Should Christians use the New Living Translation?

LOL. Loved the ending! I don't have a NLT, but I do read the CSB (*GASP*) and study from the NASB95. =)

I like the NLT but I think the CSB is the best.

NLT helps with understanding Leviticus.

Any translation that is deliberately altered to deny the divinity of Jesus Christ is wholly corrupted.
It is like pouring arsenic into a glass of pure water and saying it is safe to drink.

That's nice! I bought this translation today since it's the only translation available that has chronological order that I've found. It's a backup, I'm also rereading the NKJV daily bible by Dr. MacArthur. 🙏🙏🙏 Blessed happy new year everyone! Christ is King!

As a secondary or devotional text I find the NLT to be unique enough from my more literal translations that it helps my mind see Bible passages in a way ever so slightly different or even more clearly in some cases. It has caused me more than once to better understand Scripture. I also find it to be an excellent translation to pair with the Life Application Study Bible. While it will never be my primary text for study it’s a great comparison translation. Also the NLT Study Bible is pretty good.

THE bible is a Spiritual book that can ONLY be UNDERSTOOD by the Spirit, being raised in a Southern Baptist Church since 1955 and then in a Fundamental Independent Baptist church, I NEVER understood or desired to read "the bible", after I was "led to Jesus" by a X Church Of Christ Charismatic I IMMEDIATELY WANTED to read the scriptures due to the massive instantaneous INTERNAL change, after my Born Again EXPERIENCE I picked up that Old Schofield KJV reference bible and started at the N.T. and DEVOURED it & NEVER had ANY problems understanding it & it's concepts, yea, there were a few words I had to look up but 99.9 % of what I read I had NO issues with understanding the concepts revealed. IF a person CANNOT understand or DOESN'T desire to read AFTER their so called "salvation" "conversion" then you very well may of just joined a "Christian" group instead of Joining Christ which happens ONLY when He enters YOU aka as New Birth aka Born Again

NLT saved my life, I almost died when I was a teenager, I couldn’t understand or connect with the KJV but the NLT spoke clearly to my soul - now I’m still following Christ and understanding all Bibles!!!