A Note on Format

I wanted to explain a little more about the format I will be using for this blog. As much as I would love to quote each chapter at the beginning or end of each entry, current copyrights on the translations I am reading prevent that. Depending on the version, a direct quote can only make up 10 - 25% of a whole document; however, the length of blog entries I am making means that the chapters I am reading would be closer to 50-75% of the total.

So, rather than quoting the text I am providing easy links to it. At the end of each entry, there will be clickable links to the chapter on Bible Gateway in three translations: New American Standard, New International, and New King James. There are other good translations out there as well, like the English Standard Version that a friend of mine introduced me to today, but for now I will just link to those. From what I understand each has its own advantages: NAS is fairly literal, but harder to read, while NIV is more easily readable but takes liberties in translation that aren't always spot-on. NKJ is in-between, and like the original King James version seems to do well with the poetic sections. I personally read NAS most of the time, but reference the other two what I run into something I don't understand.