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# Reynolds on TNIV
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/reynolds-on-tniv/
- Published: 2005-02-18T01:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T21:41:30.000Z
- Description: Reynolds on TNIV
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Bible

Naturally, Dr. Reynolds offers a unique and insightful perspective:

> *We are people of the Book. We cannot accept a post-literate culture* 
> *anymore than we leave pre-literate cultures alone. We must teach all God's* 
> *people to read. Media other than books cannot contain arguments. Media other* 
> *than books cannot transmit the kind of information on which modern science and* 
> *culture is based. If we allow evangelical young people to stop reading, we doom* 
> *them to follow the readers. On the other hand, if we keep reading in high* 
> *numbers and secularists stop, they may be trendy, but we will end up with all* 
> *the money and power. It is an old lesson.* 
>  
> *Making a new translation with hip new ads is easier than teaching kids* 
> *to read. It is cheaper than supporting our local public school literacy* 
> *programs. It is simpler than opening reading classes, poorly attended at best,* 
> *for those students we can help escape post-literacy. But ask yourself this: what* 
> *is a more Christian activity than teaching a young man or woman to read God's* 
> *Word?*