tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10880332.post111835876140818490..comments2023-11-05T03:18:37.731-08:00Comments on life together: Hymnals & Pew Bibles, Part 7Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613060195802747865noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10880332.post-1119931058672555082005-06-27T20:57:00.000-07:002005-06-27T20:57:00.000-07:00I really like the idea that the scripture reading ...I really like the idea that the scripture reading and the pew bibles will both be the same traslation!!<BR/><BR/>I also love your idea of referencing the page number of the reading so that those unfamiliar with the books of the Bible find the passage quickly and can read along with the rest of the congregation.Lara Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470465072089966897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10880332.post-1118525679181689332005-06-11T14:34:00.000-07:002005-06-11T14:34:00.000-07:00Hi Pastor Tim - I am glad to know that the hymnals...Hi Pastor Tim - I am glad to know that the hymnals (or some of them) will be staying. I love to read them as I sing. There's this really cool connection between believers from before and believers now. I can't quite explain it. The power point is really great but the hymnal is personal. Hope we never get totally rid of them. Thanks :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10880332.post-1118412281799368072005-06-10T07:04:00.000-07:002005-06-10T07:04:00.000-07:00Sounds like a great decision all around. Glad to s...Sounds like a great decision all around. Glad to see the hymnals will also still be available.<BR/><BR/>By the way, keep plugging away on your blog, it is a great way for the congregation to know what is going on in the church and some of your thoughts on things outside of the pulpit. I am sure more people are reading it than you imagine. Have you ever thought of putting a counter on it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10880332.post-1118407550035423682005-06-10T05:45:00.001-07:002005-06-10T05:45:00.001-07:00I was introduced to the ESV when our daughter bega...I was introduced to the ESV when our daughter began attending the church where Bill Mounce (NT chairman of the translation oversight committee for the ESV)is pastor. We have had the privilege to sit under Dr. Mounce's teaching a number of times and have a great deal of respect for his authority on scripture. <BR/><BR/>We were also introduced to John Piper by our daughter as she has been to a number of his conferences back in Minnesota in conjunction with an internship program she is involved in at her church. As you have stated in previous posts, John Piper also highly recommends the ESV version. <BR/><BR/>Based on the authority of these men and others that sat on the translation committees I do believe it to be a very good translation. All three of my grown children have this translation and I am interested in obtaining one for myself. <BR/><BR/>I would agree with the steps you are using to introduce the ESV to the congregation. Praise God for the wisdom and willingness of the Elders to discuss openly and Biblically the issues of the church. <BR/><BR/>One last thing...Thank you for the Hymnals. It saddened me to think that the opportunity to sing 4 part harmony from the pews would be gone. <BR/><BR/>VIVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10880332.post-1118407510969505162005-06-10T05:45:00.000-07:002005-06-10T05:45:00.000-07:00Tim:I started preaching from the ESV in January. ...Tim:<BR/><BR/>I started preaching from the ESV in January. We don't have pew Bibles, but I provided an opportunity for our people to purchase hardcover ESV reference Bibles at about $12 a pop. We had 40 people buy them. We have no unilaterally used translation (We used the NIV in preaching for the previous 8 years), so there is no official version for our church. But people seem to like the ESV, and that helped move us a notch toward people using what I am preaching from.Peter Bogerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863910662823273026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10880332.post-1118362374366619512005-06-09T17:12:00.000-07:002005-06-09T17:12:00.000-07:00Yep, Tim, we're going to give them away on a conti...Yep, Tim, we're going to give them away on a continuous basis. I'll show you how in a future post!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613060195802747865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10880332.post-1118362071736144002005-06-09T17:07:00.000-07:002005-06-09T17:07:00.000-07:00Sounds like a good plan since I just moved back to...Sounds like a good plan since I just moved back to NAS to read what you are using. <BR/><BR/>Anything come of the idea of having Bibles that people can take them with them if they don't have one? (Maybe I missed it.)<BR/><BR/>I'm happiest about this statement: "We are getting good at spirited, open, honest discussions that lead to unified decisions." That seems very healthy to me. I have had no reason to suspect division in the leadership at Grace, but reading this means that everyone isn't just united because they don't entertain other points of view. Obviously opposing points of view are being brought up and discussed and a united decision is being made. <BR/><BR/>Praise the LordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com