# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S314
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314 PARISH EDUCATION

J. Fritze, director of the survey, and published as a yearbook of
the Lutheran Education Association, This study supplies important

Through Feeding on His Word a five-year daily Bible-reading
program was completed in 1955, An effort to integrate this Bible-
reading guide with Portals of Prayer was not successful. The
Board for Parish Education is continuing the daily Bible-reading
program under a new name, “Light for Your Way,” issued quar-
terly. This devotional guide does three things for the laymen of

prayers. The purpose of this guide is to lead people into the
firsthand use of Scripture itself for their daily devotions, alongside
of other manuals which they may be using.

5. Modern English Bible Versions

Bible study throughout the English-speaking world has been
greatly stimulated through the appearance of many new English
Bible translations. This revival of interest in the Word of God
also among our people is something for which we can be deeply
grateful.

During the past three years the Advisory Committee on English
Bible Versions has engaged in a careful and critical examination
of some of these versions, particularly the Revised Standard
Version. The full report of that committee appears later in this
report.

6. Cultivating a Favorable Climate of Opinion for Bible Study

More and more the conviction has grown on us that what is
needed is a deep concern on the part of the pastors and people
for a revival of Bible use in the home and in the church’s educa-
tional program. There are still many congregations who seem to
have little concern for activating Bible study groups. Others have
Bible classes but have no program for expansion and growth.
A new appreciation of Bible interpretation is needed for the life
and work of the church. ,

In co-operation with our college presidents the Bible Study
Advance was carried to all ten ministerial preparatory schools in