![]() ![]() I’d like to make some reading recommendations on both sides. But I’d like to be more detailed-and (kind of!) evenhanded. ![]() And if you want a popular level introduction to the topic written by me, I’ve got that. I do, then, have a viewpoint on textual criticism: I uphold the mainstream evangelical position, the one adopted by the overwhelming majority of Bible-believing experts in Greek. There simply is no statement in the Bible telling me to expect a perfect set of Hebrew or Greek biblical manuscripts. I want to lay importance on what the Bible says rather than speculating about matters I’m convinced it doesn’t address. I’ve done this because the Bible (it seems to me) is far clearer on the principle that “edification requires intelligibility” (1 Cor 14) than it is on the textual debate ( I lay out portions of that case here). I have indeed purposefully avoided the textual debate on my YouTube channel and in direct conversation with my KJV-Only brothers. ![]() Here goes!įirst: thank you! Thank you for reaching out and for your kind words. So I’ve written a standard reply to send. Thank you for the blog and work you are doing. I know that you have purposefully avoided the textual side of the debate, but would you have any other resources (articles, books) that you have written or would recommend on that topic? I would greatly appreciate any guidance there. I have not yet come to a fully formulated position but I am getting closer each day. I currently pastor a church that is KJV-Only and I am personally reviewing that position for myself and in the future of possibly leading the church in a different direction. Mark, I am thankful for your book Authorized, which I recently finished. I regularly get questions just like this: ![]()
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