Someone came up with the idea on turning the scriptures into a screen play to make it easier to read and to combat bilical illeteracy, even among those who regularly attend church.
We don't need a new bible. We just need to read the one we already have.
One commenter said that "Southern Baptist don't need a new bible. The King James version was good enough for Jesus so it is good enough for me."
How is a biblical screenplay going to combat ignorance like that?
It is my personal opnion that all these changes to make the bible easier to read has only served to dumb down the scriptures and to make church less relevant. It many churches, people don't know which version to bring and can't always follow along. If biblical illeteracy has increased, then that stands as proof that the "easier to understand" versions have failed.
Part of understanding the scriptures is understanding the culture of the times that Christ lived and changeing the words of the scriptures does not increase that understanding. The bible is supposed to be spiritual discerned. It is not for the unbeliever and should be confusing to them. There are many good scholorly works that will aid the person seeking to understand fully what the bible is saying but first one must be a believer. People pick and choose sections or verses and built a doctrine from those verses and one should not do that. A new translation is not going to help anyone with that problem.
No, we don't need a new translation but we do need to trust the word of God, hide it in ours hearts and live it out in our lives.
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