The WORST Bible Ever Created

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In this video we discuss one of the worst Bible translations ever created and the reason why it’s so dangerous. Pushed by leaders of the hyper charismatic movement (also sometimes referred to as NAR or the New Apostolic Reformation) The creator Brian Simmons makes some wild claims about seeing Jesus and God giving him supernatural abilities. Which I’m not totally opposed to but these are clearly not true. The man used to slam psychedelics back in the day so maybe that’s what went wrong?

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NOTES:

Information I stole from Mike Winger like a dirty rat and used it for my own gain:

Song of Solomon 4:4 comparison idea

Correction: 7:50 the list of weird things Brian claim is from a Mike Winger list found here

[dizzydisciple]

i dare you to share this with your pentecostal grandma

[angelwatcher]

There’s a reason that the Bible says to beware of false prophets.

[Xanst]

“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭15‬ (NIV translation)

[joshpetersen]

I am sensing a pattern here. Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Brian Simmons all claim to have been visited by a supernatural being(God or an angel) who gives them "special" insight into the Bible, insight that had been lost. The amateur strategist in me sees it as an effective attack. Either drive people out of the Faith due to the sheer ridiculousness or mire them in a doctrine that renders them completely ineffective. The Christian in me says we must combat this with sound doctrine.

[jdotoz]

"If God touched you right there, what would it do?"
How on earth should anyone know that? It could be anywhere from nothing to something approaching infinity. There's no reason to think that that precise spot would necessarily be the only area affected, nor to know what God intended the touch to physically do.

[roamandread]

I didn’t expect you to actually put a link to a carbon monoxide detector in the description. Props!

[MikeWinger]

Your AI sounds a lot like a verbatim quote of a tweet of mine. Haha
A couple quick things.
1. Michael W Smith revoked his endorsement of TPT shortly after I shared about it online. Good move on his part!
2. Brian does have some training from New Tribes (a missionary group) but according to sources at New Tribes (now called Ethnos 360) not enough to call himself a trained Bible translator in a way that he could do what he claims to do today. He’s definitely not qualified in any traditional sense.

Thanks so much for making this video and helping more people be warned about Simmons! One day I’ll release a monster video with all his weird teachings in it. I’ve already got hours and hours of footage that would shock people and help them realize how problematic he is. Sadly.

[tempest]

I was laughing at the start of the video, but once "passion" was hinted and later on was revealed, my jaws dropped. I've been reading TPT for a while thinking it was a "good" translation because (as I thought) explains a verse in a much more subtle context than as compared with NKJV or ESV, but was this an eye opener, literally!! Thank God for this video!

[TacoTuesday]

"The top brain mapping person". I guess this such an advanced field we don't have a term for it yet.

[thearchitecturegrind]

When he said it was confirmed by “The top brain mapping person in the world” i knew it was over for him 1:20

[artdanks]

Just the fact that it's called The PASSION Bible would scare me away, as Christians are called to daily do battle with our passions! Glad I never even heard of this fake "translation" before!

[danielcguy]

So so good. So much Passion went into the passionate approach of this passion filled passion rebuttal passionately.

[robinsaxton]

5:55 the use of a sign language clip here while talking about someone translating makes my former ASL stunent mind so happy. Thank you for using that visual

[brianabbott]

You dont simply watch a Mike Winger video. You plan a vacation day for a Mike Winger video.

[hezekiahthomas]

As Pentecostal we don't claim this in fact glory be to god for exposing this foolishness the last few years I have seen more and more people riding themselves of this hersey. Keep praying that the truth is exposed and that those in deception can see the light amen🙏🙏

[slowster]

As a new Christian I was warned how some translations can be problematic, if not downright demonic. I was naive enough to doubt that could truly be the case. But by going to regular bible study I've been surprised by how different different translations can be. And usually the differences are not so much thematic, but grammatical. But even the differences between NIV and ESV are at times so different that they can convey entirely different images of the scene being described...

The suggestion toward the beginning about the MSG being good for beginners, I'd scrap that idea. The other, more accurate versions are so easy to read, why dilute the message. Unless your target audience is small children, send newcomers to the clearest waters. They taste better.

[RealRabidRabbit]

Glad that the algorithm showed me your channel. Can't wait to see what else you make!

[Vinsanity]

The funny thing is that for Catholics and Orthodox, the passions are essentially concupiscences, I wouldn’t trust any “angel” called passion

[robertlee]

The algorithm showed me this video. I'm so glad that I saw it, because you are hilarious, and informative, and I love you (in Christ) and want to be your best friend

[movieforceofficial]

The thumbnail had me believe this was about YouVersion