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Mark Strauss of Bethel Seminary San Diego said if The 100-Minute Bible increases Bible knowledge, then he is in favor of it. "The Bible at its heart is a message from God, and so our goal should be to get that message into our minds and actions—any way we can."

How useful the new crop of quick-read Bibles will be is anyone's guess at this point. But one thing is certain: We won't have to wait long for the answer.

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The Bible in 90 Days and The HCSB Light Speed Bible are available from Christianbook.com and other book retailers.

An American Bible: A History of the Good Book in the United States, 1777-1880 and In Discordance with the Scriptures: American Protestant Battles over Translating the Bible are available from Amazon.com and other book retailers. And the 100-Minute Bible is available from Amazon.co.uk.

News elsewhere includes:

100,000 copies of new Bible sold | A compact version of the Bible has sold 100,000 copies since it was unveiled at Canterbury Cathedral last September. (BBC, February 27, 2006)

SMS Bible launched in Australia | The Bible has been translated into text message-speak in Australia to allow its lessons to be disseminated more easily. (BBC October 7, 2005)

Christianity in a nutshell: Britain's '100-Minute Bible' | It may be the word of God, but that hasn't spared it from regular man-made tinkering. From 15th-century printers to 20th-century modernists, every age has sought to adapt the Bible. (The Christian Science Monitor, September 27, 2005)

A hundred minutes of banality | The 100-Minute Bible is not a translation but an attempt to render Christian doctrine and biblical narrative simply and succinctly. Its failure was almost certain, and is already obvious (Oliver Kamm, The Times, London, September 23, 2005)

Vicar launches '100-Minute Bible' | A Bible designed to be read in 100 minutes by people who haven't the time or inclination to read the whole book was launched today at Canterbury. (Times, London, September 21, 2005)

'100-minute Bible' is launched | Ideal for plane journey, say creators (CNN, September 21, 2005)

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