Word of God
Bible Reading: Pick Your Plan for 2012
Personal Bible reading can be a glorious adventure or a guilt-burdened duty. Choosing a Bible reading plan that fits your life may be part of the key to finding delight within the pages of the Old Book. Have you ever read through the whole Bible in a year? For me, this strategy for Bible [...]
The Benefits of the Bible (Part 2)
Introduction: Last week I began a 2 part series on 9 benefits of the Word of God. I have already explained the first 5 benefits: 1. The Word of God is Pure. 2. The Word of God is Pertinent. 3. The Word of God is Powerful. 4. The Word of God is Profitable. 5. The [...]
The NIV and the deity of Christ
The purpose of this paper is to briefly critique the theory that the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible destroys the biblical basis for the doctrine of the full deity of Jesus Christ. It is not my intention to promote the NIV or to defend it on every point, nor is it my desire [...]
Taking America Out of the Bible
As an Australian, I realise just how much American culture has influenced today’s Christian practices. Because the USA has been the world’s leading ‘Christian’ superpower, prominent evangelists often have an American worldview, church hymn books include patriotic songs, and missionaries peddle American culture to foreign fields. For better or worse, this will diminish as America’s global [...]
The Benfits of the Bible (Part 1)
Introduction: The first recorded question in the Bible was asked by the subtle serpent of Genesis 3. His question: ‘Yea hath God said…?’ intended to sow the seed of doubt in the mind of Eve with regards to the Word of God. It is no wonder that many people today are questioning, criticising and doubting [...]
Christ-Centred Preaching in a Self-Centred Culture
‘For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord’ (2 Cor. 4:5 ) After a full life of ministry, the fifty year old Charles Spurgeon writes, ‘Souls by hundreds come to faith in Jesus under a ministry which sets Him forth clearly and constantly. Few remain unbelieving under a preacher whose great subject [...]
Spice Up Your Public Bible Reading
Switching on my iPod, I prepared to skip the Bible reading and go straight to the preaching. But something about the well-modulated tones stridently spiced with a Bronx accent arrested my attention. Aside from the fact that the woman’s voice was reading from a modern translation, this oral presentation of God’s Word brought fresh perspective [...]
Why I Wouldn’t Give my Friend a KJV
Revered as it is for its poetic language, renowned as it is for its weighty contribution to everyday English, and respected as it is for its scholarly accuracy, the language of the King James Bible is not the way that we speak in the twenty-first century. The English of 1611 is simply not the English [...]
The Translators to the Reader
oday I present to you a document of great import: The preface to the King James Version. Along with the writings of the early fathers and the creeds, confessions, and catechisms, this document is one of the great surviving treasures of the Church of Jesus Christ. Not only is it a treasure, but it is [...]
A Bible in her Own Language
Last week I visited a friend in hospital. Before leaving, I asked if she had her Bible handy. Slipping her hand under her pillow, she produced the precious volume for me to read to her. But in spite of her eagerness to hear God’s word, I left the ward sad. Was I sad because [...]
More on Public Bible Reading
Have you been exercised in your spirit about why we as a church do not participate in more public Bible reading? After I posted my blog on this topic a couple of weeks ago, I received my e-copy of The Briefing, the evangelical magazine published by Matthias Media. The feature article, depicted in bold letters [...]
KJV: No honour in error
Over the last several weeks I’ve published three posts celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version. KJV: Shape of my life KJV: Literary masterpiece KJV: Still translating These posts express my genuine respect for this monumental translation. I have experienced great joy in writing them. I could have written many [...]
