A Glossary, and other links

The posting of links does not constitute an endorsement of the sites linked, and not necessarily even agreement with the specific posts linked.

• A Glossary of the Obsolete and Unusual Words and Phrases of the Holy Scriptures, in the Authorized English Version -- “A helpful glossary edited and published by J. Jameson in 1850.”
• A Pastor’s Response to Mark Ward’s KJV Readability Survey -- “I was randomly called to participate in a King James Bible readability survey by Mark Ward. This is my experience, results, and reaction to this, ‘gotcha’ survey.” (video)
• “Apt” Is Not A False Friend -- “...apt is still used with an emphasis on skill by a very diverse set of publications.”
• Can Jesus Pray “Imprecatory” Prayers? -- “...we hear these prayers as fulfilled in the prayers of Jesus Christ. Jesus alone can pray these prayers from a pure heart, entirely desirous for his Father’s honor...”
• Confessional Bibliology vs. KJV-Onlyism: A Response to Mark Ward’s Mischaracterization -- “In his recent blog post titled ‘Breaking My Two-Year Silence on Confessional Bibliology,’ Mark Ward attempts to critique the Confessional Bibliology position by drawing parallels to KJV-Onlyism.”
• I Am Weary of All the Mark Ward Posts... -- “I took the about 100 words from Ward’s site and tried to see what might be new or valuable from his work; what he might have added to the discussion.”
• John Newton’s Advice On Christian Controversy -- “...we find but very few writers of controversy who have not been manifestly hurt by it.”
• On ‘Palate,’ ‘Pallet,’ and ‘Palette’ -- “It is sometimes tricky to keep straight the three homophones palate, pallet, and palette.”
• On Reading the Church Fathers -- “...there are at least three things the Church Fathers model for us exceptionally well in the midst of a hostile culture.”
• Richard Simon’s Critical History of the New Testament -- “In light of Simon’s deliberate attack on Sola Scriptura, believers must remain steadfast in their commitment to the authority and preservation of God’s Word.”
• Should We Trade in Funerals for “Celebrations of Life”? -- “I’ve noticed a trend: people don’t like thinking about death. In every conceivable way, we dismiss, ignore, and refuse to acknowledge our mortality.”
• “Study” Is Not a False Friend in the KJV -- “Ward claims that modern readers are incapable of reading this word as a reference to anything other than the acquisition of knowledge.”
• The Hypocritical Duplicity of ‘Evangelicals for Harris’ -- “What shared responsibility, commonality, or solidarity can any professing ‘evangelical’ have with a political candidate – any political candidate – who so brazenly advocates for the murder of unborn image-bearers of God?”
• The KJV Survey, by Pastor David Townsley -- “I was sitting in my office minding my own business one day about two years ago when a man called from an organization doing a survey about the readability of the King James Bible.” (print)
• The Septuagint (LXX) Chronology in Genesis 5 and 11: Corrupt and Indefensible -- “Mr. Smith’s argument that the LXX in Genesis 5 and 11 became widely disseminated, and so could not be corrupt, proves too much, even for him.”
• Verses with ‘Zero-Support’ in the Modern Critical Text of the Greek New Testament -- “A significant objection to the reconstructed modern Critical Text of the Greek New Testament has been posed by Dr Maurice A. Robinson for over two decades now, and it has yet to be satisfactorily answered.”
• You vs. Thee: The Importance of Second-Person Pronouns in Bible Translation -- “This demonstrates one of the major shortcomings of the modern translations of the TR as well as a critical flaw in the plowboy argument.”
• 7 Reasons Why the KJBRC Does Not Support Yet Another Supposed Revision of the King James Bible! -- “As always, most of the people calling for a revision do not really want one.”