Reviews for The Message Remix

The average rating for The Message Remix based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-07-08 00:00:00 Teri Nelson There is a lot of (unfortunate) debate about the validity of this translation of the Bible. Some refuse to call it any more than a paraphrase. Living in a foreign, non-Western culture (and having worked on some translation myself) helped me better understand the importance of context, the influence of culture, and the shortcomings of literal translations in writing. As I read Peterson's translation of the Bible, I am mindful that it is not a literal translation but am more than satisfied with the heart of the message he seems to capture so well. I really love reading it! It's like a new romance with an old friend. So over the next year I am attempting to read the whole thing! We'll see how this goes... FYI...I'm reading the free version of this on www.youversion.com, and will be using the ESV Reading Plan on the same site (even though I'm not reading the ESV version). Bottom line, I'll be jumping around each day between different parts instead of reading cover-to-cover. I'm currently on day 18 of the plan.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-07-31 00:00:00 Ann Smith Have to love a Bible translation that says stuff like: God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn't deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all. (Romans 8:3a)