211 search results for: KJV only

8 Reasons Why It Is Fallacious for KJVO Advocates to Invoke the Majority Rule

Dr. Alan Kurschner, September 1, 2007, King James Onlyism

Very often you will hear a King James Version Only advocate claim that since the majority of Greek manuscripts that are extant today (which is a Byzantine text-form that is substantially behind the KJV translation) therefore the KJV is a superior translation. The following are eight reasons to debunk this fallacious KJV argument. (1) The Greek text that is behind

If You Understand One Thing About The “King James Only” Phenomenon it is Imperative to Know This…

Dr. Alan Kurschner, June 27, 2007, King James Onlyism

…The textual end justifies the textual means. They are motivated only in defending a modern printed text and any questions of methodology are irrelevant because they are governed by their a priori that the Textus Receptus (the Greek printed edition that lies behind the KJV) is without error. That is why you will often notice (I will provide a perfect,

On the King James Only Issue and Dr. Hills

James White, May 21, 2005, King James Onlyism

Dr. Hills’ honesty is a breath of fresh air. If he had not begun with the assumption of the superiority of the TR, he would undoubtedly have been led to a conclusion in favor, at the very least, of the “Majority Text” rather than the modern critical texts. But another argument precluded his coming to any conclusions other than the

Utah Seeks to Kill Free Speech: Thanks, KJVO “Street Preachers”

James White, February 14, 2005, Mormonism

Utah State Representative Douglas C. Aagard has introduced a bill in the Utah House, HB0131, found here, that is currently titled, “Access to Health Care Facilities and Places of Worship.” It reads in part, . provides that knowingly approaching within eight feet of a person for the purpose of passing out literature, displaying an object, or engaging in protest or

Responses to Chuck Smith on the Reformed Faith, and to George Schaeffer on KJOnlyism

James White, November 25, 2000, The Dividing Line

On this last radio broadcast before transitioning to an internet broadcast, Dr. White responds to a radio call to Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel, in which Smith misrepresents reformed theology as saying that man has no will. John 3:16 is misquoted in order to Refute Calvinism. Also, Dr. White reads a letter from George Schaeffer saying that Dr. White is inconsistent in

A Colorful Response to The King James Only Controversy Falls Way Short – James White Responds to Dr. Thomas Holland

James White, July 8, 1997, King James Onlyism

There have been only a few responses to my book, The King James Only Controversy. Aside from one privately written and published response by Dr. Kirk DiVietro (my reply), and Dr. Ruckman’s wild-eyed articles in the Bible Believer’s Bulletin (which, as I understand it, ended up in a “book” as well), there has been little in the way of substantive

Jumbo Dividing Line: Biblicism is the Road to Rome (Steve Meister)? Then Semantic Domains and Much More

James White, August 4, 2023, Exegesis, King James Onlyism, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, TROnlyism

Ninety minutes in the big studio today using the big board to look at some important topics. Started off with a little KJV Only silliness, then a little TR-Only silliness, and then on to comments made by IRBC pastor Steve Meister on Josh Sommer’s program about biblicism being the “road to Rome.” Having corrected that idea, we moved into the

A New Open Phones Format Show!

James White, November 9, 2021, CBGM, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Islam, King James Onlyism, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Well, let me tell you, Rich is one happy camper. He got the bright idea today, really only a few hours before we started, to use Zoom to allow folks to call in to the program today. And…it worked. So I started off with about 20 minutes or so in response to a King James Only advocate giving a completely

Road Tripping in El Paso

James White, October 9, 2021, Christian Worldview, Debate, King James Onlyism, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I’m sort of in El Paso (but not quite), with one more stop tomorrow night before I get home. I was going to hoof it straight from here, as it is surely do-able, but the long, long hours are piling up after more than two weeks, so safety suggested stopping at an RV park I know halfway home tomorrow. Anyway,

The King James Bible Debate with Nathan Cravatt

James White, August 24, 2021, Church History, King James Onlyism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

We were joined by Nathan Cravatt who did a King James Bible debate a few weeks ago, deep in the heart of KJVO country. We discussed his background and how the debate went, and played and discussed some clips as well. Nearly 75 minutes of helpful discussion especially if you have fundamentalist friends caught up in the KJV Only movement.

A Bunch of Woke Stuff, then Underappreciated Incarnational Texts

James White, December 22, 2020, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Pauline Studies, Post-Evangelicalism, Technology, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Covered a few miscellaneous developments, such as Hungary’s stand on the family, and then moved to texts that teach incarnational truths but that normally get glossed over, from Mark and from John 6. I had intended to address a particular KJV Only argument, and to respond to some Roman Catholic claims, but simply spaced both as time was short! But,

Radio Free Geneva: Finishing Up John Lennox and John 6, Briefly Enduring Andrew Sluder’s Twisting of Scripture

James White, February 19, 2020, Exegesis, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Two very different portions of a more than 90 minute program today! First we got back to John Lennox’s book, Determined to Believe and its attempt to deal with John 6. We spent most of our time here, as it is invaluable to see how tradition can impact and, in a few places, completely overthrow the direct content of the

Text and Canon Conference: Initial Thoughts

James White, November 3, 2019, King James Onlyism, Textual Issues, TROnlyism

I have gotten through 4+ hours of the Text and Canon conference from last weekend. A great deal to talk about as time permits, but two things right now: First, to my fellow apologists who do not buy into TROnlyism and who seek to give a defense of the NT against atheists, Muslims, etc., in the public square (something that

Meme Theology and the Conclusion of the Simply Seerah Video on a Jumbo DL

James White, February 4, 2016, The Dividing Line

Well, the video feed would not work again, sadly, but we pressed on anyway. Spent 45 minutes covering KJV Only memes, doing a lot of basic TC stuff (textual criticism), and then moved on to a Muslim meme regarding Jesus. Then got to finish up the video we began reviewing last week from Simply Seerah on Jesus and related issues.

Facebook Insanity

James White, December 6, 2015, General Apologetics, Islam

I just finished a wonderful weekend teaching on the subject of homosexuality, marriage, and the Christian response to the current melt-down of Western culture on these issues at one of my favorite churches in the US, Covenant of Grace Church in St. Charles, Missouri. We had folks travel from all over to join with us, so it was a great

South Africa and Hebrews 8:9

James White, August 14, 2014, The Dividing Line

Started off the program talking to Rudolph Boshoff down in Johannesburg via Skype. The connection was pretty iffy, and you have to listen carefully. But we discussed the state of the church in South Africa. I wanted to clarify a point where we had some audio problems…I was referring to one of the sound churches in SA, pastored by brother

The Good Ol’ Boys of Georgia and Calls on a Variety of Topics

James White, July 17, 2014, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started with some of the developments that took place while I was gone in the Caner Scandal saga, including Caner being properly and appropriately ordered to pay legal fees in the frivolous lawsuits he filed in the vain attempt to not only deflect the truth about his many lies, but to do “dig” into finding out information about others, and

A Multi-Topical Jumbo Dividing Line

James White, March 25, 2014, The Dividing Line

So many things to get to today, but since I planned it all out beforehand, somehow—we got to it all! Started off necessarily commenting on the Hobby Lobby as well as World Vision stories. Spent some time discussing 1 Cor 6:9-11 and the fact that no amount of public pressure and societal regulations can change the tense of the verb ἦτε in

In Defense of Scripture: Bart Ehrman, Steven Anderson, Chris Pinto

James White, March 18, 2014, The Dividing Line

A jumbo edition of the program today, starting off with a little information on Bart Ehrman’s most recent anti-Christian book and the Christian response to it. Then I played a clip from the just released film, New World Order Bible Versions, a very shallow KJV Only presentation, pointing to a rather ironic element of the film, and finished up reviewing the comments

Steven Anderson, Strange Fire, David Allen, and More

James White, October 29, 2013, The Dividing Line

Covered a lot today, with a brief recounting of my interview with KJV Only advocate Steven Anderson, and then a longer series of comments based upon my listening to three of the presentations from the Strange Fire Conference on my ride this morning. Then we took calls, including one from Rory on the presentation of David Allen from Southwestern against

Inside the Mind of a Conspiratorialist

James White, September 3, 2013, Misc

A few months ago I ran into one of the writers for the “Do Right Christians” blog, a “Dr. Ach.” I discovered, very, very quickly, that logical thought and honesty is not a high priority on this particular website, and immediately dropped the non-discussion. I thought the background looked familiar when I was directed to an article today by a

We Need Your Help in the Store

Rich Pierce, January 28, 2013, Misc

While we continue the massive effort to update our website there are some new web practices that didn’t exist, (well, if they did we didn’t have them), when we setup the original blog and store. Now search engines look for things like ‘tags’ and ‘metadata’ in order to identify things in a search. So, I am asking for some volunteer

James White

James White, November 1, 2012

James White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries. He is Professor of Church History and Apologetics at Grace Bible Theological Seminary, and has taught Greek, Hebrew, Systematic Theology, Textual Criticism, Church History and various topics in the field of apologetics for numerous other schools. He has authored or contributed to more than twenty four books, including The King

Responding to the Same Old Falsehoods Packaged in New Garb

James White, February 29, 2012, King James Onlyism

Sam Gipp has put out an 8 minute video repackaging the old KJV Only myths in fancy new clothes. I’ve gotten so many requests to respond to it, I’m finally getting around to it. Here is Gipps video: Sooooo many errors packed into such a short and well made video! Let’s get started at the beginning:

Wednesday Miscellaneous

James White, November 23, 2011, Misc

The day before Thanksgiving, a truly unique and Christian holiday (want to guess how long it will be till some group files suit against its celebration—at least publicly?). For Christians who know the One to whom thanks is due, a wonderful time. Just a few miscellaneous items today. Please pray for my encounter Friday evening with Patrick Navas, “Biblical unitarian,”

Radio Free Geneva: Finishing Olson’s Against Calvinism

James White, November 8, 2011, The Dividing Line

We finished looking at the eleven Calvinist objections answered in the appendix of Olson’s new book. I noted that I will try to work his book on Arminian theology into my reading/listening/riding schedule over the next few weeks, mainly because I found his attempts to explain God’s relationship to time and the events in time highly problematic. Stay tuned for

Will Kinney

James White, August 9, 2011, The Dividing Line

Well, Will Kinney got his 15 minutes of fame today…ok, 12 minutes, 19 seconds to be exact. I started off the program, explained the situation relating to Erasmus’ problems in accurately obtaining the text of the book of Revelation, went over what The King James Only Controversy says on the issue (including the footnotes containing relevant information), and then played

Love Wins…and Makes Strange Bedfellows, and Calls

James White, March 21, 2011, The Dividing Line

Started off noting that Love does Win…at least, it gets Peter Lumpkins to post reviews of Rob Bell’s book by Anglicans (well, Anglican last time I checked anyway). But we had a very full board of calls, and after a few technical glitches, got to them, including questions about KJV Onlyism, Rome’s abuse of Luke 1:28, Fred Phelps, and the

A Quick Note on the Comma

James White, February 9, 2011, Textual Issues

Dan Wallace posted on a marginal note on inserting the Comma in 1 John 5:7, here. He mentioned that at the time (this was posted in July, but since I’m in the UK, my mind skipped the year, and transposed the 7 and the 2, so I originally thought this was posted two days ago—for those who do not know,

Calls, Calls, and More Calls

James White, October 7, 2010, The Dividing Line

Fast moving hour today! Started off with a call on eschatology and Bible study resources, then took a call on the discussion that has been spawned by the Trinity/Unitarian debate on the Jewish Voice Broadcast, then took a call on dealing with Roman Catholic apologists and the Eucharist, then a call on the origin of cultic movements, then a call

Steve Ray, Catholic Answers, Ergun Caner and Calls

James White, April 22, 2010, The Dividing Line

Started off with some discussion of John 6 and a caller on Catholic Answers Live, then moved to a 2006 presentation by Ergun Caner with some new and interesting claims (including his assertion that he learned about America by watching the Dukes of Hazzard while living on the border of Turkey and Iraq: only problem is, that TV series started