Saturday, September 21, 2013

Cali Christian College Fires prof for being Transgenered

A professor who was once chaired the theology department at Azusa Pacific University has been asked to leave after she came out as transgendered. Heather Clements taught theology at the school for 15 years, but begun referring to herself as H. Adam Ackley and sought hormone treatment, according to Religious News Service. You can read the full story here. Here's a video of Ackley recently speaking.

a Bible-to-go is wildly popular

NBC News takes a look at a popular new app called YouVersion. The digital Bible for the mobile phone has been downloaded more than 100-million times.

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Which Bible translation sells the most?

The top-selling Bible translations according to the Association for Christian Retail are:
  1. New International Version
  2. King James Version
  3. New King James Version
  4. English Standard Version
  5. New Living Translation
  6. Holman Christian Standard Bible
  7. New American Standard
  8. Common English Bible
  9. New International Readers Version
  10. Reina Valera 1960

The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association has the same translations at the top of its list, but some differences further down:
  1. New International Version
  2. King James Version
  3. New King James Version
  4. New Living Translation
  5. English Standard Version
  6. Reina Valera
  7. New American Standard Bible
  8. New International Reader's Version
  9. The Message
  10. Christian Standard Bible 

Read more about the lists at the Christian Post.