Archive for September, 2009
New American Standard Bibles
The Bible was the first book to ever be mass produced by means of printing. Thus, it is also the oldest book ever written – The Gutenberg Bible. Since its original version, the Bible has taken on many new editions. Some even include and a workbook and reader’s guide. But the important factor to really focus on is that it’s the Bible’s popularity and an undying faith of the Christian religion that has caused such an expansion of followers.
One version in particular, the New American Standard Bibles, has emerged as a terrific source to study the word of God. Ultimately popular with prayer groups and Sunday school classes, this new bible has totally revamped the way we come to learn and understand religion. Just ask any devoted church-goer, and I bet they will have heard of this wonderfuly new religious tool of grace.
Spreading the Word of God Near and Far
Last spring my church, The Sanctuary of Universal Life, organized a missionary project to help build clay huts for the families of who had lost loved ones to the deadly and vicious disease malaria. Our journey began in a small village outside the African Congo. Traveling only by bus or foot once we had reached our new continent of exploration, we journeyed through rainforests and deserts in an effort to reach out to as many shelter-less people as we could. After three weeks of hard labor and nearly sleepless nights we had built more than 85 huts from the ground up.
Once the strenuous work had been completed, we stayed an additional week to spread the word of God. During our twice-daily prayer sessions, all the villagers gathered around Pastor Boba Fett in awe of his pressed white robes and authoritatively squeaky voice. For hours on end they sat atop a tattered, burlap blanket and listened. Before parting ways with our newly beloved Christian pen pals and heading back to the land of the mighty, we granted their wish of a concrete wisdom of the Lord. And thus, we gave them bibles.