Below find 25 quotes by 25 authors from 25 chapters of Why I Preach from the Received Text.
“The Bible teaches that the triune God is the primary author of the Scripture, and he never makes a mistake.” Archibald Allison, p. 27
“There is a sad and distressing discrepancy in the very supposition that no exact superintending or peculiar providence has watched over the inspired books of Scripture and the text contained in those books.” Jonathan Arnold, p. 41
“The purity of God’s words within creation is a testimony of God himself unto his creation.” Doug Barger, p. 51
“God did not donate or reveal his Word into the hands of a group of random secular academics, but he gave it to his Church.” Gavin Beers, p. 57
“The Bible itself teaches that God himself preserves the Scriptures by means of his covenant people…(Romans 3:2)…(I Timothy 3:15)…” Poul de Gier, p. 66
“If the reliability of holy Scripture is in question, we have no solid ground for our faith.” Tanner Dikin, p. 78
“Textual criticism has never been, and never will be, a neutral enterprise carried out by scholars who just want to know the ‘facts.’” William O. Einwechter, p. 88
“It is the written Word of God that is able to search our hearts (Hebrews 4:12), not we who are able to search the hearts of those that copied it.” Brent C. Evans, p. 97
“I was delighted when I received my first copy of the NIV, but was soon disappointed when reading the book of Job. Simply having a modern translation did not make that book any easier to understand!” Philip Gardiner, p. 102
“We can confidently say that no document in the history of the world has been more commented upon, picked through, preached, examined, or critiqued than the Received Text of the Bible via the Authorized Version [of the Bible].” Dane Johannsson, p. 112
“Some argue that no doctrine has been compromised by the differences [between the ‘stable TR’ and ‘unstable Critical Text’ rlv] One could remove the texts of Genesis 1:1 or John 3:16 and argue that no doctrine is compromised when considering the Bible as a whole, but this is unpersuasive.” Howie W. Owen Jones, p. 121
“God never promised to preserve the manuscripts upon which the text was written; rather, he promised to preserve the words. This is an important principle which is too often overlooked.” Trevor Kirkland, p. 126
“In ministry...I had to preach the text, but before I could preach it, I had to be sure what it was.” Brett Mahlen, p. 136
“In his opening salvo, the devil focused his attack on undermining the Word of God and nothing has changed since.” Robert McCurley, p. 143
“…I preach from the Received Text through the Authorized Version.” Christian McShaffrey, p. 160
“In certain respects, the Christian academy has devasted by wicked unbelief parading as scientific objectivity, and the churches have largely followed suit.” D. Scott Meadows, p. 164
“I have found that having a standard, textually stable, theologically faithful, accurate Bible is necessary in a faithful pulpit and evangelism ministry.” Pooyan Mehrshahi, p. 170
“The New King James was being recommended to me as a good translation, so it gave me cause to ask, ‘Why not try the King James Version itself?’ After all, it has stood the test of time...” Mark L. R. Mullins, p. 181
“The Word of God is invincible.” Christopher Myers, p. 185
“If the preaching of the Word was to be at the center of my ministry, I had to have confidence and certainty as to what the Word of God is.” Jeff Riddle. pp. 200-201
“I did not set out to disprove the claims of the modern Critical Text, only to understand them; but as time went on, I became increasingly convinced that the modern Critical Text and the philosophy which undergirded it, was an affront to the honor of God, the glory of Christ, and the good of the Church.” Christopher Sheffield, p. 206
“Surely God’s people want a Bible that they know is God’s Word in its entirety, not one that has parts of its New Testament either excised, or accepted in a qualified fashion.” John Thackway, p. 223
“‘Is this Scripture?’ is a canonical question, whether we are asking it of a book, or even of a particular reading within a canonical book. Under the term canon, we recognize what is (and what is not) authoritative Scripture.” Robert Truelove, p. 225
“I simply do not understand how evangelicals can defend German rationalism and an approach to Scripture that dishonors the sovereign providence of God.” J. D. “Doc” Watson, p. 238
“I became convinced that a significant shift had take place in the doctrine of scripture...No longer was the church serving as the proper curator of holy writ, but this task had been subcontracted out to those who were unorthodox.” Joshua White, pp. 248-249
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