A few days ago I wrote a blog post encouraging the readership here to take time to hear your opponents for several good and necessary reasons. In that post I linked to a video where Mark Ward attempted to respond to his “Best Opponent.” I also indicated in that post that I would write aContinue reading “Ward’s Best Reply, Not So Good”
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False Friends = False Equivalence
About a month ago I posted the following, “For most of our readership you know about the term False Friends. This is a term co-opted by Mark Ward which is usually used in the context of comparing foreign languages. Still, Ward thought it best to bring the term into a comparison of English with English.”Continue reading “False Friends = False Equivalence”
Ward’s Best Reply to His Best Opponent
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Sun Tzu, The Art ofContinue reading “Ward’s Best Reply to His Best Opponent”
Happy Independence Day
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22But be ye doers of the word,Continue reading “Happy Independence Day”
1 Samuel 6:19-How many men died?
The modern versions would like to dispute the number of dead recorded in 1 Samuel 6:19. The Authorized Version reads 50,070, but modern versions go with 75, 70, or 50. Obviously we have a huge discrepancy between these translations. So which is it? The text in the Authorized Version reads, “And he smote the menContinue reading “1 Samuel 6:19-How many men died?”
Roe v. Wade and the Quest for a Standard Sacred Text
For almost 50 years Christians of all stripes and denominations as well as politically conservative Americans have been speaking, writing, and lobbying for the overthrow of legalized abortion here in the States. Last week a huge advancement legally as well as a significant symbolic step took place last week with the Supreme Courts’s overturning ofContinue reading “Roe v. Wade and the Quest for a Standard Sacred Text”
Free Book and Discounted Books for Independence Day
In celebration of Independence Day we bring you Independently Published eBooks at a discounted price. The free Kindle app can be downloaded to your Apple iPhone here, your Android Phone here, your Mac here, or PC here. Starting today through July 4th you can get: 1.) Then He Poked the Bear: A Dozen or SoContinue reading “Free Book and Discounted Books for Independence Day”
A List of Archaic Words Appearing in the NIV, NASB, NKJV, and NRSV
Drawing again from Laurence Vance’s Archaic Words and the Authorized Version we turn to Appendix 4 where he lists all the archaic words he found in the NIV, NASB, NKJV, and NRSV. It seem fair to conclude that archaic words would fall among those most suited to be False Friends seeing that archaic words haveContinue reading “A List of Archaic Words Appearing in the NIV, NASB, NKJV, and NRSV”
Edification Does Not Require Intelligibility (Part 2)
Following up on a prior post in the same vein, I am reminded of the words of the Apostle Peter. A fisherman from Galilee who walked with our Lord, the master teacher, for 3 years. Peter was with the Lord on the Mount of Transfiguration and preached at Pentecost. Yet with these overflowing credentials PeterContinue reading “Edification Does Not Require Intelligibility (Part 2)”
The Church’s 1st Century Text-Critical Heritage
Speaking of the Bereans, Luke writes, “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and search the scriptures daily whether those things were so.” Acts 17:11 John speaking of the Ephesian Church writes the following in a similar vein, “…thou hast tried them whichContinue reading “The Church’s 1st Century Text-Critical Heritage”
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