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Should Additional Gospels Have Been Included in Our Bibles?

“More than eighty gospels were considered for the New Testament, and yet only a relative few were chosen for inclusion—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John among them.” —Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, p. 231[1] “Fortunately for historians,” Teabing said, “some of the gospels that Constantine attempted to eradicate managed to survive. The Dead Sea Scrolls…

The Conflict Over Different Bible Versions | Part 2

Previous Article False or Irrelevant Claims About the KJV [King James Version] and New Translations KJVO proponents characteristically make a number of false or irrelevant statements concerning the new translations and even the King James Bible itself. For example: “The KJV Was No Ordinary Translation, but Divinely Inspired.” As noted previously, many KJVO writers argue…

The Conflict Over Different Bible Versions | Part 6

Previous Article Are Modern Versions Less Readable than the King James Version (KJV)? G. A. (Gail) Riplinger and other King James Version Only (KJVO) proponents have claimed that scientific tests have been conducted which prove the readability of the KJV is equal or superior to that of modern translations, something that anyone who has ever…

The Conflict Over Different Bible Versions | Part 3

Previous Article Do Modern Versions Corrupt the Purity of God’s Word? Last time we examined the KJVO [King James Version Only] claim that the modern translations have corrupted the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith alone. The Deity of Christ Next, KJVO proponents claim that the new translations deny the biblical teaching that Jesus…

The Conflict Over Different Bible Versions | Part 1

Introduction In previous articles we introduced our subject by examining what the Bible teaches concerning its own inerrancy, the manner in which God inspired the Bible, and the fact that all translations are neither 100% perfect nor equally competent. Only the prophets and apostles in their original autographs were inerrant. However, the extant copies of…