Reynolds on TNIV

Naturally, Dr. Reynolds offers a unique and insightful perspective:

We are people of the Book. We cannot accept a post-literate culture anymore than we leave pre-literate cultures alone. We must teach all God's people to read. Media other than books cannot contain arguments. Media other than books cannot transmit the kind of information on which modern science and culture is based. If we allow evangelical young people to stop reading, we doom them to follow the readers. On the other hand, if we keep reading in high numbers and secularists stop, they may be trendy, but we will end up with all the money and power. It is an old lesson. Making a new translation with hip new ads is easier than teaching kids to read. It is cheaper than supporting our local public school literacy programs. It is simpler than opening reading classes, poorly attended at best, for those students we can help escape post-literacy. But ask yourself this: what is a more Christian activity than teaching a young man or woman to read God's Word?