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Holy Bible: Mosaic on your iPhone

One of my favorite editions of the NLT, Holy Bible: Mosaic, is now available in an electronic edition for your iPhone or iPod Touch (link will open iTunes).

This is the first application that Tyndale has submitted to the iTunes store, and I’m pretty excited about it. It includes the complete text of the NLT, along [...]

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Grappling with the NLT

Gary Zimmerli has been grappling with the NLT for a little while now, often commenting about his journey on his blog, Sundry Times.
Today, he posted his second update this week, entitled Changing my mind on the NLT. Here is a higlight:
The NLT is so clear and easy-to-read, yet it is also quite accurate. It’s not [...]

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New options for using the NLT Study Bible

The NLT Study Bible has now been out for over a year, but we’re still working hard to bring you more and more ways to use this great tool for understanding the Bible.
When the NLT Study Bible first appeared, it was already available in multiple formats. In addition to the ten print options, we offered [...]

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Preaching from the NLT

A pastor in Tennessee has recently written a couple of posts about why he has been using the NLT in his preaching.
Here is a quote from his first post:
I’ve found it consistently to be exactly what it claims: “The Truth Made CLEAR.” When I read the New Living Translation, I “get” it (i.e., I understand [...]

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How to Study the Bible: Tips, Tools, and Strategies for Understanding God’s Word

One of the things that we would love to do with the NLT Blog is offer Bible readers the tools they need to understand the Bible as clearly and accurately as possible. The NLT is a great translation for studying God’s Word, and we have published quite a few tools that can help you study [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! Take a moment to read these passages from the NLT, remembering who it is we are celebrating as we enjoy our family and friends this year:

Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through [...]

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The NLT at AAR (and on Twitter)

A few of us from Tyndale are going to make the short trek from our offices in the western suburbs of Chicago to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (November 1-3). If you are planning on being there, stop by our booth in the exhibition hall. You’ll have the opportunity to chat [...]

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The NLT Through the Years: Galatians 3:26-28

It’s been a while since I introduced this series, and the complete chart of the 2007 NLT changes has since been released. I still plan to continue this series as long as people seem interested, so if you have any ideas for passages that you would like to see covered, let me know in the [...]

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The Intended Audience of the NLT

Scripture Zealot has posed an important question about the NLT that deserves a clear answer: Who is the NLT really translated for?
The short answer (from the Introduction to the New Living Translation):
The translators have made a conscious effort to provide a text that can be easily understood by the typical reader of modern English.
That really [...]

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The NLT Through the Years: Introduction

As many of our readers are already aware, the NLT has undergone some changes over the years. The NLT was released in 1996 as a new translation, but it underwent a significant revision in 2004, often referred to as the NLT Second Edition (NLTse). In 2007, some further revisions were introduced, but this update was [...]

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