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09-05-2006, 12:48 AM
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Whats the MSG version of the Bible?
I'm reading the purpose-driven life a the moment and I keep coming across
MSG What in the heckity-beckity does that stand for? 
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09-05-2006, 01:25 AM
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I though MSG was monosodium glutamate, but I can't imagine you could make a Bible from that.
James
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09-05-2006, 01:29 AM
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 You so get frubals for that!
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09-05-2006, 01:29 AM
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To answer your question more seriously, it appears that it's an abbreviation for something called the Message Bible. It sems to be a contemporary paraphrasing of the Bible (and hence, personally, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole). Here's the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Message_(Bible) James
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09-05-2006, 02:19 AM
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These versions can be an interesting read and can be useful as a 'commentary' on the Bible. But they're not necessarily what the Bible actually says. 'The Living Bible' and 'Today's English Version' are a couple of other paraphrased versions.
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09-05-2006, 02:26 AM
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I was gonna say... enough MSG and Becky will eat ANYTHING.
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09-05-2006, 03:51 AM
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"Take your hands off the wheel and let God do the driving" was all I needed to or wish to hear from Mr. Warren.
Like James, but for different reason perhaps, I wouldn't touch this line of thinking with a chainsaw.
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09-05-2006, 04:43 AM
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"the purpose-driven life" is a good read, i read half of it but ran out of time
 MSG means message, the "message" version of the bible is a modern translation, frequently used by the vineyard movement - i understand the book to have been written by an author within the vineyard branch  edit: once again, Wiki knows all...  edit2: sorry, i should have read the whole thread before posting, i see James has already clued y'all in  i go to a vineyard church, they use the message version, but it is not a study bible, it's aimed at almost "dumbing down" the bible to make it more accessible to every-day people...
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Eddie! Last edited by Mike182; 09-05-2006 at 04:54 AM.
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09-05-2006, 07:39 AM
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Is it low sodium?
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