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Is Your Favorite Bible Version Lost in Translation?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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Let's be honest, when someone tells you what their favorite Bible translation is, you fairly or unfairly make certain immediate assumptions about that person; caricatures will pop into your mind.

For example, if someone says their preferred translation is the NIV Bible, what immediately comes to your mind? What about the King James? ESV? See what we mean? What you think and what we think may be different, but that point is . . . something does pop up.

And, when it comes to our favorite Bible translations, we can get pretty defensive. Bible translations can often be hot-button topics for believers that can cause arguments, debates, and division.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/what-your-favorite-bible-translation-may-say-about-you-153300/#kP3pehD7rydL18Dx.99

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