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The Message

The New Testament in Contemporary Language

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The Message

By: Eugene H. Peterson
Narrated by: Kelly Ryan Dolan, Carol Nix
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"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need to be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life."

Those familiar with any part of the Bible will recognize John 3:16, with a mind-altering difference. The words are fresh, new, and sound like the 21st century. That's because they are from The Message, a presentation of the Word of God crafted for a modern age. Eugene Peterson, translator and editor, learned from his years of teaching and pastoring that most people, through familiarity or frustration with the Bible, were missing the whole message of Scripture: the Word that God uses to create and save us, heal and bless us, judge and rule over us. So he set out to give us that word in language we use every day, a reading Bible that would enable the Word to penetrate our hearts and minds, transforming us day by day into the person God desires us to be.

©2003 Eugene Peterson (P)2003 Oasis Audio LLC, Under Arrangement With NavPress, Publisher Of The Original Book Version Bibles Bibles & Bible Study Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Inspiring New Testament Message

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"Acclaimed biblical language scholar Peterson has paraphrased the original Greek and Hebrew of these most popular books of the Bible into vibrant, easy-to-read modern English." (Ingram)
Engaging Storytelling • Modern Language • Captivating Narration • Easy Understanding • Fresh Perspective
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Great suppliment. Not for study but good shedding light. Simply a good PARAPHRASE (not translation)

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Where does The Message rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The Message ranks high out of all the audiobooks I have listened to. Very easy to listen to.

What other book might you compare The Message to and why?

The Everyday Bible was very monotone and hard to listen too. Fast talking and I did not like the voice. This was an audio on my regular Kindel. Same with all the audio books on the old kindels.

Which character – as performed by Kelly Ryan Dolan and Carol Nix – was your favorite?

Jesus and Moses

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The crucifiction

The Message

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The narrator does a great job and the message is a pleasure to listen to. I wish that the chapters were labeled with their names (Mark or Romans for example) so that I could search for a specific part more easily.

Wish that chapters and books were labeled

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Like it so much, I listen to it every day. Thanx Eugene. I highly recommend this book.

Best book ever.

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This paraphrase is the first Bible that speaks to my every day real life. It is a Bible that I feel I can actually do, not just read or listen to and try to figure out how do I do that in my everyday life. I'm a PK (preacher's kid) and attended Bible college and reading this is the first time in 40 years that I feel like I'm truly understanding God's word .

Real Life Bible

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It is really difficult for me to read. I have low reading comprehension and bad eye sight so I never thought I'd be '$Ible to read the Bible. Being able to listen was so amazing, and I'm overwhelmed with the grace of God! thank you for taking the time to create this audio book

thank you so much

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What made the experience of listening to The Message the most enjoyable?

I know the Author!! The real One

What did you like best about this story?

FREEEEDOM !!!!!!

Which character – as performed by Kelly Ryan Dolan and Carol Nix – was your favorite?

Well they did them all justice

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no!!! To much information, have to read/listen then think about it, implement it. This is not a storybook, this is life changing. It is not a once off book anyway

This is it!!!

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I grew up with the scriptures. sometimes I think I know a passage so well that I don't really listen to it. when I listen to the message, they sound new again

Fresh hearing of old words

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Eugene Peterson's The Message makes The Bible easy to understand in today's language. Listen again and again.

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