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  1. John of Japan

    Tears in heaven

    I agree with you on this. Specifically, we will weep at our lost opportunities, as we see people we could have won to Christ being condemned to an eternity in Hell. This would especially include relatives and close friends. I can't imagine stoically standing by, not being moved at all, while a...
  2. John of Japan

    James D. Price Theory of Bible Translation

    I'm going to give some principles of OE. Here's the first. “Seeks to preserve all of the information in the text, while presenting it in good literary form.” (Preface, New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982, p. v.) This is an important principle, followed by the original KJV...
  3. John of Japan

    James D. Price Theory of Bible Translation

    This translation method was used for the NKJV and the HCSB. Now many will say that to be incorrect, since the NKJV is more conservative and literal than the HCSB. (Dr. Price was an OT editor on both.) But remember that this is a method, not a set of rules. And it is not a strictly literal method...
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    James D. Price Theory of Bible Translation

    He called his translation theory Optimal Equivalence. His first book on the subject was Complete Equivalence in Bible Translation (Nashville: Nelson, 1987). He told me once that even then he was using the term Optimal Equivalence for his theory, but the publisher did not want to let him use that...
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    James D. Price Theory of Bible Translation

    Dr. James D. Price, Hebrew scholar extraordinaire, went to Heaven on Dec. 12 at age 100. His wife had gone on before. He was my Hebrew prof. at Temple Baptist Seminary in the fall of 1976, and I got to know him more after that. I went soul winning with him, asked for his advice on Greek and he...
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    New Book on the Doctrine of Scripture

    IMO, Riplinger is worse than Ruckman, who was very bad! I find it completely ridiculous that she calls all Bibles other than the KJV "New Age Bibles." If a translation is even dynamic equivalence, it is utterly impossible to make it a "New Age Bible." It is absolutely impossible to get New Age...
  7. John of Japan

    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    News flash: You don't have to respond!! You even put him on "Ignore."
  8. John of Japan

    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    The point here in this OP is, are there any commands in the Bible to defend the Bible (the whole Bible, not just certain doctrines). KJVO folk defend the KJV all the time, but I believe it is unnecessary and not commanded in Scripture.
  9. John of Japan

    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    @Van and @JesusFan Really? It's not enough that you guys have an entire sub-forum dedicated to Cal. vs. Arm., but you have to hijack my thread to keep going on it? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year anyway. :Cool
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    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    Not sure what you mean by this in regards to the OP.
  11. John of Japan

    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    I was looking through my books of Christian poetry hoping to find the following poem, which I remembered dimly. I finally found it: The Anvil of God’s Word by John Clifford Last eve I paused beside the blacksmith’s door And heard the anvil ring the vestal chime. Then looking in, I saw upon the...
  12. John of Japan

    New Book on the Doctrine of Scripture

    I have learned that Dr. James D. Price went to Heaven at age 100 on Dec. 12. He is now forever with his beloved wife and Savior. IMO he was the greatest Christian Hebrew scholar in the US in the 20th century. Just check out the Hebrew resources on his website if you don't believe me: Hebrew...
  13. John of Japan

    New Book on the Doctrine of Scripture

    James Price is a friend of my sister and mine. He is a faithful and good Christian, now 100, who has faithfully served God for longer than I've been alive. He is not duplicitous at all. I know him well. Just because you disagree with him doesn't give you license to insult his character...
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    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    This is a good post, and you've pointed out some salient points. You can add "earnestly contend for the faith" from Jude v. 3. What I should have put in my OP though is that my point is about the whole Bible rather than the Gospel, etc. If I can narrow this point down, there are many Christians...
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    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    "The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself." (Augustine or Spurgeon or Moody, no one is sure. :Biggrin)
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    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    I have a little book from before 1900 by former British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone, The Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture. I love that title! That's the Word of God, not some dinky little artifact that we must defend. No, it is the great, impregnable rock that every ship opposed to God...
  17. John of Japan

    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    Good post. I'm all in favor of apologetics, but we all know that is not what saves souls. It might open a sinner's mind to the Gospel, but you will agree that the power of the Gospel, Holy Spirit and Word of God are all necessary for the salvation of souls.
  18. John of Japan

    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    Excellent! I love it.
  19. John of Japan

    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    Always happy if Spurgeon agrees with me!
  20. John of Japan

    Do We Need to Defend the Bible?

    Yet we do have "defend" (שׁפט) in the KJV many times for actions of God, and also for human actions (Ps. 82:3).
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