Back in 2017 I wrote about the authenticity of the Bible that I was reading about. I still recommend that post with undated links.
If you have the time the Chris Pinto video about the subject will give you and overview, it’s now on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01MSE0F7Q/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r
But I write this today after I’ve finished reading a current article
https://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=375
Editor’s Note: Dr. Paul M. Elliott is President of TeachingTheWord Ministries & The Authentic Scripture Foundation. This article appeared in a briefer form at the Bible Knowledgebase at TeachingTheWord.org.
A few months ago, I was doing research in the historical archives of a leading religious college in the American Midwest. This college was once a bulwark of Biblical evangelicalism. Today it is far from that. During my visit one of the archive curators engaged me in conversation. Knowing my position on the sole authority of the Bible, he asked me: “How would you describe the state of the evangelical church today?”
My answer, I told him, would be a single word: confusion. “The root of evangelicalism’s confusion today is wrong thinking about the nature of the Bible,” I explained. “Most self-described evangelical scholars take a naturalistic view of the Bible. Their theology is no longer founded on the principle that the Scriptures are supernaturally given – uniquely God-breathed – and therefore the Bible alone is the Word of God. It does not merely contain the Word of God, but isentirely the inspired, infallible, inerrant Word. When the scholars tell their students to think of the Bible in a naturalistic way, they will have little or no real confidence in the Bible. The result is the widespread spiritual confusion we find in our pulpits, among church members, in Christian schools, and on the mission fields.”
To my surprise, the curator agreed with me. He said, “If you were to ask ten professors at this college, ‘What is the Word of God?’ you would probably hear ten different answers, and perhaps one of them – perhaps one, certainly no more – would be what the Bible actually says.”
The situation at this college is not unique. And so it should not surprise us that a generation has grown up to lead society and populate our pulpits and pews with little or no confidence in the authenticity and absolute authority of God’s written Word.
How must we deal with this plague upon our world? Those who remain true to the Scriptures must declare Authentic Christianity on the foundation of Authentic Scripture. The purpose of this essay is to better equip believers to meet this challenge, and to encourage them in this stand……
Go to the link and read the full article.
I wait patiently to see if they ever make the Dr. Pickering Video.
I’ve heard his name mention, perhaps the the Chris Pinto documentary.
As I said in 2017, I really am not good at converting anyone to switch to the KJV like I did, but at least read and understand the continuing controversy. And I pray God does bring that to your heart and mind, if only to understand the authority of his Word.
Rainbow Trout 