The following clip from Reuters was published in the October 1995 Christian Chronicle:
“The New Testament got a major facelift last month with a new English translation eliminating references to God the Father, turning the Son of Man into ‘the human one’ and removing accusations that the Jews killed Christ. The new translation says children should not ‘obey’ their parents, but heed them. Wives are no longer ‘subject’ to their husbands, but committed to them…the Lord’s prayer now begins with “Our Father-Mother in heaven.”
The above clip is reason for concern. It seeks to eliminate the deity of Christ, the respect for authority in the home, blasphemes Almighty God with its gender reform, and refuses to fix the blame for the Lord’s crucifixion. “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.” (Acts 2:36). Efforts at making the Bible more palatable is nothing more than giving in to itching ears of modern times. Did not Paul address this? “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” (2 Tim. 4:3-4).
One cannot help but to lament for future generations as they seek out the Word of God, and know that they will be misled by being directed to “translations” like these. In the short little clip, there are several errors which are glaring, but who knows how many other doctrinal errors are in the actual document? It is tragic to think that sincere individuals are going
to be lost because someone tampered with the Word of God. Those who have changed the Word would do well to heed the true words of long ago: “What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it (Deuteronomy12:32). And again, “Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar” (Proverbs 30:6).