I can’t help but recall the words of Morpheus in the second Matrix film: “Coincidence, or providence?” The same set of facts and circumstances can sit in front of two human beings and two very different conclusions will emerge: “Fluke of nature” and “Oh, that’s easy – God did it!” I was writing a seminary [...]

Ran into a couple seminary/church “King James Only” people again. It’s just…sad. What real basis do we have, except sheer gut-feeling, for believing that one particular English translation is the inspired Word of God? Then, on a totally different occasion about three days later, I ran into a decent article by accident called “Errors in [...]

In 2004, John Brogan of Northwestern University published the essay “Can I Have Your Autographa? Uses and Abuses of Textual Criticism in Formulating an Evangelical Doctrine of Scripture” in the book Evangelicals and Scripture: Tradition, Authority, and Hermeneutics. In my opinion, Brogan’s essay is worth reading since it brings up some of the most controversial [...]

Sadly, this isn’t a joke.  Neither is Bible burning in Southern Baptist churches. I wish it was all a dream. But there are Christians (so-called) who believe that the King James Bible 1611 AV (“Authorized Version”) is the only inspired and infallible Bible available to the church today. All other translations, especially those based off [...]

Is every man honestly seeking the truth when it comes to the Bible? Are people like Bart Ehrman, Dan Barker, Hitchens, Harris and the gang weighing the evidence from a fair and unbiased perspective without presuppositions? Surely, with fancy degrees and popular publications, they are approaching the matter neutrally and coming to honest conclusions, perhaps? [...]

The controversial TNIV translation, which was released in 2005, is already scheduled for replacement in 2011. The President of Zondervan made it clear: “The T-NIV is very divisive. It’s not a unifying translation. And it was poorly handled in the marketplace. We need to undo the damage.” Just as many Microsoft users have asserted that [...]

Gone are the days of freely preaching at the pulpit and assuming everyone is reading from the same translation. While most countries are struggling just to have access to a decent version of the Bible, there are dozens and dozens of English translations available at an American’s fingertips. In fact, the average American household had [...]