Recent content by David Lamb

Agreed. Then there are the British English words like corn: At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. (Matthew 12:1) Americans' minds might immediately go to the corn that in the song was...

The problem with that is that there are several words in the KJV which, while still used today, now have a completely different meaning to what they had in 1611. Here are a few examples: "carriages" (in the KJV means "equipment," in current English refers to a passenger waggon on a railway...

Ah, now I understand. I thought the earlier post was saying something like, "If the Baptist Board considers Roman Catholicism to be a Christian denomination, then surely we all should." I obviously read the message to quickly and carelessly. Sorry!

I don't really understand why you posted this in answer to Cathode. He's a Roman Catholic, so I am sure he would not say that Roman Catholicism is not a Christian denomination. What point were you making?

I agree with most of that (I say "most" because I don't know anything about the new easy reader Bibles" you mentioned. I don't know which ones they are, as you didn't say, so I cannot know whether I agree with that part or not.)

Thank you for y taking the trouble to reply. All I meant by my short post was that the Methodist Church cannot have been "birthed from the Keswick movement," because Methodism began in the mid-18th century, over a hundred years before the Keswick Movement started.

The Keswick Convention didn't start until 1875, long after Methodism started with the Wesleys.

I don't know any bible translators personally, and the prayer diary I get from Wycliffe Bible Translators tends to give details of projects, problems in the countries being worked in, and matters for praise. I can't remember reading reports of how the devil attacks translators. I can imagine...

He has, as the following, just sent out by Evangelical Times, shows: John MacArthur (1939-2025) American Bible teacher, John MacArthur has died. The organisation that he led, Grace To You, issued a statement saying:

First, the devil misquoted Psalm 91:11, or rather, quoted it incompletely and out of context; he didn't translate it. Second, yes I agree that Satan is real. He will seek to attack all Christians in whatever work they do for the Lord, and that includes bible translators. That is a good reason...

It would depend what that individual church believed. For example, I once attended a Christmas Day service at a Methodist church. The "sermon" consisted of inviting the children present to come to the front and show off the Christmas presents they had received. Jesus was not even mentioned...

I suppose a scriptural example of the same thing would be: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 Ro "want" something then meant to lack it. Now, it means to strongly desire something.

It depends on the edition. Many NKJV bibles are printed with copious cross-references. Whichever translation one uses, it is a good idea to check, using a concordance, what the original Hebrew or Greek word meant. The concordance will show every place where the same original word is used...

True, you don't know who the rescuer is who saves you from a burning building. However, the bible says that to be saved in the biblical sense, one must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. You cannot believe on Him if you don't know Who He is. Yes, to the natural man. When we are saved it is by...

I agree. There are many words and phrases that mean something completely different now to what they mean in the KJV. Some examples are: prevent, carriages, suffer, conversation, replenish and closet.