Comments on: 12 Books That Changed My Life

By: Ryan M. Healy

Ryan M. Healy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:23:11 +0000

@Julie – I read all of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. As far as translation goes, I’m more interested in accuracy than readability. So I prefer the New American Standard Version.

But it’s not always correct, so I also cross-check it with King James, Young’s Literal, and the Concordant Literal translations.

I always avoid “modern” translations like The Living Bible, The Message, and anything by Eugene Peterson (author of The Message). They may be easier to read for some people, but they completely change the meaning of the original scriptures.

By the way, for cross-checking passages, I usually use http://www.bible.com — otherwise I just read from the New American Standard or New International versions that I have.

Ryan

By: Ryan M. Healy

Ryan M. Healy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:23:00 +0000

@Julie – I read all of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. As far as translation goes, I’m more interested in accuracy than readability. So I prefer the New American Standard Version.

But it’s not always correct, so I also cross-check it with King James, Young’s Literal, and the Concordant Literal translations.

By the way, for cross-checking passages, I usually use http://www.bible.com — otherwise I just read from the New American Standard or New International versions that I have.

Ryan

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:39:30 +0000

When you say you read the “bible”, what do you mean? I am guessing you mean the New Testament. But aren’t there a few versions of that? King James and such? Which one did you read?

I read an excerpt from the bible that was in another book, and it was really, really moving and poetic. Later, I looked up that passage in a bible in a bookstore, and it was quite different from what I had read. (and not as good either).

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:39:00 +0000

When you say you read the “bible”, what do you mean? I am guessing you mean the New Testament. But aren’t there a few versions of that? King James and such? Which one did you read?

By: Kevin Cullis

Kevin Cullis — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:41:46 +0000

Here’s my list:

http://www.macgetit.com/2009/06/03/reading-and-my-personal-book-list/

By: Kevin Cullis

Kevin Cullis — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:41:00 +0000

Here’s my list:

http://www.macgetit.com/2009/06/03/reading-and-my-personal-book-list/

By: Ryan M. Healy

Ryan M. Healy — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:09:45 +0000

@John – Glad you found the list helpful. If you read any of the books in my list, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. And if you put together a list of your own, let me know and I’ll link back to you.

Ryan

By: Ryan M. Healy

Ryan M. Healy — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:09:00 +0000

Ryan

By: John C. A. Manley

John C. A. Manley — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:49:35 +0000

I’ve never read any of these books (except the Bible, of course) but I think I will be soon. We haven’t bought a new book in well over a year, because we said we’d read all we had. Well, we realized the other day, the stack is getting pretty low. Really appreciate you putting this together. I’ll try to see if I can do the same.

By: John C. A. Manley

John C. A. Manley — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:49:00 +0000