Christian bookshop

• -StarDust-

  26 Aug 10, 19:39

  Anyone knows where got a gd christian bookshop with a wide variety of books?

• SBS n SMRT

  26 Aug 10, 21:21

  tacman (or tecman) @ Bras Basah Complex level 4, opposite popular (diagonally) 

  I brought my KJV study bible there and it is very good.....

   

  Tabernacle Books @ Calvary Pandan BPC....google for locations

• TehJarVu

  26 Aug 10, 21:23

  SKS

  tan boon liat 9th floor

• Mountain Dew

  26 Aug 10, 21:27

  Precious Thots, alot of outlets in Singapore.

• SBS n SMRT

  26 Aug 10, 21:32

  Originally posted by Mountain Dew:

  Precious Thots, alot of outlets in Singapore.

  nothing much is sold there, it is more or less a collectable shop.......

• Mountain Dew

  26 Aug 10, 21:34

  Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

  nothing much is sold there, it is more or less a collectable shop.......

  
  The one near my house has books in it,not sure for other outlets.

• SBS n SMRT

  26 Aug 10, 21:35

  Originally posted by Mountain Dew:

  
  The one near my house has books in it,not sure for other outlets.

  some had no books inside..........

• Mountain Dew

  27 Aug 10, 09:19

  Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

  some had no books inside..........

  
  I see. But that shop is good for gifts and card.

• Mountain Dew

  27 Aug 10, 11:17

  Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

  tacman (or tecman) @ Bras Basah Complex level 4, opposite popular (diagonally) 

  I brought my KJV study bible there and it is very good.....

   

  Tabernacle Books @ Calvary Pandan BPC....google for locations

  
  What's king James study bible?

• SBS n SMRT

  27 Aug 10, 13:04

  Originally posted by Mountain Dew:

  
  I see. But that shop is good for gifts and card.

  yup :)

• SBS n SMRT

  27 Aug 10, 13:06

  Originally posted by Mountain Dew:

  
  What's king James study bible?

  google for more info

  King James =KJV

  study bible is one bible with the texts and explanatory footnotes to help you understand the text, plus maps, chapter outlines etc

  i recommand zondervan one 

• Mountain Dew

  27 Aug 10, 13:09

  Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

  google for more info

  King James =KJV

  study bible is one bible with the texts and explanatory footnotes to help you understand the text, plus maps, chapter outlines etc

  i recommand zondervan one 

  
  I have Zondervan NIV study bible.

  It also have text, explanatory footnotes to help me understand the text,plus maps,chapter outlines etc.

  Your church uses KJV? Why use king James version? mind explaining it to me?

  My church uses NIV bible.

• -StarDust-

  27 Aug 10, 19:28

  Some churches my frenz go to use KJV too. Is KJV a gd translation of the bible?

  I dun have much knowledge on King James bible.

• SBS n SMRT

  28 Aug 10, 13:04

  Originally posted by Mountain Dew:

  
  I have Zondervan NIV study bible.

  It also have text, explanatory footnotes to help me understand the text,plus maps,chapter outlines etc.

  Your church uses KJV? Why use king James version? mind explaining it to me?

  My church uses NIV bible.

  aiya, i don't need to explain what is the study bible already, mine is more or less the same as yours, lay up is the same, but mine notes are slightly different due to KJV text and some are added or deleted

  For why use KJV, it is complicated to answer

  A simple case is that we believe in VPP, more info click on the link below

  http://www.febc.edu.sg/Verbal%20Plenary%20Preservation.htm

  and since KJV is the only version that uses formal equilvance method which is what VPP dictates, we uses KJV

  http://www.febc.edu.sg/VPP12.htm

   

• SBS n SMRT

  28 Aug 10, 13:07

  Originally posted by -StarDust-:

  Some churches my frenz go to use KJV too. Is KJV a gd translation of the bible?

  I dun have much knowledge on King James bible.

  KJV is the best translation currently available based on the doctrine of VPP and VPI

  We believe that NIV is a corrupted text

   This is my personal stand on why i uses KJV bible

  (Note: But these are my personal opinion, this topic is quite touchy and had been a court case before, hence, i will not force any to use KJV if they are not willing)

  My stand of the Verbal Plenary Preservation (VPP) and Inspiration (VPI) of the 66 canonical books of the bible is as follows:
  
  
  

  1. I believe in full VPP and VPI.
  2. I upholds the King James Version (KJV) which is published at 1611 , Chinese Union Verson (CUV) as the most reliable, most superior bible translations in this world.
  3. I admit the possibilities of better translations to be present in this world, but these are currently non-existence.
  4. I believe that the KJV is flawless in respect to doctrinal issues, or any important issues pertaining to the Christian Faiths. I do not believe that the KJV had minor flaws which will not matter to the understanding to the KJV. However, I do believe that there might be some grammar errors, syntax errors, punctuation errors pertaining to KJV but these are not errors in itself, it is due to the fact that God's language is much superior to English and hence, those grammar used in KJV should be authoritative.
  5. I believe that the formal equivalence method is the best for translations

  On NKJV
  
  

  1. This is a "fairly" reliable translations. However, it is still flawed
  2. I believe this can be used in the first few months of a new Christian life which might otherwise hamper the person understanding of the text. This is as such with the following criterion

  •  The footnotes should never be treated as the bible.
  • The person admitting that KJV is a much superior bible translation and yearns to use the KJV as the ultimate authority of spiritual issues.

  
  

• Take That

  30 Aug 10, 16:57

  You don't need to buy anything from the Christian bookshop.(It should be Christian bookstore)You can get a tract for free from the Christian bookshop. 

• Servant

  30 Aug 10, 21:37

  But like all English Bibles today (including KJV, NIV etc), they are all still translated from translations right? The only way to understand the original text completely is to know Hebrew and Greek :)

  And not forgetting that Bibles till about the 16th century had 73 books, not 66. 

• Mountain Dew

  30 Aug 10, 21:40

  Originally posted by Servant:

  But like all English Bibles today (including KJV, NIV etc), they are all still translated from translations right? The only way to understand the original text completely is to know Hebrew and Greek :)

  And not forgetting that Bibles till about the 16th century had 73 books, not 66. 

  
  I see.

• SBS n SMRT

  30 Aug 10, 21:44

  Originally posted by Servant:

  But like all English Bibles today (including KJV, NIV etc), they are all still translated from translations right? The only way to understand the original text completely is to know Hebrew and Greek :)

  And not forgetting that Bibles till about the 16th century had 73 books, not 66. 

  the apocryphal books are generally left out of modern translations, as they are non canonical (by Christians faith - don't ever get into a discussion on this point, if you still want to argue,  by protestant faith), so is 66

  Plus, that statement means that you had superficial knowledge in the translations of bible,

  There are critical text, majority text, textus receptus and varied versions of bible manuscripts, i shall not say which is translated from which, if you wanna know, please seach up the net, it is quite interesting 

• Take That

  31 Aug 10, 06:36

  Not necessarily need to buy books and bibles.You can also buy Christian movies which are biblical.

• Servant

  31 Aug 10, 09:52

  Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

  the apocryphal books are generally left out of modern translations, as they are non canonical (by Christians faith - don't ever get into a discussion on this point, if you still want to argue,  by protestant faith), so is 66

  Plus, that statement means that you had superficial knowledge in the translations of bible,

  There are critical text, majority text, textus receptus and varied versions of bible manuscripts, i shall not say which is translated from which, if you wanna know, please seach up the net, it is quite interesting 

  No need to argue when history can speak for itself on this.

  If you look up any Bible in the first 1500 years of Christianity, they all have 73 books as the church has always held the 7 deuterocanonical (apocryphal) books to be canonical throughout the ages. For example, the Codex Sinaiticus, one of the oldest Bibles in existence today, contains most of these books although granted that its list of books show that the church at that time was still finalising the canon.

  Then after the reformation in the 16th century, the 7 books have been gradually sidelined or taken out altogether in some Bibles for goodness knows what reason. So what was considered canonical for about 1500 years are now not anymore? Who are we to make that call? 

• sherlockian21

  9 Sep 10, 21:49

  You can try local online bookstore, OpenTrolley Bookstore

  http://opentrolley.com.sg and then go to Religion section. It's kind of mixed up with other religious books but there are lots of US Christian books there.

• Honeybunz

  10 Sep 10, 12:14

  I boycott Tecman ever since I found out that they are the distributor for Chick Publication in Singapore.

  Chick Publication is evil.  Can cause religious unrest among everyone.  A true blue Christian will not distribute such literature, not condone such doing, unless he wants to use Christianity's name to create riots among all religions.

• mc-sq

  24 Sep 10, 10:53

  +1 TehJarVu, SKS is one of the best Christian bookstore. 

   

  But these days, i buy from amazon or US online bookstore.