Product DescriptionIncrease your ministry??s impact with The Message Ministry Edition. At this great low price?? churches and ministries can give it away to guests?? small groups?? and Sunday school classes.
New Bible readers will relate to The Message??s thoughtful language. Lifelong believers will be surprised by its deep insights. Offer everyone a Bible they??ll enjoy reading.
They can dive even deeper using these great features . . .- Book Introductions help them spot each book??s big ideas.
- ??The Story of the Bible in Five Acts?? helps them see the Bible??s big pi"
- Timelines?? charts?? and maps help them navigate the Bible world.
- The Message??s unique?? verse-numbered paragraphs help them find any passage.
- Eugene Peterson??s introduction helps them make the most of a ??reading Bible.??
Amazon.com ReviewReaders who have either found the Bible to be an intimidating proposition or who are so familiar with it that the words have lost their meaning will discover that Eugene Peterson's The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language is a welcome way to read and reread one of the best-loved books of all time. It's directly translated from the Greek and Hebrew texts and is intentionally designed to be a reading Bible rather than a study Bible. Each of the 66 books has an introduction by Peterson?? and there are no verse numbers to interrupt the flow of the passages.The vibrant flavor of the text