our nation and those who rule it. Covetousness, idolatry and fornication are the norm even amongst those who claim the name of Christ. Now we are being told that sodomites are Christians, too. Wolves like Rick Warren and Bill Hybels are actually pandering to them and encouraging them. Then we gather together and use the world's pagan, devilish methods & philosophies to 'worship'. We use voodoo beats to stand with hands in the air and backsides jiggling singing about our opinion of God and our wonderful selves. I'm sure whatever 'god' is actually being worshipped is loving it. Strange fire indeed.

When I was last at the Christian Bookseller's Convention here in Atlanta, the TBS was like an oasis of Biblical soundness and truth in an absolute sea of apostate insanity.

I would encourage everyone who possibly can to support the TBS both prayerfully and financially.

That's what God gave children a backside for.

I wonder if Vigilante has ever raised children. I suspect he has not.

Get your concordance and do a search for 'rod' in the book of Proverbs. My daughters are both teenagers and I've never had to spank either of them -because they are perfect angels- but when my son (now 25) was a child he required discipline via 'the rod' a couple of times. Not beating, just a few good swats and it worked. It's authorized and recommended by Scripture.

Because most everyone was too busy with American Idol or watching Brad Pitt carry a bunch of babies around behind Angelina Jolie. Or sitting on the freeway with a stifling commute to pay for a house with a suffocating mortgage & SUV.

The folks who actually do care are busy trying to raise and teach their own children (as they should be).

"Why did no prominate Christian leaders speak out against this outrage?"

Who exactly is a 'prominent Christian leader'? Charles Stanley? Bill Hybels? Rick Warren? James Dobson? John Hagee? Benny Hinn? Joyce Meyer? Beth Moore? Creflo Dollar? Chuck Swindoll? These people are not Christian leaders. They are charlatans and religious showmen. They do not care about anything but exploiting Scripture for their own financial gain and self glorification.

"When the state can take our fellow citizen's children away like this without even a wimper from from the so-called Church, it is a sign of deep sleep or death".

Another good benefit is that once you go to the trouble of researching an unfamiliar word in Scripture, chances are you will learn something new that ties in with that word or why the Lord chose that particular word.

I have read the NASB and I'll guarantee you I could easily find 50 words/terms in it that most folks would have to look up the meaning for. Also, if the translators use formal equivalence, new believers are going to have to look up a lot of new words no matter what version they choose to use.