Thanks for joining me!
Hello, and welcome to my online Bible notes blog/website! My name is Ron Outland, and I’m happy to be here! For my first round of my online Bible notes from start to finish (spoiler alert: it won’t be the last, God-willing), I’ll be using four translations at once. They will be the NKJV, NASB (1995), the VOICE, and the Amplified Bible (Classic Edition), and all of them are in English. Now if you’ve known me for a few years up until this point, I had done a round of Bible notes on sticky notes (Genesis to Acts), on one of my laptops that I think are now obsolete (Romans to 2 Peter), and also on college-ruled paper (1 John to Revelation). I did that with the New Oxford Annotated Bible from August 2012 (I was starting my fourth year of college during that time) to just last month, October 2018, and it was the NRSV the entire time.
DISCLAIMER: I do not claim to be a preacher of any kind, nor do I even try to pass off deception as if it were truth. I do not have a license to run a church or anything like that; I was just sharing my thoughts across these notes while being as honest as I could and being repentant of any errors I had made when I discovered them. I do not intend to mislead anyone. I don’t want anyone to read these notes as if they were Scripture, either; I just thought they’d be helpful over the years. This website is going to be the same thing, but this time, I’ll write as I read four translations at once. Also, the VOICE translation has notes of its own; I thought I’d write on some of those notes, too. However, I don’t plan to write on all of them, nor do I intend to write on every last verse; the amount of verses and/or chapters I write on can fluctuate, but I don’t think I’ll need to write on more than one book at the same time.
The Bible has 66 books, and I’ll be going through each of them on here. Another thing is that I don’t want to rebuke anyone unjustly, and I strongly believe that bashing someone is a definite no-no. I tend to avoid controversial topics most of the time anyway, especially politics, for I’m not willing to risk anyone feeling condemned or getting offended for any reason. Also, I’ve never made a Bible translation, and I don’t intend on doing that on here, either. However, I do want to share some words in the original languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek) that these 66 Bible books were written in, and also translate some of these words for you guys to encourage you for something you might need to hear. I believe God wanted me to start this website for your benefit. For any other things you want to talk to me about, you can message me on Facebook, because I don’t want to make this post too long. No one can talk about everything in one post anyway. This is simply an introduction to a beautiful journey that I think you’ll enjoy.
Again, I won’t be able to cover everything in one post, or one round of Bible notes, or even an entire website in any specified amount of time. The Lord God alone knows everything (1 John 3:20). I’ll just be learning as I go along these projects. Post length can vary, but I have no desire or plans to make it super-long and drawn out for you. It’d be pretty boring that way, and I don’t think God likes boredom. Also, any hate comments will not be tolerated.
One more thing: I will be using some of my other Bible notes I have written either on a sticky note or on paper or in my obsolete laptop (if I can find the data; the laptop I’m using to write this on now is a Windows 10) to look to for some further information, for I can forget things so easily, but I do my best to be as responsible as I can. Not to worry, God can help you and anyone else with any situation, and He can forgive even your greatest mistakes.
Be blessed,
Ron Outland
P.S. Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
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