February 28, 2007

Word for Word vs. Thought for Thought

I stumbled on this website while looking for another "Mars Hill Church" in Michigan. Instead I found this Mars Hill Church in Seattle. I was surprised to see this large, apparently "edgy" church was moving their pulpit/teaching ministries away from the NIV to the ESV.

I thought the Pastor's explanation was well worth reading.

Speaking of translations, I've enjoyed perusing this comparison by Phil Brown as well.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting post. Along the same lines, here's John Piper's explanation of why Bethlehem Baptist uses the ESV.

Good English With Minimal Translation

Anonymous said...

Hey, are you a Rob Bell fan; are you talking about Mars Hill in Grand Rapids?? We've been going there for Lent season.

-Michelle