The Facts on the King James Only Debate (Ankerberg, John, Facts on Series.)

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Summary: "Another Red Herring"
Review: "the Facts on the KJV only debate". Is a seriously misleading title. When I bought this book, among others, to decide for myself on this debate and to get both sides of the issue, I have been thoroughly disheartened on my search. The debate is not about which greek text to use per se... and all their derivations, it is about why one should/should not trust most other Authors and their translations. The issue is over the translator's themselves, who they are, and the new/old greek Egytian text's unearthed in the desert, "Philo" ring a bell? This book completely avoids the debate and the Author deals, as all others, with the "Red Herring" of greek texts only, thereby devoiding the debate entirely.
The issue is the validity of the claims that Wescott and Hort are spiritualist, deviners, and into the accult. These facts are not addressed by any detractors of KJV only. Why not?
Another fact never addressed by this book is the, purposeful, change in Isaiah 14. Where Lucifer is correctly translated and then called "son of the morning. All New age bible versions take out Lucifers name and then refer to "HIM" as "the morning star". Problem: Jesus Christ is called the "morning star" in Revelations.
Why is this signifacant? Because Wescott and Hort were leaders in the nineteenth century accult revival and founders of the New Age Movement with Luciferian Helen Blatavsky. Why was Isaiah 14 changed to make Lucifer look like the messiah and savior? Because these New Age versions flow perfectly with Luciferian and Accult beliefs. As Satanist change their language to be more acceptable to everyone, they are openly using Christian terms to do so and go unquestion by most Christian leaders today.
Again I ask, where are the rebuttals to just a few of the thousands of arguments made by the KJV only believers and why do they believe that way? This book claims to answer the debate and the debate is not even mentioned nor is it in any other scholarly book you will find written.
To be fair to the scholars, if we believe Jesus' words, we are warned about the scholars and scribes. It takes the spiritual to understand the spiritual, for they cannot properly understand the debate, and wisdom cannot be gained from knowledge, so it makes sense that they have alot of knowledge yet little wisdom to discern that knowledge.
They cannot properly deal with the debate at hand because scripture itself states, "a little leaven spoils the whole loaf" I do not have to be a linguist to figure out, given the fact of who these translators ARE, that I am to have no association with them. " Can evil and holy have agreement" or
"can a bad tree bare good fruit" Remember the death of the fig tree.
So if you truely understand the KJV only side you will find no help in trying to hear the other side of the debate and you certainly won't get it from this book. All you'll get is some smooth talk that evades the issue entirely. You will do better to research Wescott and Hort, who all your new versions are based off of. Also, research Strongs concordances and the miriad of Lexicons out there so that you can discover for yourself who "Kittle" is, a nazi, and how his accult greek dictionary is the same one that translates all your greek words for you and you will be amazed and you will find no rebuttals or arguments on these issues because they are true. Then decide for yourself who you should trust.
I will quote Moody for you, he say's it best when writing about today's christians. "They are unaware that they are repeating the errors of the past because they do not understand Greek philosophy or Oriental mysticism, or nineteenth century theosophy ie... Luciferianism. They do not know how seriously they have been affected by such thinking (moody press, the agony of deceit 1990} This has infiltrated your bible, it is a fact and most scholars cannot adequately address this issue because the have not the wisdom to understand or discern it. Pray and fast on your journey and may the Lord Jesus Christ bless you with wisdom.

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Summary: A good summary of what's wrong with KJ Onlyism
Review: Ankerberg & Weldon provide an easy to read summary of what's wrong with KJ Onlyism. Unlike most works I have read on the topic, Ankerberg & Weldon do not start with a preconceived thesis. They go were the facts take them. Also good is that Ankerberg & Weldon quotes from primary sources fairly without distorting them. They also write with love. Bottom Line: If the King James only issue is troubling you, this is the book to get.

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Summary: Factual Summary in Everyday English (unlike the KJV)
Review: Within 42 pages, Ankerberg and Weldon effectively manage to detail the facts for why the "KJV Only" (aka KJO) controversy exists, where the KJO argumentation is flawed, how the known ancient and not-so-ancient manuscripts fit into the compilation efforts of the KJV and modern English translations, and expose the dishonesty of a few of the KJO leaders. The analyses supplied by Ankerberg and Weldon reflect objective and scholarly recognition and appreciation of textual criticism, and fair evaluation methodologies. All of this is done in verbage that is not overly academic, thus making it useful for a broad audience. Unlike what has been penned by the KJO advocates, the presentation from Ankerberg and Weldon is without insult, without hostility, and without questionable behavior--a stark contrast from what is presented by Ruckman and Riplinger in their KJO literary works, which do not reflect the love of Christ anywhere. If you do not have time to read D.A. Carson's and James R. White's books, then this educational 42 page book is for you (especially since Ankerberg and Weldon use Carson's and White's books for some of their supportive argumentation). Even if you want more than just a summarizer publication, this is still a nice reference to own.