http://www.ehansberry.com/pages/changelog.html Keep up to date when I make a change to my site en-us 60 http://www.ehansberry.com/pages/images/hansberrybutton.gif http://www.ehansberry.com Keep up to date when I make a change to my site May 20 - May 20, 2008 - I just posted a review of Laridian's PocketBible 4, a newly released version of the popular Bible reading software. http://www.ehansberry.com/pages/laridianpocketbible4review.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 11:30:00 -0500 Dec 30 - December 30, 2007 - Normally I just post updates to my site here, but I had something I wanted to share with some of you. Many of you know I use Laridian PocketBible to read and study my bible, but earlier this year, I started using a paper bible to do my morning studies. Several years ago, I switched to the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) translation. You can read more about how this translation came about at this site on English translations. The impetus for doing this was I used the NIV for most of my life and was looking at the newer translation that ultimately became the "Today's NIV", but was disturbed by some of the gender neutral language that was being used. I've never been one for political correctness, and I think everyone knows that when we use terms like "mankind" today it in no way means the male gender and there are a lot of instances in the bible where a masculine pronoun is used to mean all people, not just males, and the meaning is pretty clear if you take the reading in context. I see no point in changing the words just so they meet some gender neutral criteria. It was in studying this that I happened upon the HCSB translation, which was actually done by people on the committee to update the NIV, but were similarly dissatisfied with the gender neutral direction. It is more literal than the NIV, but less so than the New American Standard or English Standard versions, which is fine with me. All HCSB bibles I've seen are full of footnotes that show extremely literal translations to any and seemingly all verses that were made more readable, and when I want to get a real literal reading, I'll grab Young's Literal Translation anyway, either my paper version or the electronic version on my Pocket PC. So why am I posting this? Because I received as a gift something I had put on my Amazon wish list - the Apologetic Study Bible. I never got it intending to make it my primary bible. I thought it would make a great reference bible. Well, it does, but to my surprise (not having read the full Amazon description) it is based on the HCSB translation. I had put it on my list because of contributions from William Lane Craig, Gary Habermas, J.P. Moreland, Norman Geisler and dozens more. The one Amazon has for sale is a hardback. I went to a LifeWay Christian bookstore and perused their copies of this new publication and they had about six different bindings. I picked up a beautiful brown leather version with gold leaf, two bookmarks and tons of apologetic commentary, footnotes, maps and more. If you think you have never studied apologetics, well you have. 1 Peter 3:15-16 pretty much defines apologetics. If you have in interest in reading the bible in a translation that is faithful to the best manuscripts available that includes notes to either help through some of the more difficult passages or notes to support, both internally (biblically) and externally (other historical documents) that the Word is inspired and from God, then I urge you to consider adding this to your library. Who knows? You might decide, like me, to make it your primary bible you carry around and read from. Check out the link to my change log for links to many pages about info discussed if your RSS reader doesn't show the links. http://www.ehansberry.com/pages/changelog.html Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:00:00 -0500 Aug 26 - August 26, 2007 - It has been a while since I've updated my page. Just go to the change log for more information on the several books and CDs added. http://www.ehansberry.com/pages/changelog.html Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:00:00 -0500 Mar 4 - March 4, 2007 - Added Laridian's Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture to my Bible library. This is the compilation of writings from numerous church fathers and gives great insight to the passages discussed. http://www.ehansberry.com/pages/laridian.html Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:30:00 -0500 Jan 22 - January 22, 2007 - Added a page for users of Windows Mobile to easily find downloadable services like GMail (Java) or Windows Live Search for Windows Mobile. Just point your mobile browser to www.ehansberry.com/mobile http://www.ehansberry.com/mobile Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:00:00 -0500 Oct 14 - October 14, 2006 - Added Complete Word Study - Old Testament to the Books on my Pocket Bible page. http://www.ehansberry.com/pages/laridian.html Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:00:00 -0500