Gideons and Pocket Testament League

[EdnaMurphy]

Church groups have been busy lately. The other day there were people handing out Gideons New Testaments with a book marker inviting me to their church when I was changing buses on my way home from shopping. Last night my employer had a scripture portion handed out by someone from the Pocket Testament League. What does anyone know about this organizatioion??????

[Tim Bonney]

Never heard of them. They do have a web page. They oddly refer to the Bible as, "the living Word of God." I'd refer to Jesus as the living Word of God rather than the Bible.

[Stephen Fox]

The local Gideon in South Dekalb County is one of the finest Baptist Christians I know

[Haruo]

[Tim Bonney]

[Haruo]

Interesting, founded by a British teenage girl (from the Cadbury family)...

When I first saw "ptl.org" I thought "Praise the Lord" and had Bakker flashbacks.

[Tim Bonney]

[Haruo]

Actually the last couple of Gideon NTs I've seen were NKJV, not KJV. The Gospel of John Edna referred to is probably ESV.

[KeithE]

[EdnaMurphy]

The Gidion's Testament was an ESV. One thing that was interesting is that John 3:16 is translated into several languages in the beginning of the book. A young man noticed the Arabic and asked what I was reading. This was in a neighborhood with many immigrants, including a lot of Somalis.