Category Archives: NIV

Something Weird in the NIV Tradition

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

Today in church a verse was mentioned in connection with my church’s name “New Life”. The passage, Acts 5.20, was read in NIV1984 (and posted on the screen) and I turned to it in my Greek NT. To my surprise … Continue reading →

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Jesus Led Israel Out of Egypt?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

In a phone conversation with a friend today, we were discussing grammatical-historical methods of interpretation and how the NT writers simply did not appear to observe this modern system for interpretation (which claims, in my opinion, an overly “scientific” approach … Continue reading →

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Saints or Holy Ones?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

Over Thanksgiving (the U.S. one for my Canadian friends) this last weekend one of the conversations I had with family (my family on both sides is filled with pastors) was about the change made in the NIV(2011) concerning the non-use … Continue reading →

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