Week 25: Ask Me Anything

Devotional: How can we be God's friend?
 


 
Question #1: How should Christians think about such creatures as "Cro-Magnon Man" or Neanderthals?

Digging Deeper:

• Short Videos: "Hominids and Neanderthals" and "Is Human Evolution a Fact?"

• Book: Who Was Adam?

Question #2: Why do some Christians believe the KJV is better than other translations?

Digging Deeper:

• Book: In the Beginning

• Book: God's Secretaries

• Book: The King James Version Debate

• Book: How to Choose a Translation 

Week 20: Why Are There So Many Versions of the Bible?

We're wrapping up our series surrounding the origin and history of the Bible. This week we're surveying the various translations of the Bible.

Key Themes:

• Ingredients of a good Bible translation

• 4 families or types of translations

• readability vs accessibility

• changes in translations

Digging Deeper:

• Book: How to Choose a Bible Translation

• A few study Bibles (liked by the instructor): 

• NIV Study Bible

• NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible

• ESV Study Bible

• Orthodox Study Bible

• An interesting new (one man) translation: The Passion translation