Just a quick post to point out something that I've come across since coming out to Malaysia. Point your browser in the direction of bible.org. I've found the site to have some interesting articles and other helpful bits and pieces, and is generally worth a look, but particular mention needs to be given to the NET Bible (short for New English Translation). This is a project to produce a completely free, on-line bible. Now, the reason I'm pointing you towards this isn't because it's a particularly good translation (I haven't found anything wrong with it, but I'm still not seeing a reason to throw away my ESV...), but it includes rather extensive footnotes, often giving translator's notes describing how one phrasing was preferred over another. Definitely worth including as an extra reference during your bible study. And while I'm here, I'll recommend e-Sword again as being an excellent bible study resource, worth downloading if you haven't already.
A final disclaimer is that bible.org is connected with Dallas Theological Seminary, and so a certain amount of dispensationalist theology is to be expected. Please don't let that keep you from checking it out, as most of their stuff is firmly evangelical, but let this be a call to, as the good folks from Moore Theological College would say, "read with discernment".
A final disclaimer is that bible.org is connected with Dallas Theological Seminary, and so a certain amount of dispensationalist theology is to be expected. Please don't let that keep you from checking it out, as most of their stuff is firmly evangelical, but let this be a call to, as the good folks from Moore Theological College would say, "read with discernment".
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