{"id":2327,"date":"2018-10-01T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2018-10-15T06:41:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T14:41:03","slug":"raising-the-oxgoad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2018\/10\/01\/raising-the-oxgoad\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising the Oxgoad"},"content":{"rendered":"
My blog sits in cyberspace, silent, with the occasional reader, awaiting renewed attention. While I am much too busy to write as actively as I once did, and I will post most of my writing at Proclaim & Defend rather than here, nevertheless an old topic calls for some new attention because certain events bring it up again. More discussion, if not resolution, is needed in addressing:<\/p>\n
The King James Version debate.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
You may be among the many who wish this debate would simply go away. You also probably know that as long as there are vociferous advocates of the King James Only position your wish will never come true.<\/p>\n
One recent spark to this topic for me comes from the post on Aug 27, 2018 at Proclaim & Defend by my good friend David Shumate. I encourage you to read his whole article<\/a>; it is a summary of the various statements made by the FBFI (Foundations Baptist Fellowship International) over the years. In his conclusion, he says:<\/p>\n I\u2019d like to take some time to write especially in these two areas. I am writing as an individual, not as a spokesman for the FBFI or even my own local church. Besides my own articles, articles from friends who also want to engage the issue will appear here as well.<\/p>\n The topic is one of long-standing, but there is a need for clear definition on these points. I hope our efforts here can move us (some of us?) towards some resolution concerning this matter. I don\u2019t plan daily posts. I don\u2019t have a definite number of posts in mind. It may be a brief flurry of activity for a few weeks, then silence once again. But today, we are raising the oxgoad and we are aiming at some resolution of an issue that even after many decades continues to plague fundamentalism.<\/p>\n \u2014 Don Johnson Other posts in this series:<\/p>\n Why Can\u2019t We Update the Words?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Switching Tools in the Translation Debate<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Brent Niedergall<\/b><\/p>\n Can We Update the (KJV) Words?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Apostolic Translators?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nJer 33.3<\/p>\n