en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/526631 Comments by kayardee http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/04/22/two-lutheran-bibles/#IDComment20558555 Now I know that I made the right decision last November to leave the ELCA for LCMS. The "study Bible" from ELCA, supposedly a resource for the new biblical literacy initiative, is actually more of a stunning witness to the vicegrip that higher criticism, universalism, the gay rights agenda, and other liberal distortions of confessional Lutheranism has on the ELCA leadership. I hope that Word Alone, FOCL, and other "conservative" movements within ELCA promote the CPH Lutheran Study Bible as THE Lutheran Study Bible. The study notes from CPH are so much more detailed, the exegesis much more thorough, with a strong emphasis on "scripture interprets scripture", and with numerous references to Luther's writings and the Book of Concord. I think that my NRSV Oxford Study Bible is more respectful of historic doctrine than this rather lame ELCA effort. As soon as funds permit, I'm getting the real study bible from Concordia, and we have order forms in our church offices. Mon, 4 May 2009 00:59:50 +0000 http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/04/22/two-lutheran-bibles/#IDComment20558555