Tag Archives: Bible Versions

NIV, ESV, and Translations

Pastor Steve Durkac Posted on by avatar

If you follow my Today’s Daily Promise devotionals you have likely noticed that I have recently been using the New International Version, having recently switched from using the English Standard Version. In this post I want to explain why I have been using the NIV again. This story has to begin in 1980 when I became a born again believer in Jesus Christ, (you can read about my miraculous conversion at my Adopted by God … Continue reading →

CSB, ESV, and Translations

Pastor Steve Durkac Posted on by avatar

I am going back to using my English Standard Version. Last August I bought a Christian Standard Bible and really liked it and I still do, but in recent months my enthusiasm for this new translation has developed into reservation. An odd thing about me is that I like to have one Bible that I stick to for personal reading, pastoral teaching, and my own study so that I become familiar with pages and passages … Continue reading →