I'm a big fan of sermon audio, but they really need to do something about the ridiculous plethora of "King James Only" sermons, which beyond just being absurd, have something of a cultish nuance.
"Corruption" vs. the "pure Bible"? For crying out loud, the King James is a great translation, but it isn't perfect. And holding to ridiculous views such as "double inspiration" isn't just wrong, but it treads into the area of false gospel. If you have to use the KJV, and any other translation is a corruption, then that would condemn millions around the world (self included) for not following this ridiculous teaching a misguided pastor, who has lost track of what the Apostle Paul warned the church at Galatia:
As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! (Gal. 1:9) - NIV
The gospel is repentance and belief in Jesus Christ, God's free gift of salvation to sinners. It's repentance, belief, and has nothing to do with reading only a certain Bible. Yet there's a cultish edge, where people using other translations seem to be accursed. The KJVO camp is teaching another gospel, and they should heed the words of Paul to the Galatians, as they also got caught up in the same kind of gospel-plus teaching that lead to their condemnation.
SermonsAudio - clean out your sermon library of the KJVO silliness.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
The REAL Halloween Danger... forgetting the Reformation
I have fun sometimes surfing around SermonAudio to find some of the more unusual messages from time to time. Don't get me wrong: SermonAudio is a wealth of solid, expository teaching. But there is the occasional bit of loopiness (particularly regarding the patently ridiculous 'King James Only' messages that make their way onto the site.) Here's an entertaining message: not heavy on Scripture, but rich in the dangers of Halloween:
What's disappointing is that the message just goes through the superficial trappings and generalitites of halloween (and the dangers of Harry Potter, of course) but doesn't go as heavy as I'd like to into the Christian response - or, even into the alternatives to Halloween, which would be Christian remembrance of the Reformation, also on Oct. 31st, but an event far more impactful to the lives of believers (KJVO'ers like to get hung up on the double-inspiration of those amazing Anglican translators of King James court, but they lose sight of the history behind the reformation that, had it never happened, we'd all be polishing the Pope's shoes under a continuing wicked tyranical and ungodly fusion of church and state. Priorities, pastors, priorities. Rome used to burn men like us just for teaching something other than their own false doctrines...)
This time of year, I generally lament how there are NO churches that do anything to remember the reformation at all: Oct. 31st evening speakers to teach the congregation about some of the reformational powerhouses like Luther, Huss, Wycliffe, Calvin, etc.) Instead, pastors either get onto the trick-or-treating bandwagon, or they just host equally enane Halloween alternatives at the church, giving out the same unhealthy candy but without all of the demonic constuming. Pastors, please, don't forget that it was the Reformation that freed us from the yoke of Rome, and remind your parisheners this time of year. And beyond.
What's disappointing is that the message just goes through the superficial trappings and generalitites of halloween (and the dangers of Harry Potter, of course) but doesn't go as heavy as I'd like to into the Christian response - or, even into the alternatives to Halloween, which would be Christian remembrance of the Reformation, also on Oct. 31st, but an event far more impactful to the lives of believers (KJVO'ers like to get hung up on the double-inspiration of those amazing Anglican translators of King James court, but they lose sight of the history behind the reformation that, had it never happened, we'd all be polishing the Pope's shoes under a continuing wicked tyranical and ungodly fusion of church and state. Priorities, pastors, priorities. Rome used to burn men like us just for teaching something other than their own false doctrines...)
This time of year, I generally lament how there are NO churches that do anything to remember the reformation at all: Oct. 31st evening speakers to teach the congregation about some of the reformational powerhouses like Luther, Huss, Wycliffe, Calvin, etc.) Instead, pastors either get onto the trick-or-treating bandwagon, or they just host equally enane Halloween alternatives at the church, giving out the same unhealthy candy but without all of the demonic constuming. Pastors, please, don't forget that it was the Reformation that freed us from the yoke of Rome, and remind your parisheners this time of year. And beyond.
Monday, July 2, 2012
James White and KJVO
James White is one of the finest Christian apologists that I've ever heard, and generally does a remarkable job defending the Christian faith in the debates that he's a part of. Here's a recent video of his refutation of some of the KJVO silliness that, strangely, is a view taken seriously and loudly by a number of churches in my area. In fact, next to things like pentacostalism and baptismal regeneration, this is one of the more common oddities of some of the local churches I've visited locally.
Anyhow, I enjoy James White's logic and reasoning, as well as his interjection of humor. His podcast is also worth checking out as well.
KJVO makes no sense to me as well. The idea of a double-inspired text, as if the Anglican translators somehow were inspired to craft a perfect translation, is just silly (especially considering some of the incorrect Greek translations and so on. I think Dr. White goes into detail with some of his messages.) Likewise how the KJV could be inspired doesn't give a valid answer as to what to do with the Wycliffe translation or the Bishops Bible, both of which pre-date the KJV.
But what's sad is that I've visited the website of local churches and found that when you go to their 'Beliefs' page of their site, the FIRST thing they list is that they adhere to the KJV only and that all other translations are inferior. Well, wait... WHY would that be so important that it would take precedence over the church belief about God, Jesus Christ, the Trinity, etc? It's almost like a scary, cult-like devotion to one translation that, to be honest, is a secondary issue to much more important tennants of the Christian faith.
Anyhow, I enjoy James White's logic and reasoning, as well as his interjection of humor. His podcast is also worth checking out as well.
KJVO makes no sense to me as well. The idea of a double-inspired text, as if the Anglican translators somehow were inspired to craft a perfect translation, is just silly (especially considering some of the incorrect Greek translations and so on. I think Dr. White goes into detail with some of his messages.) Likewise how the KJV could be inspired doesn't give a valid answer as to what to do with the Wycliffe translation or the Bishops Bible, both of which pre-date the KJV.
But what's sad is that I've visited the website of local churches and found that when you go to their 'Beliefs' page of their site, the FIRST thing they list is that they adhere to the KJV only and that all other translations are inferior. Well, wait... WHY would that be so important that it would take precedence over the church belief about God, Jesus Christ, the Trinity, etc? It's almost like a scary, cult-like devotion to one translation that, to be honest, is a secondary issue to much more important tennants of the Christian faith.
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