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The Original Pronunciation for Shakespeare’s Plays

The Original Pronunciation for Shakespeare’s Plays

Well isn't this fascinating. Shakespeare's plays were pronounced significantly differently when they were originally performed. And we miss some humor and rhyming because of it. It is more than possible—and this video argues that it is pretty well universal—that...

Two Reasons to Watch the Authorized Documentary on FaithlifeTV

The Authorized documentary has been out for a few months now, and lots more people than I ever expected have seen it. But I’m hearing that a number of friends, even close ones, haven’t seen it yet. Hey, it’s okay. I normally don’t watch documentaries with redheaded...

Kindle Price for Authorized Going Up 67% in Four Days

Kindle Price for Authorized Going Up 67% in Four Days

I am told that the Kindle price for Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible will be going up on April 1. Get it while you can! Gift it to others! At the Shepherds Conference two weeks ago, standing at the Lexham table all day, I got to hear multiple...

Wisdom from Peter Williams on Textual Criticism

Wisdom from Peter Williams on Textual Criticism

Peter Williams is a treasure. These lectures contain some absolute gold, and they give me that lovely feeling of being right, of being validated by someone smarter than oneself. Indeed, some of his key points are things I have come to realize on my own—though he...

The Authorized Documentary

The Authorized documentary ships today. It’s the culmination of a lot of work, and I pray that its message will be persuasive and spread widely. Here’s that message: we should all read the Bible in our English, not someone else’s. The “false friends” in the otherwise...

Is the KJV the Most Concordant English Bible Translation?

Is the KJV the Most Concordant English Bible Translation?

A friend and reader who has good training in linguistics wrote to ask me to evaluate a claim she found in an article online. Here’s what the writer said (and I won’t link to it because I don’t want to seem to be critical of this writer in particular—hers is a very...

Find the False Friends!

Find the False Friends!

I'm editing some Puritan prayers for a new Lexham Press project, and I'm really enjoying the edification provided by these wonderfully eloquent, godly Christians of yore. But I am most certainly keeping my thinking cap on as I read (that's my job), because the project...

An Authorized Milestone

An Authorized Milestone

I've just achieved a milestone with Amazon reviews of Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible. I now have every important kind of review there is. I have five-star reviews, I have one-star reviews, and I have just gotten the coveted "my book showed up...

Interview Questions for Iain Provan of Regent College

Interview Questions for Iain Provan of Regent College

In your book, The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture, you pointed out that the early church father Irenaeus did not argue based on his episcopal authority but on the basis of what Scripture said. You drew a contrast here with Martin Luther’s theological...