In memorializing his grandfather rsquo s work Peter Croft wrote ldquo It is my deepest desire for the person who picks up their Bible whatever version they use to not only understand but experience the scriptures as living documents just as relevant dangerous and exciting now as they were those thousands of years ago rdquo Peter rsquo s grandfather was J B Philips a youth minister who undertook a new paraphrase of the Bible in English during World War II in order to make it come alive to students at his church Like Phillips rsquo students we face barriers to [... more]