ChosenRebel's Blog

A plea for all of us to read our Bibles.

1. To honor God.
2. To learn of God.
3. To grow in grace.
4. To be encouraged in the truth.
5. To fight untruth and deception.
6. To live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
7. And I could go on all night, giving reason.

But this short video will help you understand even more.

Personal Note:

I decided to post this video before I had actually finished watching it. It is that good. Then, as I was finishing up watching it, I was blessed with a still picture in the movie of a portion of the translation committee. There, sitting in the first row were two of my former mentors, one well known, one that very few know. J.I. Packer was also there, a man I took to the airport one year while I was in Seminary. J.I. went blind near the end of his sojourn. Wayne Grudem is now battling Parkinson’s disease. And Michael Green, sitting next to Wayne, his wife (Michele) called me yesterday and informed me that Mike, my old discipler from college, had passed to glory on October 31st. I will preach his memorial service, now planned for April in the Chicago area. Kent Hughes was there too, a man I greatly admire and whose commentaries have been a great help through the years of my ministry. All of them, sitting or standing side by side, the reality of the incredible privilege in knowing each of these men is a weight of wonder in my life.

“Thank You, Lord, for the gift of these men to the church. Thank You, for the great gifts of their scholarship, labor and godliness. They have left a great treasure to the church in all of their work but perhaps none greater than the translation they have given to us in the ESV. You are good Lord, and do all things well. Raise up a new generation to carry on their work and help all of us to preach the gospel boldly. We stand on the shoulders of giants.”