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Monthly Archives: July 2012

How We Got Our Old Testament

How We Got Our Old Testament The process was long and complex, and the result is still a matter of dispute. by Bruce Waltke In the late 100s, Bishop Melito of Sardis (in modern Turkey) was pressed by a friend to obtain “an accurate statement of the ancient books as regards their number and their […]

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The Difference a Translation Makes

The Difference a Translation Makes Early attempts to capture Psalm 23 Wycliffe Bible (Purvey Edition, 1388) The Lord gouerneth me, and no thing schal faile to me; in the place of pasture there he hath set me. He nurshide me on the watir of refreischyng; he conuertide my soule. He ledde me forth on the […]

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Gallery – Mavericks and Misfits

The Gallery—Mavericks and Misfits The key players in the history of the Bible haven’t necessarily been popular—or orthodox. by Stephen M. Miller Marcion (c. 85–c. 160) Catalyst for a New Testament The reason Christians have 27 books in their New Testament, some scholars say, is partly because early church leaders didn’t like the 12 that […]

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Reading a Banned Book

Reading a Banned Book Tyndale’s comfort to persecuted Bible readers Let it not make thee despair, neither yet discourage thee, O reader, that it is forbidden thee in pain of life and goods, or that it is made breaking of the king’s peace, or treason unto his highness, to read the Word of thy soul’s […]

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The Crown of English Bibles

The Crown of English Bibles The King James Version was the culmination of 200 turbulent years of Bible translation. by Tony Lane Without the King James Version of the Bible, one writer speculated, “There would be no Paradise Lost … no Pilgrim’s Progress … no Negro spirituals, no Address at Gettysburg.” Another imagined what would […]

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Interview – From the Apostles to You

The Christian History Interview—From the Apostles to You After 2,000 years of transmission and translation, does the Bible still accurately convey the meaning of the original authors? Interview with Bruce Metzger We have about 5,000 Greek manuscripts that contain at least a portion of the New Testament, but in many places, they do not agree […]

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Timeline – How We God Our Bible

The Christian History Timeline—How We Got Our Bible by Philip W. Comfort   EARLY DEVELOPMENT   c.1400–400 b.c.   Books of the Hebrew Old Testament written   c. 250–200 b.c.   The Septuagint, a popular Greek translation of the Old Testament, produced   a.d.45–85?   Books of the Greek New Testament written   90 and […]

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John Wycliffe – First English Bible

The Fiery Man behind the First English Bible by Stephen Miller John Wycliffe left quite an impression on the church: 43 years after his death, officials dug up his body, burned his remains, and threw the ashes into a river! It was an unlikely end for a tiny man who had been born in the […]

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Seeking Means?

Seeking – Means What?  (Luke 11:9-10) Seek –  g: zētéō.   –    Luke 11: 9-10 –  9And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one […]

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Love With Heart, Soul & Mind

Love with your whole heart – soul – mind – strength – What does that mean? Heart Matthew 22:37 (ESV)  Jesus words: 37And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.   Mark 12:30 (ESV)  Jesus words: 30And […]

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