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John Bertram (J.B.) Phillips (1906-1982) was an Anglican priest and a Bible translator. He published his Letters to Young Churches in 1948 and the New Testament in Modern English in 1958. He was the author of many popular books including God Our Contemporary (New York: The MacMillan Company, 1960), New Testament Christianity (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1956), Plain Christianity (London: Wyvern Books, 1954), When God Was Man (New York: Abingdon Press), and Your God Is Too Small (New York: MacMillan Company, 1961).
Phillips was also a theological modernist who taught a form of universalism and the Fatherhood of God, denied Hell fire and the existence of Satan and demons, denied the verbal inspiration of Scripture, claimed that Jesus conformed His teaching to the ignorance of His day, was a skeptic in regard to supernatural miracles, and believed that Christ’s ascension was a parable. Consider some excerpts from his writings:
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Google J. B. Phillips. This British pastor lived 1906 to 1982. Wikipedia says, “During World War II, while vicar of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lee, London, he found the young people did not understand the KJV Bible. During the hours in bomb shelters, while Germany bombed London, Mr. Phillips began translating the New Testament into modern English. He started with the Epistle to the Colossians. This was so well received by the young people, he kept at it. After the war, he finished the entire New Testament and in 1958 published The New Testament in Modern English. Time Magazine said of Mr. Phillips, “…he can make St. Paul sound as contemporary as the preacher down the street.”
His later books included classics like Ring of Truth and Your God is Too Small.
But here is the portion I wanted to share with you today. Taken from his book Ring of Truth, which I strongly recommend.
The basic text for what f • Image: leahdipascal.com J.B. (John Bertram) Phillips (1906-1982) is remembered today chiefly for his paraphrase of the New Testament: The New Testament in Modern English. A canon in the Anglican church, he realised that people did not easily understand the English of the Authorised Version, so he began his own, readable version in the air-raid shelters of London during the Blitz of 1941. It was described by one reviewer as “making St. Paul sound as contemporary as the preacher down the street” and “transmitting freshness and life across the centuries”. What is less well known is that Phillips suffered mental affliction for many years – and wrote about it. It seems his father was never satisfied with anything John did as he was growing up. This turned him into a perfectionist. Yet, because he was always falling short of his own standards, he constantly s
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