“Having This Ministry…” Issue No. 18, March 2023

Issue No. 18

March 2023

In This Issue

Why Another Translation of the Bible • Our Need to Study the Hymnal • A New Audio Feature on ministrybooks.org • A New Audio Feature in the Recovery Version App • New Releases • Excerpts from Conferences & Trainings • Videos • Important Dates

The Recovery Version—Why Another Translation of the Bible

The translation of the Holy Bible into English is long and varied and substantial—from the earliest translations of the Psalms around 700 AD, through the translation of the entire Bible from Latin under John Wyclif in the late 1300s and of the New Testament from Greek by William Tyndale in 1525 and the monumental King James Version from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek in 1611, and then into the modern era of the Revised Version in 1885, the American Standard Version in 1901, and the explosion of numerous other versions in the twentieth century. One wonders, then, why there exists yet another translation called the Recovery Version. Read more…

Our Need to Study the Hymnal

This may come as a surprise to some of our readers, but the hymnal in the Lord’s recovery was compiled not only for singing. Because it is a storehouse of biblical truth, the hymnal is intended also to be studied closely and learned thoroughly. As Brother Lee observed, “The study of this hymnal alone is the study of the highest theology in the Lord’s recovery.” Read more…

A New Audio Feature on ministrybooks.org

In the midst of our busy daily lives, it may seem as if we have insufficient time to avail ourselves of all the riches in this ministry. We hope that a newly developed way that makes the ministry even more accessible will help us to recognize and seize new opportunities to dive into these riches. Read more…

A New Audio Feature in the
Recovery Version App

Living Stream Ministry is pleased to announce a new enhancement to the Holy Bible Recovery Version app. We have added a text-to-speech feature that allows the app to read the Recovery Version aloud. This app will include many user-defined settings that provide many options for its reading function. For a brief instructional video on this new feature, click here.

New Releases This Month

The Proper and Adequate Service to the Lord

by Witness Lee

$8.50 (retail price)

Catalog: 14-022-001

HWMR: Crystallization-study of 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, vol. 1

2022 December Semiannual Training

$7.00 (retail price)

Catalog: 13-441-001

The Ministry of the Word (Periodical), vol. 27, no. 02 (March 2023)

Crystallization-study of First and Second Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther

2022 December Semiannual Training

$17.50 (retail price)

Catalog: 32-465-001

Ministry Digest (Periodical), vol. 05, no. 03

$10.00 (retail price)

Catalog: 34-043-001

Special Discounts on Select LSM Publications

The History and Revelation of the Lord’s Recovery

(2 volume set)

$27.00 $10.00

plus tax

Challenging the Traditional Interpretations of Justification by Faith, Part 1

$35.00 $28.00

plus tax

Life-study of the New Testament, Conclusion Messages
(5 volume set, hardbound)

$186.00 $50.00

plus tax

Please note: Sales tax and shipping cost are extra. Continental US only.

Ministry Excerpts from Recent Conferences and Trainings

2023 International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference

Loving the Lord’s Appearing

In 2 Timothy 4:1 Paul says to Timothy, “I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom.”…He says that at the judgment seat he would be rewarded the crown of righteousness, which would be awarded to all those who have loved His appearing (vv. 6-8). He reminded Timothy that…we should have a living that loves the Lord’s appearing. Read more…

Maintaining Our Victory

Christian warfare is a matter of warding off defeat; it is not a matter of fighting for victory. We have already overcome. We fight from the position of victory, and we fight to maintain our victory. Read more…