KJV

A friend of mine is involved in deaf ministry. He told me that for his congregation, the KJV was very tough to follow. He gave one example that made me laugh out loud. How would an ASL speaker sign the following sentence, speaking of the father of the prodigal son?...

I'm a Bible curriculum author for high school students. I love my job. And one neat aspect of my duties is answering occasional letters like the following from high school kids around the country: I have a question about something that I read in the Bible the other...

It happened again. A misunderstanding traceable to the beautiful, excellent, and beloved—but now antiquated—King James Version. A middle-aged, very sharp, but relatively uneducated woman with a significant Christian background came up to me after I preached on a...

According to my records, I have not complained about King James Onlyism for over three months. I don't want this blog to be a constant critique-fest. I want it to be constructive. But there is a fire in my bones. So here goes. This is point 4 on the list of doctrinal...

Many websites on the Internet feature garish graphic design: a profusion of fonts and colors, ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, corny animated gifs. Conspiracy theory sites (like this one arguing that George W. Bush is responsible for the 9/11 attacks) tend to fall into this...

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. (Eph 5:3–4 KJV) What does "convenient" mean...

Too often the KJV as a translation has been credited with various forms of influence when it is really the biblical message—Scripture—that deserves the credit. The fact that there was no other commercially available translation for nearly three centuries and none that...