The Importance of Reading the Bible in Christian Life

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  • Опубліковано 13 гру 2024

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  • @Fibonaccisghost
    @Fibonaccisghost 9 місяців тому +4

    His War and Peace analogy is perfect for scripture. Once you know the whole story do the individual books, especially in the Old Testament start to shine and make sense.

  • @ryrocks9487
    @ryrocks9487 8 місяців тому +1

    I hope to purchase a KJV Cameo with Apocrypha at some point. Some of your content on the KJV has made me really appreciate it a lot more than I did before…

  • @NathanielBartholomew92
    @NathanielBartholomew92 9 місяців тому +2

    Super solid Father. Thank you.

  • @fr.johnwhiteford6194
    @fr.johnwhiteford6194  9 місяців тому +9

    Reposted from here ua-cam.com/video/e1EZ6-TOuy8/v-deo.htmlsi=uByenlzInNdFB_18 since it has been left unlisted for going on five years.

  • @GoatMan1999
    @GoatMan1999 9 місяців тому +3

    Fantastic

  • @gldistrict
    @gldistrict 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you so much for this Fr. John. I've been struggling with reading (and wanting to read) the Bible so much lately and I really needed to hear this.

  • @OrthodoxPhilip
    @OrthodoxPhilip 2 місяці тому

    Thank you father. Where can I find news about your bible project of translating the LXX and traditional NT text into a new Orthodox Bible translation? I have been looking forward to that greatly.

  • @Jeremiah-pu5vp
    @Jeremiah-pu5vp 9 місяців тому +1

    Which version of the illustrated bible were you referring to/ should i get for my kids? I'm newly orthodox and my wife and kids are currently catachumens. Thank you!

    • @fr.johnwhiteford6194
      @fr.johnwhiteford6194  9 місяців тому +2

      www.christianbook.com/the-picture-bible-hardcover/iva-hoth/9780781430555/pd/32550

    • @Jeremiah-pu5vp
      @Jeremiah-pu5vp 9 місяців тому

      ​@@fr.johnwhiteford6194Thank you!!! I ordered it and it should be here for my daughter's 7th birthday. God bless you and may God's grace visit you!

  • @theeliteelite1873
    @theeliteelite1873 3 місяці тому

    Father Whiteford, do you have any particular suggestions where to get Orthodox Bibles besides the Orthodox Study Bible? (Which I do already have and am finding the New King James Version very nice). Everything else I find is just either Protestant or Catholic Bibles. I suppose Catholic is fairly close, but it’s still missing some books like 3rd and 4th Maccabees.

    • @fr.johnwhiteford6194
      @fr.johnwhiteford6194  3 місяці тому +1

      There is no perfect Bible in English that is in print, but the Brenton Septuagint and the Lexham Septuagint are decent translations of the Septuagint Old Testament. I would also getting a copy of the Psalter Translation that your parish uses, and I use several editions of the King James, and talk about some of them here: fatherjohn.blogspot.com/2019/08/recommendations-on-editions-of-king.html

    • @OrthodoxPhilip
      @OrthodoxPhilip 2 місяці тому

      My 2 cents: the Lexham English Septuagint is a good alternative for the Old Testament. The EOB New Testament is a good translation of the New Testament. I like the Brenton Septuagint translation as well, but the version currently in print has the English in small print in a column. Still, it's worth having. The RSV-2CE is a good translation in my opinion. It has most the books and it has corrected many of the major errors of the RSV.

    • @theeliteelite1873
      @theeliteelite1873 2 місяці тому

      @@OrthodoxPhilip Appreciate the suggestions. I just started dipping my toe into the Septuagint and Masoretic Text subject and hadn't realized just how big a deal it really is. Didn't realize I'd been reading an altered Bible all these decades.

    • @theeliteelite1873
      @theeliteelite1873 2 місяці тому

      @@fr.johnwhiteford6194 Thank you, Father! Don’t know why UA-cam didn’t give me an alert to your reply to me. Just recently started diving into content regarding the Septuagint vs Masoretic Texts and did not realize the Masoretic was altered. I’d been reading an edited Bible as a Protestant all these decades and didn’t know it! I’m so grateful for the Lord leading me to Orthodoxy, He’s been opening my eyes to so many things I never knew.

  • @OrthodoxChristianBeliever
    @OrthodoxChristianBeliever 6 місяців тому

    As An Orthodox Christian And Reading The Bible, I know many who Become Orthodox prefer The Orthodox Study Bible, I Actually Prefer The ESV over The Orthodox Study Bible.

    • @fr.johnwhiteford6194
      @fr.johnwhiteford6194  6 місяців тому

      The ESV is good for reference, but it has issues. There is often a Protestant bias in the text. The NT is based on a reconstructed Greek text, which often differs significantly from the traditional text, and the OT is based on the Masoretic text.
      saintjonah.org/articles/translations.htm

    • @Contramundum429
      @Contramundum429 5 місяців тому

      Isaiah 53:10 and the Orthodox study Bible notes really helps you understand what Christ did on the cross and takes away the Protestant confusion of the Father "killing the Son". This is critical.

    • @OrthodoxChristianBeliever
      @OrthodoxChristianBeliever 5 місяців тому

      @@Contramundum429 , well, without The Crucifixion, we wouldn't Be Saved. "Jesus Christ In His Infinite Love Became What we Are, In Order That He May Make us What He Entirely Is." -Saint Iraneas
      But Yes, In His Resurrection, He Triumphed Over Death!!

  • @RexxDauzat
    @RexxDauzat 2 місяці тому

    Do you have an email father John?