2009
Word Up to My Urban Bible
Last week I came across the newest version of an Urban Bible.
The concept is simple :: Biblical Truth in Contemporary Language. I love and support the desire to get the Bible into as many hands as possible.
In fact, I’ve been honored to be a part of shaping and speaking into several different versions of the TNIV Bible. Just this last week, Jeanne was a part of a Round Table Forum around how to help people engage with the Bible more.
All Good (as they say)…I just wonder if we haven’t swung the pendulum too far.
There’s currently 3,456,334,075 versions of the Bible. 40 years ago there were 3…
- The kind in church // hotels
- The kind they made people swear by in court
- The kind your parents hit you over the head with
Now, there’s a Bible for every Age, Stage, and Walk of Life. Whatever you’re into…we’ve got a Bible for that. While I can appreciate Jesus calling his disciples by asking “Yo, you down with my posse, or what?”, or when he ascended to Heaven, saying, “Peace Out!”
I wonder if the millions and millions of dollars spent in research, and design and marketing couldn’t be redirected to get “basic // boring“ Bibles
- Into the hands of the MILLIONS of Christians that are a part of the Underground Church in China (a job easier said than done).
- Or into the hands of Pastors in the overflowing churches of Latin America.
- Or into the hands of young mothers to read to their sick children in the forgotten villages of Zambia.
I think, I might be “down” to “floss” a plain old boring bible knowing that the money NOT spent on me was being spent on them…the ones who really need another A Bible.
Peace Out, Homies (Luke 24:50-51 NUV)
