Musings of a Snickerdoodle

The NIV Read Easy Bible is just what it claims to be, easy to read.   The font is nice and large, and the Bible generally lays down nice and flat, but the pages tend to turn on their own toward the beginning and end of the book, this could be because I haven't worn it in enough yet.   I really like the look and feel of the cover, it's simple and has a…strange but soft feel to it.   The only extra thing this Bible has is a 'table of weights and measures' at the end.   Other than that, it's a typical NIV(2011), there are no study notes and no commentary except for the textual notes at the bottom, which is, in my opinion, the best thing about the NIV.   These notes give many variants from the Masoretic Text from the Syriac, several Greek translations(Symmachus, Theodotion…etc.), the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as other sources.   I only wish the translators would have replaced the verses that don't match up with the Apostle's quotations of the Old Testam...

Can a biography be focused too much on its subject?   This may sound odd, but I think it can.   As Christians, we know that our faith comes from God, and we know that He has ordained whatever good works we do in our service for Him.   We are also not after the praise of men, nor do we consider it a great compliment to be praised by them.   We try to do our good works as unnoticed by people as possible, seeking the praise of God alone.      Knowing all of this, it seems quite strange for this biography of D. L. Moody to begin with telling how Moody was praised by three U. S. Presidents, and that he, " gained an immortality only presidents can bestow: their genuine respect".   You'd think that as a Christian Moody would resent the praise of the 'great' people of the world.   Kevin Belmonte made too much of the man. One statement in particular makes it seem as though God was dependent on him. "Consider as well how history would have ...