How do you use Greek in the pulpit?

Posted on January 28, 2009 
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Bill Mounce“Before the ESV was available, I used another translation that was a little freer in its translation philosophy. There were two Sundays in a row where I had to correct its interpretation to make what I thought was the true point of the passage. After the service a new Christian came to me and asked, ‘Can I not trust my Bible?’ Ouch!

So here is one of the big no-noes from the pulpit. Do not correct the English Bible. Ever! Never say, ‘the translators got this wrong.’ The damage you can do to a person’s trust in Scripture is unimaginable. …”

– Read Bill Mounce’s wisdom on the way forward at Zondervan’s Koinonia blog. (h/t Challies.com)