Picking up from our last segment (here), Riddle goes on in his 4th rejoinder: With the technological revolution of the printing press these texts were published and widely circulated for the first time during the Reformation era. In the NT, in particular, there were some slight modifications made in various editions of these printed editions, [...]

Sometimes we fail to see the significance of the debates underlying the King James Only debate. But let me make it practical, especially regarding the specific disagreements between Pastor Jeff Riddle and I: Do you bring an NASB, ESV, or NET to church on Sunday mornings? Do you think it is a reliable translation and [...]

Pastor Jeff has written a 4 part series responding to teach of the blog articles in this series (here). If you’ve been following this series closely, I encourage you to read even closer and compare Riddle’s arguments with the ones that have appeared on this blog, side by side. I think a person struggling with [...]

Pastor Jeff Riddle’s third and final objection to the ESV is the following: 3. The ESV is based on the modern critical Greek text. The final challenge comes in the fact that the ESV is not based on the traditional texts of Scripture that were used by the Protestant Reformers in their vernacular translations (the [...]

Pastor Riddle’s second objection to the ESV is: The ESV is not, in fact, a new translation but an evangelical revision of a notoriously liberal translation. A close inspection of the preface to the ESV is revealing. Though it claims to stand “in the classic mainstream of English Bible translations,” it is clear that the [...]

Riddle begins his essay “Three Basic Challenges to the ESV”: Crossway publishers continue their very successful (dare we say relentless) marketing of the English Standard Version (ESV) Bible. Crossway editor Justin Taylor’s recently featured a new video on his blog in which “various leaders” explain “why they trust and appreciate this translation.” The ESV is, [...]

I came across an article entitled “Three Basic Challenges to the ESV” (Nov 23, 2010) by Reformed Baptist Pastor Jeff Riddle, which is a document (syllabi?) hosted by sermon audio. It’s essentially a condensed version of a section from Macgregor’s Three Modern Versions: A Critical Assessment of the NIV, ESV, and NKJV (The Bible League, [...]