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Glynn Brown | PentecostalTheology.com
Jimmy Humphrey [01/22/2016 4:06 PM]
I like the occasional hyperbolic expression found in the Message. It yields brilliant insight. Consider the “knife happy circumcisers” in the following. Such should make you wince, and then smile;
“Steer clear of the barking dogs, those religious busybodies, all bark and no bite. All they’re interested in is appearances—knife-happy circumcisers, I call them. The real believers are the ones the Spirit of God leads to work away at this ministry, filling the air with Christ’s praise as we do it. We couldn’t carry this off by our own efforts, and we know it—even though we can list what many might think are impressive credentials. You know my pedigree: a legitimate birth, circumcised on the eighth day; an Israelite from the elite tribe of Benjamin; a strict and devout adherent to God’s law; a fiery defender of the purity of my religion, even to the point of persecuting the church; a meticulous observer of everything set down in God’s law Book.” Philippians 3:2-6 MSG http://bible.com/97/php.3.2-6.msg
John Kissinger [01/22/2016 4:06 PM]
I’ve mentioned DARBY before as very close to NASB. I’ve used DARBY while translated through the NT and found it strictly following the original text. Darby published hist translation of the New Testament in 1867, long before Westcott and Hort…
Emery Jay Vintes [01/22/2016 6:58 PM]
If we lack wisdom and understanding the prayer is to ask ABBA FATHER and we shall receive.
Britt Williams
The only ground the KJV is attacked on is evidential ground. The evidential arguments of the non-KJV camp are self-defeating and exalt empiricism, rather than faith. Granted, I admit I believe the KJVO evidential arguments, but I do so because I am presuppositionally committed to the KJV. I also concede I cannot really prove (only cite) the evidence that supports the KJV. Nonetheless, the real root problem with the translation issue is faith. Whatever any of us claim to know about the Bible is by faith and faith alone. No one can discern the Scriptures independently from God’s Spirit. It is not a matter of intellect, but of Spirit.
Presuppositionally, I admit I can only prove…
1. The arguments used by Bible-agnostics are solely based on faith and are woefully self-defeating.
2. It is reasonable to believe there is a perfect Bible.
3. We must trust God to lead us to it.
I believe it to be the KJV and I refuse to listen to any accusation against it.
The full defense can be found here, if you haven’t already read it…
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=364440648034
I am not against empiricism per se, but simply assert that empiricism as an epistemological foundation is anything but Christian and must never be trusted to define our reality. We allow God’s Word to measure ALL THINGS, not vice-versa.