New Osteen Translation = NOT

I read a lot of blogs and articles, or at least skim the headlines, via RSS feeds, on Google Reader (R.T.'s Google Reader Page) and recently, on my CT (Christianity Today) feed, I noticed this article: Osteens offer hope for today with new Bible.

GET YOURS TODAY!

Okay- Just kidding.

NOT buying that trash.

Any Bible with "HopePoints" needs to be un-published.

I'm a huge fan of the NLT, or New Living Translation (Second Edition). In fact, I recommend it (see "Preferred Translations" near the bottom (blog only).

I've talked to a friend of mine who gave lectures against the first edition, and now heralds the second as one of, if not the best, dynamic equivalence translation in our language. That friend, yeah he's worked for Wycliff for years, and teaches linguistics and Bible translation, etc.

I thought that was an hilarious article, because I think prosperity/health+wealth gospel preaching is wrong, I think the message is heretical, and I think it's a bunch of TV preacher hogwash.

Osteen's degree is in TV production anyway- he's good at putting on a show, but his message is anthropocentric, and therefore unbiblical.

But I thought y'all might enjoy that... I thought it was hilarious!

I'm on my way to Hawaii! I don't miss you, and I hope I don't hear from you. Ciao!

-R.T.