On Using Revelation 22:18-19 to Support King James Onlyism

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Steve Weaver

One of the favorite verses used by advocates of King James Onlyism is Revelation 22:18-19 which says, “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:  And [...]

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Why Are There So Many Bible Translations?

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Steve Weaver

This is the third in a series of three based on a teaching series on Bible translations which I recently taught on Sunday nights. For the first post on “The Necessity and Purpose of Bible Translations” click here. For the second post on “The History of Bible Translations” click here.Some translations exist for a specific [...]

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The History of Bible Translations

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Steve Weaver

John Wycliffe

This post is the second in a series of three based on a teaching series on Bible translations which I am teaching on Sunday nights. For the first post on “The Necessity and Purpose of Bible Translations” click here.
George Santayana is credited with having said, “Those who do not remember the past are [...]

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The Necessity and Purpose of Bible Translations

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Steve Weaver

This past Sunday night I began a series at the church where I pastor on the issue of Bible translations. You may ask, Why this series? I choose to teach this series because there is a lot of misunderstanding and therefore needless divisions among Christians about the issue of which translation one uses. There is [...]

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