Read the Notes

Hooray! I finally purchased a copy of THE MESSAGE in Singapore. It is the //REMIX hardback. The first thing I did was to read Eugene's Introduction notes. They made a lot of sense, and helped me to see the entire bible in a new light.^M

...The Message Re-translated...

Believe it or not - he didn't directly translate "The Message" in itself from the Greek and Hebrew texts. In fact, it is all notes that this pastor had from all of these years. I found this out from an article the pastor wrote himself. Even so, this (including the original "The Message") is sadly a horribly inaccurate translation. The Message is basically his interpretation from an already translated bible as opposed to Greek and Hebrew Scriptures - the original languages all those books were originally written in. I've seen MUCH better. I've seen WAY better than this. One of my friends has described this as "a very weird translation". ^M

Great read!

I got this Bible for my 14 year old. He's turned on like he's never been reading his old version (KJV) I don't think this should replace his other bible, but it's a great supplement. He read 91 pages the first day. He was so excited. ^M