Dr. Couch, what is the issue behind the King James Only controversy? I
often use the NASB yet the KJO crowd says this is not good. What do you
think?
What is behind this controversy is raw ignorance and fear. They do not
have a clue as to how our NT comes together. The issue is really not
complicated though it would take too long to try to explain it all here.
I was blessed to study in graduate schools
under the best of Greek professors at some of the best Evangelical
institutions in America at the time. We had to go through this entire
issue textually and historically. Unfortunately, the KJ guys just keep
propagating their ignorance and keep looking for liberals under every
rock!
If it is still available check with the Ankerberg Theological Research Institute.
Some years ago he was selling two VHSs with a panel and a debate on the
subject. I knew almost all “the good and intelligent” guys. They were
my personal friends. I also knew one of the KJ guys—while he is a nice
fellow, he really lost badly in the discussions on the tapes. In fact
the KJ guys had such bad arguments I really felt sorry for them!
Be prepared to fall out in the floor over the
silly arguments the KJ guys come up with. Their fears and ignorance is
so obvious, you will get sick laughing at what they have to say.
This is all I want to say except to some KJ
folks: Get a life and get educated! (By the way, they will use what I
just wrote against me. We who are “educated” are being fooled and are
sucked in by liberal thinking. Nothing could be further from the truth!)
Thanks for asking.
Dr. Mal Couch,