The interest in the so-called “lost gospels” as well as the curiosity over DaVinci’s “Last Supper” caused me to read this book. Basically, it is all old hat. The author writes as if Christians have never heard theories of the mother-son “sacred feminine” worship or that there is apocryphal literature that was rejected as non-canonical. […]
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The Historical Supremacy of Christianity
Christianity claims to be both exclusive and inclusive. It is exclusive in that it claims to be the only way to God, and it is inclusive in that it claims it is the only way to God for every individual in the world. Diogenes Allen wrote, “We cannot relinquish the claim that Christ is the […]
The Word To The Reader – TNIV
Co-sponsored with the International Bible Society, Zondervan has published the Today’s New International Version New Testament, with the Old expected in 2005. Three objectives are stated: 1) translation is never finished, 2) the need for accuracy, and 3) the correction of the gender problem. The third objective has generated such changes as “Messiah” rather than […]
Thinking Inside The Box
G .K. Chesterton wrote, “The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet’s; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic’s.”1 It seems we have no shortage of “visionaries” and “original thinkers,” but fewer and fewer of them seem to be able to find their way back home! […]
Considering The New King James Version
Because I agree with Calvin when he says, “Sacred word does not deserve to be accused of novelty,”1 and also with Thomas à Kempis when he says, “Truth, not eloquence, is to be sought for in Holy Scriptures,”2 I offer this conclusion to my comparison of these two Bible versions. It will be an annoyance […]
The Translators to the Readers – 1611 KJ
It has been since my seminary days that I sat down and read the whole preface at one sitting. I am persuaded now that I should do it once every year. It is a wonderful and uplifting piece of writing that encourages you to read and study the Scriptures diligently. It also encouraged me in […]
One Bible Only?
I was glad to see the second book on the Bible Version debate come from Central Seminary. The first book, The Bible Version Debate, came out in 1997. This new book includes some of the basic material from the first book but expands the topics to include the background of the debate, translation theory, frequently […]
We Are Also History Revisionists!
St. Amant: “The historian can never allow the message of history to create historical facts. Nor can he ignore or distort those facts in the interest of his own bias.”1 Antiphon: “Be not so unjust; rather leave something for that other witness, Time, who aids the zealous seekers of eternal truth.”2 One of the primary […]
J. Frank Norris and His Heirs
This is a 1999 book which traces the attitude toward Bible translations by fundamental Baptist groups that have roots to Norris. Kutilek does a good job of showing that the KJV Only position did not originate with Norris nor with his heirs until about the mid-1970s. The book is well written and thoroughly footnoted.
Chapter and Verse
In the area of morality we find exactly the same thing. Man cannot escape the fact of the motions of a true right and wrong in himself; not just a sociological or hedonistic morality, but true morality, true right and wrong. And yet beginning with himself he cannot bring forth absolute standards and cannot even […]