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Posted 3/28/2006 9:36 PM
Updated 3/28/2006 10:22 PM |
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'Experience' the
Bible
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY
Blair Underwood stands in a Los Angeles
recording studio, his arms outstretched, tears on his cheeks, as
he groans Jesus' suffering words, "Father, into your hands I
commit my spirit."
Denzel Washington
and his wife, Pauletta, coo the love poetry of Solomon's Song of
Songs. Urban gospel artist Kirk Franklin gives voice to Paul the
apostle.
(Related clip:
Hear a sample of The Bible Experience)
They're among
more than 80 black celebrities reading, singing and composing music
for The Bible Experience, a new 70-hour
Genesis-through-Revelation dramatic audio performance of the
Scriptures.
The New Testament
in CD and MP3 formats will be in retail outlets — secular and
Christian, storefront and online — by September. The Old Testament
follows in 2007.
Also coming next
year: additional formats, from ringtones to iPods to animation, so
you could put Robert Guillaume intoning the mighty angel of
Revelation on your home answering machine or, perhaps, a line from
the Lord in Psalm 91: "They will call on me, and I will answer
them."
It's a serious
Bible, but there's wit in the casting:
Cuba Gooding Jr.
is the voice of Judas, lending new meaning to his Oscar-winning
Jerry Maguire catchphrase "Show me the money!"
Judge Greg
Mathis, who wields a gavel on a syndicated TV courtroom show, reads
Solomon.
Hip-hopper Heavy
D reads Apostle Andrew, and gospel great Shirley Caesar reads Naomi.
They join musical stars such as Franklin, Common, MC Lyte, Anthony
Hamilton, Angie Stone and Faith Evans in recording original songs,
psalms and more.
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Rolling
Stone Will Run the TNIV Ad After All
Jan. 25, 2005
Rolling Stone magazine, which first had accepted, then rejected
Zondervan's Bible ad just weeks before its scheduled run date citing an
unwritten policy against accepting ads containing religious messages,
now says it will run the ad after all. It will appear in the Feb. 24
issue which will hit news stands Feb. 11. The ad promotes the new
TNIV Bible
translation aimed at "spiritually intrigued 18- to 34-year-olds."
Click here to read the USA TODAY story.
Click
here to go to
www.TNIV.com, a
flash website with music and motion. Once you're there, please sign up
to get information when the full TNIV Bible is launched.
Zondervan Announces TNIV Bible Partnership with newsboys
Jan. 11, 2005
 Zondervan
and EMI CMG/Sparrow's internationally-renowned Christian recording
artists newsboys
have partnered together to make the New Testament of
Today's New International
Version of the Bible (TNIV), available on newsboys' website as a PDF
file. And this April, a newsboys' song and a TNIV endorsement from lead
singer Peter Furler will be included on the TNIV MP3 New Testament CD,
which will be available in retail stores.
According to
newsboys lead singer Peter Furler, engaging today's generation with the
Bible is incredibly important. "There was a time in my life when, even
though I believed that Jesus was the way, I still felt lost. Even though
I believed he was the truth, I didn't have much truth in me. I believe
this is right where the enemy wants each of us. A state where we know
little of what God has said, leaving us captive to our own thoughts,
robbing us of the strong foundation we need in order to thrive," Furler
said. "The only foundation that will prevail is the one built on God's
Word. That's why I'm proud to stand with Zondervan, bringing the Word to
today's generation. That's why I believe so strongly in
Today's New International
Version, the TNIV; a new translation that speaks the timeless truth
of God's Word in the language of today."
The
TNIV is a new Bible
translation published by Zondervan that is being released in both Old
and New Testaments. The TNIV,
which was translated by the same
committee (CBT) that translated the world's bestselling modern
English translation, the NIV, will be published in creative, innovative
formats to engage the hearts and minds of 18- to 34-year-olds.
Because English
is constantly changing and the NIV was first published more than 30
years ago, the
CBT
saw the need to produce a text that more accurately reflects today's
language.
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