Preaching from "The Message" bible

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Originally Posted by Jeffrey

Interesting approach to scripture. So the Text can have different meanings, and those meanings are subjective?

I agree The Message is on the far side of paraphrases that it can really be used as a commentary.

I guess what I mean is that sometimes passages can have multiple meanings. If someone has already interpreted their meaning into the text it might be easy to overlook something that is there.

Don't get me wrong, I love the message but I read it less now than I used to. I still love to just sit back and read the message but I also have the NLT that I read too.

I am hoping to get the ESV study bible for Christmas and then have both readability and literal text.