By Pastor Bruce Oyen
E-mail: bk_oyen@hotmail.com
This posting is about the 2011 edition of The New International Version. I knew little or nothing about it until very recently. Peter Lumpkins' blog spot provided me with some of the information in this posting. Here is a link to his blog spot: http://peterlumpkins.typepad.com/peter_lumpkins/
The 2011 NIV has, understandably, caused quite a stir among many conservative Christians because it is known as a "gender-neutral" version of the Bible. The NIV's that I have are the 1984 edition, and do not fit into this category. I understand that the 1984 edition will no longer be published, and is being replaced by the 2011 edition. This is disappointing.
The 2011 NIV has, understandably, caused quite a stir among many conservative Christians because it is known as a "gender-neutral" version of the Bible. The NIV's that I have are the 1984 edition, and do not fit into this category. I understand that the 1984 edition will no longer be published, and is being replaced by the 2011 edition. This is disappointing.
I am against the gender-neutral NIV, though we must admit that it is NOT all wrong. What is RIGHT in it, we can accept.
However, there are many true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who accept its gender-neutralism. Many of these same persons believe in the verbal inspiration of the original writings of the Bible, and believe good translations of it to be the Word of God. In these things we rejoice. But I think they are mistaken in their acceptance of gender-neutralism.
What follows are links to some information about the 2011 NIV. To be fair, arguments against it and for it are presented. Two of the links are from The Southern Baptist Convention. I am not a Southern Baptist, but the information these documents provide against the 2011 NIV are well worth reading. One of the links is a from a bookseller's promotion of the 2011 NIV. The last link is from an older resolution adopted by The Independent Fundamental Churches Of America, International. It is against gender-neutralism.
Links to statements from The Southern Baptist Convention.
This link is from a bookseller's promotion of the 2011 NIV. It seems appropriate to reperesent both sides of the matter.
This link is to an older statement from The Independent Fundamental Churches Of America, International. Scroll down to find the part about the NIV.
