The ultimate journalistic sin

We stand by our story, and we didn't make up any quotes | Joel Belz

Zondervan publishing house of Grand Rapids, Mich., a great name in evangelical publishing over the last 66 years, has taken strong exception to WORLD's March 29 cover story, "The Stealth Bible: The popular New International Version Bible is quietly going 'gender-neutral.'"

Go to Zondervan's website on the internet, and you'll need 10 sheets of paper to print out their response to WORLD, charging bluntly that our story is not true. We've also received criticism from the International Bible Society, the NIV's copyright owner.

When two noteworthy evangelical organizations accuse you of falsehood, you scurry back, doublecheck, and ask yourself: "What did we say?" We have long had genuine respect for both Zondervan and the IBS. We have always used the NIV as our standard for reference here in the columns of WORLD.

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