Are we living in the end times?

[exile]

That is the version I read.

I started out with the NIV and read it for years and years, but I did not find it to be terribly accurate. I then tried the NASB for a while, (I have heard that it is the most accurate modern translation) but I did not find it to be as readable as the NIV.

When the ESV came out, I checked it against the NASB and the King James version long enough to determine that (for me) it was the best balance between accuracy and readability that I could find.

I know it is not a real translation (it is a revision of the RSV) and I always said that I would never read a paraphrased version of Scripture, but I like it very much.

When you add the fact that Crossway publishers seem to be in business to get the Bible into as many hands as possible with a minimum profit motive (they may be totally non-profit, I don't know), I am sold on the ESV.

It may help you to know that no one agrees with my reasoning on this matter, but hey, such is life.

This is probably more information than you wanted, but I hope I answered your question.

Regards,

exile

[Nines&Twos]

It may help you to know that no one agrees with my reasoning on this matter, but hey, such is life.

Are you at peace with our Father on this matter? Then tell everyone to pound sand....you clearly spend much time immersed in that version of His word....it surprises some men to know....you do NOT need their permission to study whatever you choose.
I stick with the KJV myself because of James Strong's concordance. My go to study Bible is Bullinger's companion bible but I would rather see a man study hard under his own choice of translation ....under the tutelage of our Father of course!....than some one trick pony that reads a few verses and mouths off for an hour.
I have seen verses in the NIV I do NOT like though. Meanings of the Word changed completely because of the work of some scribe. These 'scribes' are tares and will pay dearly for it.

[Good Cheer]

That is the version I read.

I started out with the NIV and read it for years and years, but I did not find it to be terribly accurate. I then tried the NASB for a while, (I have heard that it is the most accurate modern translation) but I did not find it to be as readable as the NIV.

When the ESV came out, I checked it against the NASB and the King James version long enough to determine that (for me) it was the best balance between accuracy and readability that I could find.

I know it is not a real translation (it is a revision of the RSV) and I always said that I would never read a paraphrased version of Scripture, but I like it very much.

When you add the fact that Crossway publishers seem to be in business to get the Bible into as many hands as possible with a minimum profit motive (they may be totally non-profit, I don't know), I am sold on the ESV.

It may help you to know that no one agrees with my reasoning on this matter, but hey, such is life.

This is probably more information than you wanted, but I hope I answered your question.

Regards,

exile

hey there.
I was curious. I've stuck with the KJV because of all the reference materials that are keyed to it that makes study easier for me.

[exile]

The post 1978 NIV is something I will not read. I too have Strong's concordance and my grandmother's King James bible, so my bases are covered.

exile

[Good Cheer]

I've found the Green's Interlinear to be very helpful as well. It's available electronically on the internet now but I do much better with the printed page. Seems like every time I search for stuff on line there's just oodles and scads of websites to choose from, sending the world throughout the world.

[Hickory]

Are we living in the end times?

I doubt it. Being a student of history I have noticed that every 50 to 80 years people get tired of peace and prosparity and start razing hell because they begin to believe the lies of politicans and the news media.

[Alabama358]

I doubt it. Being a student of history I have noticed that every 50 to 80 years people get tired of peace and prosparity and start razing hell because they begin to believe the lies of politicans and the news media.

You may be right... I wonder during some of the below conflicts if folks were screaming END TIMES, especially during some of the Big ones.

I will say that our current environment feels different (to me) then past years but I am sure each felt unique in one way or the other to the folks at the time.

We will just have to keep watching as things unfold... That is why the Good Lord laid things out for us in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21

Wars and Rumors of Wars of just the 20th century

1900–2000
Acehnese War (1873–1904)
Philippine-American War (1899–1902)
South African War (1899–1902)
The War of a Thousand Days (1899–1903)
Boxer Rebellion (1900–01)
Moro Wars (1901–13)
Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)
Pig War (1906–09)
Mexican Revolution (1910–20)
Italo-Turkish War (1911–12)
World War I (1914–18)
Baltic War of Liberation (1918–20)
Russian Civil War (1918–20)
Russo-Polish War (1919–20)
Rif War (1921–26)
Chaco War (1932–35)
Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36)
Spanish Civil War (1936–39)
Sino-Japanese War (1937–45)
Phony War (1939–40; no actual hostilities)
Russo-Finnish War (1939–40)
World War II (1939–45)
Greek Civil War (1944–45; 1946–49)
Arab-Israeli wars (1948–49; 1956; 1967; 1973; 1982)
Korean War (1950–53)
Algerian War (1954–62)
Vietnam War (1954–75)
Six-Day War (1967)
War of Attrition (1969–70)
Yom Kippur War (1973)
Dirty War (1976–83)
Afghan War (1978–92)
Iran-Iraq War (1980–88)
Falkland Islands War (1982)
Persian Gulf War (1990–91)
Bosnian conflict (1992–95)
Kosovo conflict (1998–99)