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Vlog 288: New King James, the Bridge Bible: A Path from Faith to Doubt. Summarizing discoveries from my NKJV research.
You can see more at chick.com/Bridge
If you're interested, here are the topics covered from the Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A Bridge-Building Plot
The “One-World” Plot
Standing in the Way of Progress
The Far Side of the Bridge: Sinaiticus
It’s Not a Conspiracy Theory
Chapter 2: The New King James Deception
Anything But the King James Version
Publishers: “No Change in the Original Meaning”
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Chapter 3: Small Changes that Make a Big Difference
Narrow or Difficult?
Saved or Being Saved? 1 Cor. 1:18
The Simple Story
The Technical Stuff
Instantaneous Impact
Effeminate or “the ‘S’ Word”?
Effeminate
Abusers of Themselves with Mankind
Sodomite or Perverted Person?
Updates, or Changed Meanings?
Translators Just Doing Their Job?
New King James: a “Transition Bible”?
Chapter 4: Replacing Perfection
New Addition: Doubting Footnotes
Attack the Reputation: Label, Lower, Eliminate
Label: Not “The” Bible, but Just “A” Bible,
King James's Version
Lower: Guilt by (Negative) Association
The King James Version
Eliminate: Replacement by a Lookalike
Lists of Endorsements
Chapter 5: Making Transition Easy
Single words that change doctrines
The Lord’s Two Commands Concerning the Scriptures
Search the scriptures
Study the scriptures
Vocabulary Slowly Adjusted
Brainwashed with Lies
Chapter 6: A Purpose —or a Paycheck?
Translating Their Disbelief
Beautiful ‘Packaging’
Blind Trust
Deep Doubt
Chapter 7: Who Published My Big Bible?
My Big Bible on Holy Ground
Who in the World was Royal Publishers?
Chapter 8: A Man Called Sam
Salim Ziady
Just Sam, Ma’am
Lord Thomson
Sam, Joe, and the Bible
Chapter 9: King James Look-alikes Through History
Chapter 10: Thomas Nelson —More than a Publisher
A Sea of Bibles—and a Crisis of Faith
Messengers of Doubt
The Bible is NOT the Problem
Chapter 11: The Thomas Nielson Family
Thomas Enters Bookselling
Nelson Expands to Publishing and Printing
Sons Enter the Business
Continued Expansion
Nelson Senior’s High Legacy
Examples of Lost Legacies
Chapter 12: The Second Generation of Nelsons
The Church Split
Change of leadership
What about the children?
The Great Fire (1878)
Devastation
Starting over
New Decisions
Their first Bible
Educating the Masses
Compromise
Chapter 13: The Third Generation of Nelsons
The Business Legacy
Their Spiritual Legacy
Chapter 14: A New Generation, Which Knew Not Nelson
The Paradox of Christian Compromise
Saving Dr. Schuller?
Endorsed by the New World Order?
The Next Generation
Bought by a Jesuit?
The Rest of the Story
Chapter 15: The New King James: Part of a (Much) Bigger Plan
How God put together the King James
Moves and Counter Moves
The Godhead
Believer’s Baptism
Slash and burn
A Different Holy Bible, or a Wholly Different Bible?
Killing People and Burning Bibles
Finding Out What the Anabaptists Already Knew
The Battle for the Bible
Enter the Lookalikes
Satan’s Plan B
Fixing the Unbroken
Counterfeit #1
Counterfeit #2
Tischendorf Becomes Point Man
Satan Seals the Deal
Lassoing the Outliers
Chapter 16: What Are You Doing for the Next Generation?
Good People —Bad Information
A Parable About a Pastor
So let me ask you again: What are YOU doing for the NEXT Generation?
References (includes web pages and WayBack machine documents)
Index (as much as I could fit to make it easy to find stuff)
Vlog 288: New King James, the Bridge Bible: A Path from Faith to Doubt. Summarizing discoveries from my NKJV research.
You can see more at chick.com/Bridge
If you're interested, here are the topics covered from the Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A Bridge-Building Plot
The “One-World” Plot
Standing in the Way of Progress
The Far Side of the Bridge: Sinaiticus
It’s Not a Conspiracy Theory
Chapter 2: The New King James Deception
Anything But the King James Version
Publishers: “No Change in the Original Meaning”
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Chapter 3: Small Changes that Make a Big Difference
Narrow or Difficult?
Saved or Being Saved? 1 Cor. 1:18
The Simple Story
The Technical Stuff
Instantaneous Impact
Effeminate or “the ‘S’ Word”?
Effeminate
Abusers of Themselves with Mankind
Sodomite or Perverted Person?
Updates, or Changed Meanings?
Translators Just Doing Their Job?
New King James: a “Transition Bible”?
Chapter 4: Replacing Perfection
New Addition: Doubting Footnotes
Attack the Reputation: Label, Lower, Eliminate
Label: Not “The” Bible, but Just “A” Bible,
King James's Version
Lower: Guilt by (Negative) Association
The King James Version
Eliminate: Replacement by a Lookalike
Lists of Endorsements
Chapter 5: Making Transition Easy
Single words that change doctrines
The Lord’s Two Commands Concerning the Scriptures
Search the scriptures
Study the scriptures
Vocabulary Slowly Adjusted
Brainwashed with Lies
Chapter 6: A Purpose —or a Paycheck?
Translating Their Disbelief
Beautiful ‘Packaging’
Blind Trust
Deep Doubt
Chapter 7: Who Published My Big Bible?
My Big Bible on Holy Ground
Who in the World was Royal Publishers?
Chapter 8: A Man Called Sam
Salim Ziady
Just Sam, Ma’am
Lord Thomson
Sam, Joe, and the Bible
Chapter 9: King James Look-alikes Through History
Chapter 10: Thomas Nelson —More than a Publisher
A Sea of Bibles—and a Crisis of Faith
Messengers of Doubt
The Bible is NOT the Problem
Chapter 11: The Thomas Nielson Family
Thomas Enters Bookselling
Nelson Expands to Publishing and Printing
Sons Enter the Business
Continued Expansion
Nelson Senior’s High Legacy
Examples of Lost Legacies
Chapter 12: The Second Generation of Nelsons
The Church Split
Change of leadership
What about the children?
The Great Fire (1878)
Devastation
Starting over
New Decisions
Their first Bible
Educating the Masses
Compromise
Chapter 13: The Third Generation of Nelsons
The Business Legacy
Their Spiritual Legacy
Chapter 14: A New Generation, Which Knew Not Nelson
The Paradox of Christian Compromise
Saving Dr. Schuller?
Endorsed by the New World Order?
The Next Generation
Bought by a Jesuit?
The Rest of the Story
Chapter 15: The New King James: Part of a (Much) Bigger Plan
How God put together the King James
Moves and Counter Moves
The Godhead
Believer’s Baptism
Slash and burn
A Different Holy Bible, or a Wholly Different Bible?
Killing People and Burning Bibles
Finding Out What the Anabaptists Already Knew
The Battle for the Bible
Enter the Lookalikes
Satan’s Plan B
Fixing the Unbroken
Counterfeit #1
Counterfeit #2
Tischendorf Becomes Point Man
Satan Seals the Deal
Lassoing the Outliers
Chapter 16: What Are You Doing for the Next Generation?
Good People —Bad Information
A Parable About a Pastor
So let me ask you again: What are YOU doing for the NEXT Generation?
References (includes web pages and WayBack machine documents)
Index (as much as I could fit to make it easy to find stuff)
