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Totit icalïy Correct Tibíe ‘P ublished
T ’/.e New Testament ; ets a ma
jo r facelift next month w th a new
English translator e lim in tin g ref
erences to God the Fathe.-, turning
the Son c-f M a i into "the hi man one"
and removing accusations that Jews
killed Christ.
The new translation ¡ays chil
dren should no" "obey" th« ir parents
but heed them Wives aieno longer
“ subject” to the ir husband but com
mitted to them. “ Darkness” is no
longer equated with evil because o f
racist overtone? and th "L o rd 's
Prayer” now begins "O tir Father-
Mother in heaver..”
References to the tig it hand o f
God are also deleted, e imine ting
possible embamasarienttc left-hand
ed people If now becomes God’ s
mighty hind. The editoi» o f “ The
New Tes ament and Psains: An In
clusive Version” deny they have spent
the last five years produci g a “ p o lit
ically cor e d ” bible but a lm it that a
legion o f traditicnists aie waiting in
the w ings to cast the first none” and
begin one o f the biggest bible de
bates in years.
Some c ritic s have already
charged tin t the editors have cen
sored the bible in order to order to
make <t fit the p ilitic a l trends o f the
day. The book w ill be published by
O xford University Press, a major
publisher o f biblical translations.
"This translation is aimed at
churche; and Christians who are
thoughtful about tiie way the bible
includes evenone. 1 think political
correctness is a pejorative term which
is used by peopl. ' ho want the bible
to produce obedience not thought
fu ln e ss.” said Susan B rooks
Thistlethwafre o fth e Chicago Theo
logical Seminar /, >vho is one o f the
six editors.
“ , h ave bad p eop le say to me: ‘ I f
the King James version o f the bible
was good er.oag 1 for Jesus, it’ s good
enough for me,’ she added.
"histlethwi.ite said the editors
were proud o f tl : way they handled
the anti- Semitic wertones o f the New
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We thank our friends or your
prayers, sharing o f tears an i laugh
ter, kind comments, gener.ius and
thoughtful gifts, food, contr butions
to the Russell James S m itl Educa
tional Scholarship Fund, an«1 most o f
all, love fo r us during this difficult
time. I f we missed anyon: in the
‘ Thank Y o u ’ process, pleas, forgive
us. It was not intentional. We appre
ciate you in this public stat ment.
On Wednesday, Septt Tiber 6,
1995. hornegoin.i services fc Russeil
James Smith were held at M a anatha
Church, Portland, Oregon. .Vhether
you knew him or not, you wc uld have
been touched by the spirit-f fle d ana
heart-warming comments iven by
his fam ily and several o fh is 'ife-long
“ The Lord God doesn’t cut it
these days because we don’ t have
lords. 1 thought o f using the phrase
‘ The One to Whom You Swear A lle
giance,’ but frankly that was awk
ward. We often use the phrase ‘ Most
H igh,’ because it is more accurate,”
Thistlethwaite said. The 23rd Psalm,
which used to begin “ The Lord is my
shepherd” now starts “ God is my
shepherd” and the pronoun “ he” is
dropped entirely from the poem The
word “ slaves” is also dropped in the
new translation, replaced by “ people
who were enslaved,” and the phrase
“ the blind” becomes “ people who
are blind.” But the editors drew a line
at calling disabled people “ different
ly abled.” Thistlethwaite insisted in
an interview that the authors o f the
King James version “ felt themselves
much freer to depart from the o rig i
nal word o f the text than we did .”
For example, in the King James
version the phrase “ God regards not
the legs o f the runner” becomes: “ The
race is not to the sw ift.”
Russell James Smith
friends. The feeling from the open
ing prayer tc the "nal viewing was
one o f respect, av e, and sometimes
humor as participants shared their
most precious me nories o f him.
Russell James Smith, 71, died
quietly Thursday morning, August
31, 1995 o f a hari attack.
On August 31, '.951, he married
Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Stitt, enjoying al-
mos 26 years o f marriage. They had
five sons one o f which preceded
then in death in infancy. After a 12
yeai battle w ith cincer, Trudy went
home to be w ith me Lord in 1977.
Later. Russe I fell in love with
Leona Wallace. Cn March 24,1978,
they were m arriec. Their 18 years o f
marriage created a large, loving fam-
Homegoing o f f 'orrest Gene Bell
Forres’. Geie Bell was bom No
vember 5, 1961 to the m ion o f
A lbeiltnc Bell and Glory E ell Senior
in Houston, Texas. Forest migrated to
Portland, Oregon with his family in
1965. He attend 'd Irvingto i, Vem or
and graduated from John A> ams High
School.
Forrest received Chris at the age
o f 20 and was baptized und< rthe lead
ership o f Pastor Faulkner, if St. Paul
Missionary, Portland, Oreg< >n. He wed
Carol Lowe McClure onJur.■: 18,1938
Forrest leaves to mour bis moth
er and father, his daughter Akilah, a
sister, Pamela Johnson, a I rother-in-
Law Steven Johnson o f M ireno Val
ley, California, six brother . Roy Ed
ward, Kenneth Ray, Elroy J , Anthony
Dwaine, Michael Lee, nd Larry
Vernard and two aunts, Geraldine
Powe and Mary Turner, fi /e Uncles.
W illiams Jr, James, Roy, ( eorge and
Testament. For example, they have
eliminated all references to the Jews
killing Jesus as in Thessalonians 2:14-
15, which in standard translations
says: “ ...for you suffered the same
things from your own compatriots as
they did from the Jews who killed
both the Lord Jesus and the proph
ets.” That becomes in the inclusive
translation: "... for you suffered the
same from your own compatriots as
they did from those who killed the
Lord Jesus and the prophets.”
“ I believe we are one o f the first
translations to take on the issue o f
anti-Semitism,” Thistlethwaite said.
“ The New T estament consists o f Jews
talking to Jews. They are not saying
the Jews are bad, they are saying ‘ We
Jews over here disagree with you
Jews over there. ’ When John talks o f
Jews he means Jewish leaders.”
The translation also makes a
great effort to reduce the number o f
times God is referred to as Lord
because lords as a ruling group are
passe.
ily, blending his four sons and her
five daughters and one son.
Russell touched many lives as a
pastor, counselor, encourager and
friend.
Russell is survived by his loving
wife, Leona, son; M ark Smith. Sons
and daughters-in-law; David and Judy
Smith, James and Angela Smith, Ste
phen and A licia Smith, Wendell and
Bonnie W allace, Jr. Daughters;
M arcia Reed, Debbra W allace,
LaNita Wallace, and Joy Wallace-
H all; Son-in-law; M ike Hall; fifteen
grandchildren, three great-grandchil
dren; Brothers and sisters-in-law;
Charles and Virginia Smith, Pauland
Beatrice Smith, Maude Smith (wife
o f deceased brother, Clarence); Sis
ters; Louise Jenkins, and May Wash
ington (deceased); numerous rela-
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Theme: Invitation To A Royal Wedding Matt. 22:1-10
Guest Speaker: Rev. Manson Johnson, Pastor
Holman Street Baptist Church, Houston, Texas 77251-1420
Presenting
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Russell James Smith
tives, and a host o f friends.
Your involvement with his life
is the biggest thanks we have. God
bless you as you continue the mission
he started.
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