David Capes - May 12, 2012
After the conversation I was hooked. Had there been a dotted line, I would have signed. . . . . . . .
David Capes - May 8, 2012Jack Wisdom is one of the scholars who helped us on The Voice Bible. Recently, I heard him give a talk on holiness and thought we ought to share it. Holiness is an important kingdom quality, but it is often misunderstood. In this guest blog, Jack deconstructs our false notions and replaces it with something more genuine.
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David Capes - May 4, 2012
David Capes - May 1, 2012I’m still thinking about Easter. I know. Easter was a few weeks ago, I should be on to something else now. But frankly, Easter is just one of those days that takes time to process. When you think of it, Easter is more than a day; it’s a season. Truth be told, every Sunday is “a little Easter” as we gather together to celebrate the risen Lord.
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David Capes - April 26, 2012The day before I was interviewed by Carol Costello on CNN, one of her assistants emailed me and asked for an example how The Voice is different. I thought about it briefly and sent her Genesis 1:1 in the King James and The Voice.
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David Capes - April 21, 2012This last week was a crazy week but also a good week for THE VOICE.
Sunday April 15, 2012 Bob Smietana published an important article about The Voice in The Tennessean, Nashville’s hometown paper. Here is a link to Bob's original article: "Bible Gets New Voice."
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David Capes - April 13, 2012
David Capes - April 9, 2012
Sviatoslav Bouz - February 22, 2012“In my opinion I believe EVERYONE should own and read a copy of this translation. It has improved my understanding and has given me a new way of thinking but some subjects. I highly recommend it!"
This is Svaitoslav's story:
I am well aware of what religious persecution is. I was born into a Christian home in Belarus in what was known as the Soviet Union. My great-grandfather gave out Bibles and literature on the street. The KGB tried to silence him, but to no avail, so he was sentenced to 25 years in a Siberian labor camp for his faith.
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Laura Dickerson - January 24, 2012The start of a new year always brings with it a mixture of feelings and looking back. Sighs about what could have gone better and hidden smiles when you remember those moments where everything came together. Where the stars seemed to align for it all to fall into place…
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David Capes - January 3, 2012
Kelly Hall - December 22, 2011I am in a coffee shop writing this blog. I put it off until the last minute because of deadlines and because I love Maleah Bell at Thomas Nelson too much to fall behind on them.
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Julie Belschner - December 5, 2011For all of you who read this, I’m guessing your days are filled with cookie-baking, candy-making, package-wrapping and celebration-planning. My days are filled with all of that, topped with Voice-sending.
A pastor in North Carolina, Jamie Vaughan, told us about a ministry his church was involved in with the Dan Valley Baptist Association, called the Toy Store.
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Misty Bourne - November 21, 2011The day the text of The Voice was finally ready to go to the printer, we had quite a commotion in our corner of the building. There were tears, laughter, and even (dare I confess?) a little dancing! Seven years of laborious efforts were coming to a close for our internal editor on the project, the only one in the building that day who had worked on it for so long. I cried with her, even though I had only worked on The Voice for a few months.
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David Capes - November 7, 2011When people hear of a new Bible translation, they want to know: What it is like? What kind of translation is it?
Both are good questions, but like most good questions they are hard to answer.
(photo caption: Thomas Nelson Marketing Specialist Karen Barnes reads The Voice in a comfortable niche.)
David Capes - October 31, 2011I have been asked on a number of occasions where the inspiration for the Voice Project comes from. I don’t want to over-spiritualize this question, but I do think at some deep level God is on the move right now in unique ways and the Voice Project is an outgrowth of that. Ultimately, everything comes from God -- the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we share – and in that sense God has inspired this project. Throughout history God has inspired and used people to accomplish His purposes.
(Photo caption: from left, Laura Dickerson, Lindsay Williams and Karen Barnes, all on the Thomas Nelson Bible Group Marketing Team, bring more than 12,000 copies of The Voice to the Catalyst convention in Atlanta.)
David Capes - September 26, 2011We received a question on our Voice Facebook page from one of our fans.
Question: "What is propositional-based thought and how does it apply to us?"
The fan is referring to the introduction in one of The Voice products where we observe that people do not respond to propositions as well as they respond to stories. This, of course, is nothing new. People have been telling stories for thousands of years. Humans are hard-wired to tell stories, remember them and pass them along to others.
Julie Belschner - September 1, 2011
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