Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 01165 KJV-Onlyism is the conviction that the King James Version of the Bible, published in 1611, is the uniquely preserved and authoritative Word of God in English, and that all modern translations represent corrupt departures from it. It is held with genuine sincerity and a real concern for biblical authority. It is also, on…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 01166 The New Testament is unambiguous that Christians are not under the Mosaic covenant. Galatians 3:24-25 states plainly that the law was a guardian until Christ came, “but now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.” Hebrews 8:13 describes the old covenant as obsolete, growing old, and ready to vanish….
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 01167 One of the most instructive parallels in the history of biblical translation is the parallel between the authority claimed for the Latin Vulgate by the mediaeval and Counter-Reformation Catholic church and the authority claimed for the King James Version by modern KJV-Only advocates. The parallel is not coincidental. Recognising it illuminates both positions:…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 01168 The Codex Sinaiticus and the Codex Vaticanus are two of the oldest and most important manuscripts of the Christian Bible in existence. Both date from the fourth century AD, making them several centuries older than the manuscripts Erasmus used to compile the Textus Receptus in 1516. Their existence and content lie at the…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60081 A Christian student entering a university biblical studies department for the first time can find the experience genuinely disorienting. Lecturers who have devoted their academic careers to the subject treat the multiple authorship of Isaiah, the post-exilic composition of Daniel, and the legendary character of the patriarchal narratives not as contested positions but…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 01169 The New Testament has been transmitted in over 5,800 Greek manuscripts, along with thousands more in Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Gothic, and other ancient languages. This remarkable abundance of manuscript evidence is one of the strongest arguments for the New Testament’s textual reliability compared to any other work of antiquity. But not all…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0027 This question touches on one of the great tensions within the Church today. On one side are those who say doctrine divides and love unites, so we should minimise doctrine for the sake of unity. On the other side are those who insist that any doctrinal compromise is a betrayal of truth, so…
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 0030 Walk into any theological seminary and you will encounter rigorous study of systematic theology, historical theology, biblical languages, and philosophical argumentation. Walk into most local churches and you will find people trying to figure out how to raise their children in the faith, how to make ethical decisions at work, and whether they…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 0028 This is one of the most important questions any believer can ask, and it requires careful thought. Get this wrong in one direction, and you will divide over things that should not divide. Get it wrong in the other direction, and you will maintain fellowship with those who deny the gospel itself. The…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0029 Every believer who takes both truth and relationships seriously will eventually face this question. You find yourself at odds with someone over a matter of faith or practice. The disagreement feels significant. But is it significant enough to break fellowship? This is not an abstract theological question but a deeply practical one that…