Category Archives: Contra

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”

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)”

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”

Most of my academic carrier opponents of the TR/KJV position have told me that there are some translations that we all agree are terrible translations of the Bible. Presently, the translations usually cited as terrible translations are those like the Mirror Bible, The Passion Translation, and The New World Translation. Sometimes the Message is includedContinue reading “Our Opponents are Against Multiple Translations as Well”

This last Father’s Day my wife bought me Laurence Vance’s Archaic Words and the Authorized Version printed in 2011. Vance’s argument is simply, the Authorized Version/ King James Version is no more archaic than every day magazine articles and popular modern versions of the Bible. To demonstrate this case, Vance offers an evaluation of hundredsContinue reading “***Paging Mark Ward*** Archaic Words Appear in the KJV AND in the Most Popular Modern Versions”

“It is impossible to read Shakespeare – the best of Shakespeare, not the four or five weakest plays – and not (1) recognize his genius, and (2) enjoy the plays. Not by trying to read one in a night, but rather reading it in a week, following the footnotes the first time or two, catchingContinue reading “Our Artless and Banal Textual Scholarship”

In my perusal of the internet for all things TR/KJV I came across this article by Kent Brandenburg entitled, Another Quixotic Whiff from Mark Ward on the Bible and Its Preservation. The article is a good one and I would consider Brandenburg to be very much in the Traditional Text/Confessional Text camp as touching ScriptureContinue reading “Even Our Opponents Agree: The TR was the Standard Sacred Text of the Church”

Mark Ward is known to say, “Edification requires intelligibility.” If we take “intelligible” to mean “able to be understood” as it does after a brief Google search, then Ward’s claim is simply false in nearly all sectors of life. If Ward means something other than “able to be understood” then clearly he has introduced oneContinue reading “Edification Does Not Require Intelligibility”

The writer of Hebrews pointing to the fact the Jesus Christ is one greater than Moses, calls to his readers attention Psalm 95:7-11. But in doing so the writer of Hebrews does not invoke the penman of the Psalm, King David, but rather writes, “Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye willContinue reading “Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith…”

In 2018 I was in the midst of my Ph.D. class work. I was living in FL at the time and classes were in Lynchburg, VA. I had classes in September of that year and part of my journey north included traveling through the lowlands of North Carolina just as Hurricane Matthew passed through theContinue reading “Van Til, Richard Brash, and the Underwater Bridge”