Word games

Why we cannot abide tinkering with the Word | Joel Belz

"Why," a good friend asked me on the phone, "is this such a big deal to you folks at WORLD? Why can't you let go of this Bible translation issue?"

"Why," my friend continued, "when WORLD magazine is primarily about the broader culture, do you think it's so important to focus on what seems like a mostly religious issue? Isn't the question of how the Bible gets translated mostly a religious issue?"

To which I can only say: For those of us interested in the direction of our culture, few issues are more basic than how the Bible gets translated.

The Bible, we believe, is our only ultimate rule of both faith and practice. It tells us what we are to believe about God, and it tells us the rules He has established if we are to live happily and productively with each other.

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