The Geneva Bible is Returning!

Finally, the Bible of the Pilgrims will be widely accessable for this generation! Tolle Lege Press is republishing the 1599 Geneva Bible this September. Here is an excerpt from www.1599GenevaBible.com:

"When the Pilgrims arrived in the New World in 1620, they brought along supplies, a consuming passion to advance the Kingdom of Christ, and the Word of God. Clearly, their most precious cargo was the Bible—specifically, the 1599 Geneva Bible. All but forgotten in our day, this version of the Bible was the most widely read and influential English Bible of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A superb translation, it was the product of the best Protestant scholars of the day and became the Bible of choice for many of the greatest writers and thinkers of that time. Men such as William Shakespeare, John Bunyan, and John Milton used the Geneva Bible in their writings. William Bradford also cited the Geneva Bible in his famous book Of Plymouth Plantation.

The Geneva Bible is unique among all other Bibles. It was the first Bible to use chapters and numbered verses and became the most popular version of its time because of the extensive marginal notes. These notes, written by Reformation leaders such as John Calvin, John Knox, Miles Coverdale, William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, and others, were included to explain and interpret the scriptures for the common people."

I was very excited to learn that this Bible is now being republished for our generation. Previously, this Bible was only available in a fascimile edition, with original Old English fonts and spellings. To my knowledge, this is the first time the Geneva Bible will be updated with modern fonts and spellings. Look for the Geneva Bible in September! Find out more at www.1599GenevaBible.com.

Who Defines Marriage?

Who or what defines marriage? Is it tradition? Public opinion? God? It should be obvious to Christians that God alone defines marriage. First in the book of Genesis and later in the Gospels, God defines marriage as a lifelong covenant union between a man and a woman. This has been understood as the definition of marriage for thousands of years. Recently, radical homosexuals have begun a campaign to redefine marriage to fit their agendas.

How should Christians respond? As we fight to protect biblical marriage, to what final authority should we appeal? As noted above, it is God who defines marriage. Thus, for the Christian, our appeal for authority should be to God’s Word – the Bible.

Sadly, many Christian leaders, in their defense of marriage, do not appeal to the Scriptures for authority – except in some rare passing comments. Rather, they appeal to tradition and public opinion to defend marriage. Just listen to see if I’m right. When Christian leaders get on the radio or TV to defend marriage, listen to the statements they make. Listen for a statement like, “We need to save traditional marriage...” Traditional marriage? Do we defend marriage because it’s traditional or because it’s biblical?

How about this statement: “The majority believes that marriage is between a man and a woman. Just look at these polls - 70% of the people voted for traditional marriage...” Is marriage defined as it is because the majority says so? What would happen if the majority supported gay “marriage?” Christians would surely stop using the public opinion argument. Is it acceptable to appeal to majority opinion only when it agrees with us?

Human tradition and majority opinion are relativistic standards – they can change direction as easily as the wind. Now, don’t get me wrong – I’m not accusing these Christian leaders of having relativistic standards. I’m sure they really do believe that the Word of God is the ultimate infallible standard. It’s likely that they just haven’t thought it through. They probably don’t realize what they are doing when they appeal to tradition and majority opinion. We need to help them see the truth. We must remind them that the Scriptures must be our standard, and then we should appeal to the Scriptures in our defense of marriage! Let’s proclaim it to the world!

Thought of the Day

It is a greater tragedy for the man who hears the truth and rejects it, than for the man who never hears the truth at all.

-Yours Truly

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Profound Quote of the Day

"You're not a sinner because you sin, you sin because you're a sinner." -Rev. Trevor Hammack

This quote highlights the fact that we are each born with a sin nature. We don't start off with a clean slate that gets dirtied by our sin, we are born with a dirty slate because we have a sinful nature.

What's more, we are not merely sick with the disease of sin, but we are dead in sin (Ephesians 2:1). Jesus came to bring life to our dead selves.