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Book of Common Prayer goes high-tech with iPhone application developed in OKC

May 14, 2011 in News with Comments Off

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Book of Common Prayer goes high-tech with iPhone application developed in OKC | NewsOK.comhttp://newsok.com/book-of-common-prayer-goes-high-tech-with-iphone-application-developed-in-okc/article/3565370A new iPhone application has brought the traditional Book of Common Prayer together with today’s technology, courtesy of a group from a Nichols Hills church. 

The Rev. Patrick Bright, rector of All Souls Episcopal Church, helped create an iPhone app of the Book of Common Prayer, most commonly used by Anglicans, known as Episcopalians in the United States.

The new app, iPray, became available in mid-April, much to the delight of the group of people who helped create it.

David Hill, CEO of Kimray Inc. and a member of All Souls’ Episcopal Church, 6400 N Pennsylvania, came up with the idea for the app as a way to help his children navigate the Book of Common Prayer more easily.

The app is available through the iTunes Store for $1.99.
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Bible giveaways see ‘great response’

May 14, 2011 in News with Comments Off

Bible giveaways see 'great response'

Bible giveaways see ‘great response’http://www.christianretailing.com/index.php/newsletter/latest-etailing/23115-bible-giveaways-see-great-response-With heightened general-public attention on God’s Word this year due to the King James Version’s 400th anniversary, retailers and publishers are seeing a good response to initiatives to help get the Bible in as many hands as possible with giveaways and promotions.Among the efforts is one led by Scott Reed, manager of the LifeWay Christian Store in Conyers, Ga., who began asking customers in October 2010 if they would like to donate a Bible to “a wounded warrior” recovering at an American military hospital outside of Ramstein Air Base in Landstuhl, Germany.

Atheist Hitchens Praises King James Bible

April 8, 2011 in Anglican Heritage, News with Comments Off

The remarkable influence of the Authorized Version on English-speaking people has inspired comments by atheists Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins. These men are critical of all things about Christianity, so their public comments in honor of the KJV are notable.

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Atheist Christopher Hitchens paid tribute to the King James Bible, offering rare praises to a book containing the Word of God.

Hitchens is the second atheist, after Richard Dawkins, to laud the KJB in honor of the 400th anniversary of the translation.

The prominent atheists recognized and expressed appreciation for its contribution to English literature.

“Though I am sometimes reluctant to admit it, there really is something ‘timeless’ in the Tyndale/King James synthesis,” said Hitchens in his commentary featured in Vanity Fair. “For generations, it provided a common stock of references and allusions, rivaled only by Shakespeare in this respect.

“It resounded in the minds and memories of literate people, as well as of those who acquired it only by listening.”

Of significance, I believe, is Mr. Hitchens’ remarks about the power of the Word of God as translation in the AV as opposed to modern versions or paraphrases. There is a beauty and meaning in the AV translations that make the text understandable by those who read it. Certainly, the language of the AV may seem foreign to some in this day, but it is no more beyond our comprehension than any other literature with which we are not initially familiar. Upon reading and studying the text of the AV, we become more aware of the grandeur of our Lord, his requirement for holy perfection, our inability to meet his standard, our need for his atonement, and the reverence with which we should approach his person.

If only Mr. Hitchens and Mr. Dawkins might see the light of the truth of the gospel of Jesus the Christ!

The Wicked Bible

February 13, 2011 in Anglican Heritage, News with Comments Off

Among the early editions of the King James Bible, the “Wicked Bible” is one of the most infamous. The nickname comes from the edition’s erroneous printing of Exodus 20:14. Instead of “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” the text reads, “Thou shalt commit adultery.”

The Wicked Bible was printed in 1631. When the error was discovered, most of the Bibles were burned, though some survive today. King Charles I was enraged by the misprint; he fined the printers £300 and revoked their printing license.

A copy of the Wicked Bible is featured in a travelling display celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Version. The display includes several pre-KJV English Bibles and multiple early editions of the KJV. Hobe Sound Bible College in Florida hosts the exhibition this week.