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A Translation of the New Testament Epistles 1947; Making Men Whole 1952 (revised 1955) The Gospels in Modern English 1952; Your God is Too Small 1953; Plain Christianity: and Other Broadcast Talks 1954; Appointment with God: Some Thoughts on Holy Communion 1954; The Young Church in Action 1955; When God was Man 1955; The Church Under the Cross 1956
Alvin grew up in Downey, California in a music-loving family where he and his younger brother Dave Alvin were exposed to blues, rockabilly, and country.Inspired and influenced by the music they grew up with, Phil and Dave formed the rock and roll band The Blasters in the late 1970s with fellow Downey residents Bill Bateman and John Bazz. [2]
Another mentor was tenor saxophonist Lee Allen, who later joined The Blasters. [10] Phil Alvin explained the origin of the band's name: "I thought Joe Turner's backup band on his Atlantic records–I had these 78s–I thought they were the Blues Blasters. That ends up it was Jimmy McCracklin. I just took the 'Blues' off and Joe finally told me ...
The Psalms: Structure, Content and Message German orig. (English translation, 1980) Elements of Old Testament Theology German orig. (English translation, 1982) Genesis 1 - 11, German orig. 1972 (English translation by John J. Scullion, 1984) Genesis 12 - 36, German orig. 1981 (English translation by John J. Scullion, 1985) Genesis 37 - 50 ...
The Blasters was critically well received. Reviewing the album in 1982 for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau said that Phil Alvin has "easily the most expressive vocal style in all of nouveau rockabilly", while "Dave Alvin's originals introduce a major songwriter, one with John Fogerty's bead on the wound-tight good times of America's tough white underbelly, though his focus is shallower ...
The work of Giessler's committee (although it was—much like Dr. Beck's earlier work—essentially a "one-man" translation team with a single English reviewer) yielded another translation of the New Testament that was released in 1988 as the New Testament: God's Word to the Nations (GWN) This work was later renamed the New Evangelical ...
Hosea is a prophet whom God uses to portray a message of repentance to God's people. Through Hosea's marriage to Gomer, God shows his great love for his great people, comparing himself to a husband whose wife has committed adultery, using this image as a metaphor for the covenant between God and Israel.
This later led to a translation of the full New Testament. The result, titled Good News for Modern Man: The New Testament in Today's English Version, was released in 1966 as a 599-page paperback with a publication date of January 1, 1966. It received a mass marketing effort with copies even being made available through grocery store chains.