Advantages: Umm...very few - see suggested uses at end Disadvantages: Many, many...too many to write here...
...and who can turn down the vicar!? What he needed was to find a Bible for the youth group which was easy to read and understand, but not too patronising, American or inaccurate and most definitely not too 'yoof'. And in this he gave me about 7 different Bibles and told me to go figure...hmm...so you can guess what you are going to be bored to tears with during the next few reviews...
===Boring Stuff===
Title: The Word on the Street
Author: Rob ... ...of Scriptures. Lacey is translating the Bible into what he counts as the street language of today, simplifying the stories and missing out the boring bits. His aim was to get rid of the 'stale' religious language and replace it with real, gritty down to earth language that is more understandable today, and making the issues in the Bible resonate more deeply. He attempts to do this by, for example, transforming psalms into song lyrics, the Epistles ...
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