During the last century the Church has preached a watered-down Gospel from a seemingly unending range of ‘bibles’, each of which differs from the other, somkingetimes radically.

Kent Settlemyer

Favorites  · 5h  · “During the last century the Church has preached a watered-down Gospel from a seemingly unending range of ‘bibles’, each of which differs from the other, sometimes radically. Until the closing years of the nineteenth century, ‘the people of the Book’ were convinced that in the King James or Authorised Version they had the Word of God. They saw it as infallible; they had no doubt of its inerrancy. Preachers and their congregations approached the Scriptures with great reverence, ‘Thus saith the Lord.’ This was the authorised Bible; it was rare for anyone to question that which was universally accepted as the Word of God. There was no serious alternative to the King James for most of three hundred years. Rival editions, and there was no shortage of these, fell flat on their face before the majesty of the King James. Although custom and language changed, the King James Bible did not. Indeed there was no real case for change, and for most people the idea of change was unthinkable. It was widely regarded then as the word of God in English.” Michael de Semlyen, The Foundations Under Attack, p.49

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