What's the Big Deal About KJV Onlyism? Response to Episode 4

Yet another great video explaining why Sam Gipp is wrong and misleading people in this whole crazy idea that the King James Bible is the only word of God.  Thank you once again Dr. James White for stand up ageist these crazy ideas. 

Why I do not use the King James Bible

First and foremost I see nothing wrong with the King James Bible, only King James Onlyism.  In fact I love the King James Bible and what it meant for translations in recent times.  In fact in my library I have 4 KJV with one of those being the Bible my parents gave me on the day I was baptized. This Bible means the world to me and it is a KJV.  So why do I not use the KJV if I love it so much? 2 reasons

1st 6/18/2006 I was given my first fathers day gift.  This was a new bible because the one I was using was falling apart.  I had to duct tape it a number of times.  My wife and I did not have a lot of money planning to bring a child into the world and fathers day was coming up. 

Shannon, my wife, knew that me being in Bible College I needed a Bible (again the one I was using was falling apart) and just a  few days before I saw this really cool camouflage Bible.  She took me to the local Lifeway Christian Store to see if it was something we could afford. 

As we walked in I saw the Bible I wanted and the price, $20.  I had my first fathers day gift.  A Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) The Sportsman's Bible

I used this Bible for most of my college career and this was the translation I used to copy the 1st have of Romans and scripture that I memorized.  I have come to know and love this translation and in my library I have 5 different types of the HCSB.  This is my Bible translation that I use.

The 2nd reason I do not use the KJV is simply that it is hard for me to read and understand.  I have a learning disability that makes it hard for me to read and spell.  I have had this all  my life but I have tried not to let it get me down. 

When I first became a Christian the only Bible I had was a KJV and I tried to read it but I could not understand what I was reading if I could read it.  I found it hard to connect with God in my quite time through His word because I could not get a handle on it.  For me I need something that was better for me to read so that I could fully understand His word.  The HCSB is that translation that I needed and that works for me. 

Like I have said before I don’t see anything wrong with the KJV but I do see things wrong with people who are King James Onlyism. 

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I am NOT A Fan of King James Onlyism

I am not a fan of anyone who says that the bible I read is wrong.  I read mostly out of the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) and I have for over 6 years now.  I have KJV of the Bible but I am not one to say it’s the only true version and I will never really use other the home study.  I will tell you way in another post coming soon.

Sam Gipp has come out with a set of videos talking about how the KJV is the only true version of the Bible.  You can find these Videos below and on Youtube.  Now to be truthful I am not the most knowledgeable on the subject but I have been doing my home work.  But luckily there is another minister that has been and have even wrote a book on the Subject, James R. White.  For this post I am going to put the video for both Sam Gipp and James R. White. 

1st to be fair, Sam Gipp’s videos

Part 1

Part 2

Now James R. White’s Videos

1st set of videos on part 1 of Sam Gipp’s Video

And Now the video for part 2 of Sam Gipp’s

Sam Gipp has continued releasing his series promoting KJV Onlyism, and we are continuing our rebuttal of his claims.

By the way, one other note on Gipp's video that I forgot to address in this response. He points out that "Calvary" rarely appears in modern translations. That is because the KJV is heavily influenced by the Latin Vulgate, and the Latin term for "skull" (translating the Greek "Golgotha," is calvaria, Calvary. So the KJV is simply using a Latinized "translation" of the same Greek word being more accurately translated by the modern versions as "Golgotha."(James R. White)

How sad that a Bible teacher would try to separate Christians with the lies that he is telling.  We live in a world with so many lost souls and Sam Gipp wants to break up us more.  Very Very SAD.

In my next blog post I will tell you the reason I do not use the KJV.

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