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The [[Southern Baptist Convention]] reportedly provided $10 million in funding for this new translation, to "safeguard the Scriptures from trends toward cultural pluralism, political correctness and drifting theology."<ref name="Holman">http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/15/special_reports/religion/22_01_354_14_04.txt</ref>  Critics considered this project to be a "preemptive strike against a competitor," the "'inclusive' recasting of the [[NIV]] called Today's New International Version," which "was savaged by conservative Southern Baptists and other sticklers on this issue but endorsed by prominent [[Evangelical Christian|evangelicals]]."<ref name="Holman"/>

The [[Southern Baptist Convention]] reportedly provided $10 million in funding for this new translation, to "safeguard the Scriptures from trends toward cultural pluralism, political correctness and drifting theology."<ref name="Holman">http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/15/special_reports/religion/22_01_354_14_04.txt</ref>  Critics considered this project to be a "preemptive strike against a competitor," the "'inclusive' recasting of the [[NIV]] called Today's New International Version," which "was savaged by conservative Southern Baptists and other sticklers on this issue but endorsed by prominent [[Evangelical Christian|evangelicals]]."<ref name="Holman"/>

While the Holman has been criticized as a modern [[conservative]] translation of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], it has several [[liberal]] twists:

While the Holman has been criticized as a modern [[conservative]] translation of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], it has several [[liberal]] twists:

*It uses the term "miracle", which could be considered to be a slightly pejorative term for a "sign" or marvelous work by God.<ref>Mark 6:2.</ref>

*It uses the term "miracle", which could be considered to be a slightly pejorative term for a "sign" or marvelous work by God.<ref>Mark 6:2.</ref>

The Holman Christian Standard Bible is the primary new translation of the 21st century.<ref>http://www.bible-researcher.com/csb.html</ref>

Furthermore, the original translator (Arthur Farstad, general editor of the [[New King James Version]]) planned to use the same underlying text for HCSB as was used in the NKJV.  However, upon his death, his replacement decided to use the same text as used by other modern translations.  Not surprisingly it has earned the wrath of the [[King James only]] crowd.<ref>http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/hcsb.htm,/ref>

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