Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. (Matthew 24:35)
The video store is dead.
This is not really news. The video store has been on life support for years. And in some rural communities Mom and Pop movie rental shops are still hanging in there.
But after years of fighting a terminal, self-inlicted disease, Blockbuster finally decided to shutter its final 300 stores. Continue reading
Some people hate on The Message, the modern translation of the Bible crafted by Eugene Peterson. Not me. While it’s not my everyday Bible translation, I often turn to The Message for a fresh perspective on God’s word. Plus it’s probably the only Bible translation with a quote from Bono on the back.
There’s a lot of great translations in The Message. John 1:14 gets tossed around a lot by Younglife leaders – “The word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood.”
But my favorite verse in The Message doesn’t come from the Gospels.
It doesn’t come from Genesis.
It doesn’t come from a prophet major or minor.
It doesn’t come the Psalms or the Proverbs or the Song of Solomon.
In fact, it doesn’t come from any of the 66 books of The Bible.
My favorite verse in The Message translation comes before the table of contents: Continue reading
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