Feasting on the Word: Bible Translations

Feasting on the Word is a series of videos I've created introducing the various tools and approaches that you can use to help you study, understand, and feast upon God's Word in the Bible.  This first video discusses Bible translations and includes a few recommendations:



In short, my recommendations are to get:

NRSV or ESV for a very accurate Bible to read and study (what I tend to read and preach from)
NIV for a "middle way" between an accurate translation and a (less accurate) easy to read translation
NLT for those whose main concern is getting a Bible in a very easy to read translation;

Note that, in the attempt to "smooth out" the translation into easier-to-read English, the NLT often (and the NIV sometimes) will give you the translator's interpretation of a text instead of a straight translation of the original words, and these interpretations always represent the view of a particular church or theological tradition over and against other possible interpretations