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http://www.sbtexas.com/preschool-and-children/bible-drill-1
http://www.texanonline.net/news/201...ons-for-gender-neutral-translation-philosophy
Bible drill and speakers’ tournament participants will rely on either the King James Version or Holman Christian Standard Bible when they compete next spring in regional and statewide competition sponsored by the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. The decision to drop the New International Version as one of the options resulted from concern that the 2011 NIV translation features extensive gender-neutral language left over from the controversial TNIV, published in 2005.
This shift in translation principles sets a potentially dangerous precedent in biblical interpretation, said SBTC church ministries associate Kenneth Priest, who announced the decision in a letter to pastors .
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Guess that means that some baptists have now become officially "Non NIV Only!"
Bad, as the NIV has just a legitmate claim to being the word of God to English peoples as either of the 2 versions they decided to keep!
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I can understand why, and agree.
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Oh, good grief SBC will do anything to make money on their own translation!!!!
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Mr. Priest has nary a clue."A potentially dangerous precedent in biblical interpretation"? Hardly. That is,unless,one thinks that a faithful Bible translation is dangerous.
It's so absurd. The HCSB and the 2011 NIV are more alike than dissimilar.
These kind of pronouncements are so goofy.
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Have you ever seen anyone actually use the HCSB? I don't think I have.
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I use it when I teach and preach. Of course, we've probably never met. ;)
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I just bought one at the Bap Con, NY convention this past weekend at the mobile Lifeway bookstore
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It's the version our pastor preaches from.
I use it frequently; until recently it was what I carried to church.
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To clarify, that's the breakaway Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, not the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
There are many Southern Baptist churches in Texas not affiliated with the Southern Baptists of Texas convention.
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To clarify, that's the breakaway Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, not the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
There are many Southern Baptist churches in Texas not affiliated with the Southern Baptists of Texas convention.
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Not trying to hijack anything. The title of the thread claims "[Texas] Southern Baptists..." are doing this, but that's not accurate. It is merely one of the two state conventions that Southern Baptist churches has associated with.
I have no intention of pushing this thread off topic. I just want those who are not familiar with Texas to know that not all SBC churches in Texas are associated with this group.
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