Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Gospel Advocate, July 2011, The Revised NIV: A Trojan Horse of Error, Gregory Alan Tidwell

Editor, Gospel Advocate:
 
For years I have asked folks which version they are referring to when they claim the Bible says we have the complete Word of God.
 
Our preacher tells a story something like this: Marshall Keeble, when asked what the Greek says asked the people how many understood Greek. When no one said they did MK said it would do no good for him to tell them what the Greek said. Apparently he did not have to deal with a multiplicity of versions as we do today. Our preacher regularly tells us what the Greek and Hebrew say and most of us do not know either.
 
Apparently we need to be fluent in Greek and Hebrew to be able to discern which version we should use. The translators claim to know what the Greek and Hebrew say, our preachers claim they know. I wonder who knows. Not being fluent in Greek and Hebrew how can we be sure we have the "complete" Word of God?
 

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