We are to watch and be ready as Jesus commands us, but we are not called to be obsessed with the events that unfold in our world. There is a great deal of kingdom work to be done by the Church than to waste its time on SPECUTOLOGY.
Sorry Chip, this pastor will not be endorsing the new version. The only real purpose for this is the fact that Zondervan is a secular owned company and profits are the bottom line. Content or accuracy of anything they print has no bearing, it's "What will make us the biggest buck for our investment." As to the translation debate this is easily resolved, Formal Equivalence: KJV, NASB & ESV. And no I do not purchase any books from my local or any "Christian" bookstore, I just can't endorse the heresies the majority of them promote.
Note of clarification, Smith was "a tool of Satan." He created his own star trekish sexually overdosed religion by deifying man, denying the deity of Christ, blasphemed Christ as the brother of Satan, invented "another gospel", and rewrote and added to the Scriptures to suit their biases; all of which they blindly defend today. They are a cult and all Fuller is doing by this act is endorsing LDS doctrines and confusing the world of the Truth. We should here of widespread revolt against Fuller by their 40 represented denominations. But I regrettably think the Church will act like dumb dogs, no bark or bite. Can you say APOSTATE!!!
"Evangelical"? That is not even remotely accurate, apostate is the biblical description. Bell has completely abandoned every form of sound doctrine and openly declares his denunciation of biblical truth and thereby has profaned the Word of the Lord.