The Message by Eugene Peterson - makes good fire tinder - and thats about it

Psalm 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Pure words unless you read from such perversions of the Bible such as Eugene Petersons THE MESSAGE
This abomination being sold in "christian" bookstores belongs in the garbage.
 
With today's epidemic of Bible per-versions spreading like a runaway virus, nothing should shock us . . . but buckle up! If you have any spiritual pulse, Eugene Peterson's The Message will shock you. The Message promotes the mystical New Age message with a boldness never seen in a mainstream Bible. The Message has sold over 10 million copies and has continually ranked among the top five best-selling Bibles. The Message website (www.navpress.com) displays endorsements from such prominent Christians as Billy Graham, Chuck Swindoll, Christianity Today, Dan Quayle, Bill Hybels, Gordon Fee, J.I. Packer, Jack Hayford, Jerry Jenkins, Jerry Savelle, John Maxwell, Max Lucado, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rod Parsley, Tony Campolo and Warren Wiersbe, among many others.


This article will barely scratch the surface of the mystic New Age religion filling The Message. And this article only examines the New Age mysticism in The Message, we do not examine the treason against the Deity of Jesus Christ, salvation and scores of other fundamental doctrines. Note: We'll refer to the King James Bible as KJB, the New Age Movement as NAM, and The Message Bible as The Mess.
click here: The Message: A Mystic (New Age) Mess!

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