Pastor Michael J. Brooks: What Bible Should We Use on Sunday?

Pastor Michael J. Brooks: What Bible should we use on Sunday?

Pastor Michael J. Brooks reflects on lessons learned from his early ministry days, the debate over Bible translations, and why the version may matter less than how we live out its message.

What Bibles should we use on Sunday? - The Port St. Joe Star

George W. Bush famously said, “When I was young and foolish, I was young and foolish.” Me, too, Mr. President. We used the Revised Standard Version of the Bible in the classroom at the seminary I attended, and I used it also in my weekend preaching in rural Indiana. The parishioners never questioned this. Since they had a steady contingent of student preachers from Louisville, I’m sure they were accustomed to this particular translation. We move…