Monday I went to Borders to browse the book titles, and also drool over the hundreds of books I wish to have in my possession (along with the time to actually READ them.) I just had to look at the Bible section and see what was going on over there. I can't say I was actually surprised by what I found, but it made me smad (sad + mad). Here are a few of my sightings:
-A rendition titled "The Story," a conglomeration of Bible chapters chosen to be the most "important" and put in the form of a novel. The back of it read somewhat like this: "Sick of reading the Bible and having to wade through pages of endless rattling about geneaologies? Check this out- we just included the GOOD stuff!"
-A TNIV Bible (I believe it's gender neutral...I forget) advertised as having a 'European Leather' cover that was also lime green snakeskin. It looked like it should be a purse at Dillard's (sorry, maybe I just have an aversion to fashion Bibles... not sure if they're actually evil, but the gender neutral thing?! Aye aye aye!)
- A good mix of Bibles that don't say they're Bibles on the outside. I don't know if I'm just too traditional or what, but most books say what books they are, right?
-Theme Bibles. 'The Combat Bible', 'The Adventure Bible' or books such as 'The Story', etc. that don't openly say 'Bible' in their title... or the MAGAZINE BIBLE! Have you seen it?! It's a Bible that looks like a magazine for teenage girls!
Strange! Is this from Christians trying to be seeker-friendly, unconventional or just plain sucked into worldly marketing tactics?
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Yeah, sis I see what you're saying. The thing is there are a lot of believers that would totally forsake their good-translation-Bible for a magazine Bible and treat it as their sole source of Bible reading. But I can see how it would be a good compliment to a fat KJV, just not a replacement. God can use anything-- I just think that sometimes we're too willing to give up the pure, rich, meat of the gospel for flashy pictures and complicated gimmicks.
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