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Word List for the King James Bible

Word List for the King James Bible

Compiled by Timothy S. Morton

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The King James Bible is often criticized because some of the words found in it are words not in common use today. Though these words are relatively few in number and can be readily defined in any good dictionary, many new versions have been published in recent years claiming to “update” the AV’s language. Along with updating the language, however, the new “Bibles” make many other more serious… Continue reading

The Infallibility of Scripture

The Infallibility of Scripture
by C. H. Spurgeon

“The mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” Isaiah 1:20

 

What Isaiah said was, therefore, spoken by Jehovah. It was audibly the utterance of a man; but, really, it was the utterance of the Lord himself. The lips which delivered the words were those of Isaiah, but yet it was the very truth that “The mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” All Scripture, being inspired of the Spirit, is spoken… Continue reading

Scripture Canon & Textual Studies

Scripture Canon & Textual Studies

 

“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” [Psalm 12:6-7]

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Scripture Canon:

Printed Bibles, On-Line Bibles, Bible Software

Printed Bibles, On-Line Bibles, Bible Software

What version of the Bible should you use?

Well that depends on a couple of things:

 

1. How ACCURATE do you want it to be?

2. How COMPLETE do you want it to be?

 

1. How ACCURATE a translation do you want?

 
If you want something as easy to read as a fairy tale book then by all means use a paraphrase version like “The Book” or “The… Continue reading

Hermeneutics – Principles Of Bible Study

Hermeneutics – Principles Of Bible Study

 
The field of bible interpretation, or how to accurately interpret passages of scripture, is known as the field of hermeneutics. On this page, you will find articles, books and other reference materials to aid you in learning how to correctly interpret the Bible, including passages that many Christians have varied and often conflicting opinions of.

“These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness… Continue reading

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>