My perspective on a few things, digressing a little, but being based around a desire to understand what God is saying to us as much as we can because we love Him more than anything else. I hit on the Passion “translation”. God’s word is perfect and does not need anything “good” added to it from our perspective, which the “sole author” Brian Simmons does. He is a good writer, a brother in the faith with a evangelistic heart, but his rewriting of God’s perfect word is concerning. Shouldn’t we as Christians desire to understand His awesome words and message to us through the Bible because we love Him? It is easy for anyone (myself included) to take a text and put it in a place of “feeling good to me” first rather than keeping He who said it first. Love Him first, it’s our greatest commandment.