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General Arguments
Sub-chapter I Answer to General Arguments of my Reviewers
In the first 60 pages of the document, to which I am now replying, many arguments of a varied nature can be found in Sections I and II. I have endeavored to answer those which constitute a main line. However, there were a number of varied arguments, which I shall be obliged to group in a section on general arguments. Of these I have selected those which I think would deserve consideration. There were few other arguments which I did not think my hearers would consider it worthwhile for me to consume their time in answering. Nevertheless, if they should be called up, or anyone feels they must be noticed, I have an answer for them. Otherwise, I feel that my reply will constitute practically a complete answer to all the counter-arguments of my Reviewers worthy of consideration.I. The Parallel Streams of BiblesMy Reviewers claim, (Section I, page 9) that the "two parallel streams of Bible" (Our Authorized Bible Vindicated, p.43) is arbitrarily created and does not rest upon historical authority. In my book, however, I proved conclusively that both the Textus Receptus and the Vaticanus MSS were already in existence in the days of Constantine; rivals to one another and constituting opposing Bibles. I also proved, historically, in the same chapter, that the Waldensian Bible was from the Textus Receptus. Now the Spirit of Prophecy says that the Waldensian Bible was of apostolic origin, uncorrupted, entire, and teaching apostolic Christianity. The Reformation adopted the Textus Receptus; the Jesuit counter-Reformation adopted the Vaticanus. Both these facts I proved soundly and completely in my book. If, therefore, the Textus Receptus and Vaticanus were rivals in the days of Constantine, the Textus Receptus being of apostolic origin, and the Vaticanus being a corruption of the Textus Receptus, then the Old Latin Bible of the Waldenses from the Textus Receptus was and we proved it so, historically, the rival of the Vulgate taken from manuscripts of the Vaticanus type.The Spirit of Prophecy endorses this line of reasoning. I gave in my book, (page 42) that quotation from Sister White which shows that the Waldenses possessed a Bible which came from apostolic days, was entire, was unadulterated and was ever sought by the fury of the papists to be corrupted. The Spirit of Prophecy, however, tells us that angels restrained their malignant hatred and their efforts to bury the Waldensian Bible under a mass of error and superstition.The Spirit of Prophecy further tells us that the Bible of Wycliffe was from the Latin (Vulgate) and contained many errors, but the Vulgate was a Catholic Bible. On the other hand, the Spirit of Prophecy tells us that the Greek Text of Erasmus corrected these errors, but the Greek text of Erasmus was the Textus Receptus. Therefore, the Waldenses had a pure Bible from the beginning, based on the Textus Receptus or in harmony with it. The reasoning then goes thus: (a) The Waldenses endorsed what was the apostolic Bible; (b) The Reformers endorsed what was the Waldensian Bible; (c) Sister White endorsed the Bible of the Reformation and the Waldensian Bible; (d) the Waldenses could not have guarded the Vulgate because it contained many errors.Note the following testimonies from authorities showing how these two parallel streams rivaled one another at different epochs in history:1. (a) In the first place Dr. Hort states definitely ("introduction", pp.137,138) Jerome's antagonism to Antioch's theology as he (Hort) declares Antioch to be the home of the Textus Receptus in 350 A.D.; and then ("Introduction", p.276) Dr. Hort places in opposition to this (Antioch's) Textus Receptus the text formed from Vaticanus and Sinaiticus types of MSS as being true apostolic text. Here is rivalry and opposition of the two Bibles in Constantine's time.(b) Dr. Schaff ('Companion' etc. p. 113) says the Codex A or Alexandrinus occupies "an intermediate position between the oldest uncial (Vaticanus type) and the later cursive (Textus Receptus) text." Here again are the two streams at the earliest dates of their rivalry, Constantine's time.(c) Dr. Kenyon proves - as I previously showed - that the Latin reproduction of the Vaticanus type was simply the Itala or the Latin Textus Receptus type with the variant Textus Receptus readings removed.(d) Dr. Nolan ("Integrity" pp. 432, 434) declared that Origen's fabricated Greek Bible (Vaticanus type) tended to weaken the authority of the Authorized Greek Bible (Textus Receptus) in the Old as well as in the New Testament.(e) And finally Dr. Swete shows that in the days of Constantine the Textus Receptus and the Eusebio-Origin Bible were rivals and opposing versions. He also mentions a third version, the Hosychian, or African Bible. This ceased to be a line of its own, came to an end, and is not represented in modern versions.2. We proved from Dr. Jacobus that the Old Latin opposed the Vulgate for 1,000 years.3. We proved from the preface of the Jesuit Bible that the Waldensian Bible was the opponent of the Vulgate, the Jesuits called it the "false heretical translation" of the Waldenses, and Sister White says that the Waldenses kept the truth uncorrupted for 1,000 years.4. We proved that the final split between the Catholics and Protestants came at the Council of Trent (1545-1563). My Reviewers made no attempt to notice or to answer the first four resolutions of that Council which I gave in my book, decreeing the Vulgate the authoritative Bible of the Papacy. Moreover, to have a Greek Manuscript in which to base authoritatively the Vulgate, the learned fathers of the Counsel of Trent, after searching through all the libraries of Italy, shrewdly understood the Vaticanus to be the manuscript.5. Dr. Fulke, when writing to the Queen of England in the preface of his book, just about the very time that the Council of Trent Fathers chose the Vaticanus, said:"In which, that I speak nothing of their insincere purpose in leaving the pure fountain of the original verity, to follow the crooked stream of their barbarous vulgar Latin translation, which (beside all other manifest corruptions) is found defective in more than an hundred places, as your majesty, according to the excellent knowledge in both the tongues wherewith God has blessed you, is very well able to judge." (Emphasis mine). p. 5.6. Later in my book I presented the struggle between the Jesuit Bible of 1582 in English, and the Tyndale and Geneva Versions.7. I presented very clearly the great struggles that were on around the Revision table for ten years between Dr. Hort and Dr. Scrivener, the one standing for the Textus Receptus and the other for the Vaticanus. Of These scenes, Bishop Ellicott, president of the committee says. "It was often a kind of critical duel between Dr. Hort and Dr. Scrivener, in which everything that could be urged on either side was placed before the Company." "Addresses", p. 61.8. And finally, Hastings says:"The ordinary English student of the Bible is able readily to appreciate the points at issue in the controversy between the Alpha (Textus Receptus) and Beta (WH) texts, because they are substantially represented to him by the differences (so far as they are differences in text, and not merely in rendering) between the AV and the RV." "Dictionary of the Bible," p. 927. (Emphasis mine).On the quotation of the eclipse of the sun at the death of Christ, Dr. Frederick Fields says that the manuscripts began to divide on this point at the time of Origen. (Field's Notes, p. 79).I would also recall here that Erasmus divided all Greek manuscripts into two classes; one which agreed with the Textus Receptus and the other which agreed with the Vaticanus. My Reviewers revived the old grouping made by Griesbach, into three classes, but exploded by Archbishop Lawrence. I gave these conclusions in my book. Everything which the Reviewers brought in counter argument, confirmed, but did not shake these conclusions.I think now that I have given evidence abundant enough for this short document, and amply backed by authorities to show the two parallel streams of Bibles.
II. The Theology of the Revisers
My Reviewers claim that the theology of the translators has no bearing upon their product. (Section 1, p.17). Of course it ought not to. Nevertheless in my book, (page 159) I presented the evidence that there was collusion between Westcott, Hort and Lightfoot to carry through a thorough scheme in utter defiance of the rules of the body, which appointed this Revision Committee to the scandal of some of the best members, who left the Committee, and which gave a terrible shock to the Protestant evangelical world at large. I also showed in my book (page 184) that Bishop Ellicott, afterwards Chairman of the Committee, wrote, previous to Revision, that in passages involving doctrinal error that their duty was obvious. Further, I showed that for ten years this Committee worked in secret, refusing to take the public at large and scholars of eminent schools into their confidence so that the shocking changes they were making in the Greek New Testament might be thoroughly thrashed out before adoption.And so I repeatedly showed that they were thus able to make their views heard in the Revision Committee, and to dominate it.Why do my Reviewers take up some little point which I refer to in my book as Hort's anti-Americanism, and Westcott's spiritualistic tendencies, while they entirely ignore the indisputable evidence that I produced that they not only changed the underlying Greek text and translated the English accordingly, but that they wrote books defending these changes and seeking to permeate Christendom with their doctrines. Are we to ignore their own testimony written for all to read, and overlook the accumulated evidence that they did work to change doctrine to suit their own ideas? Why shut our eyes and blindly deny such plain and clear evidence?In further support of their contention that the theology of translators matters little, my Reviewers bring to view hundreds of modern translations which they say were made by "Fundamentalists, Modernists, Conservatives, Liberals, Ritualists, Evangelicals, etc." (Section I, p.18). Pardon me, brethren, but have they produced standard versions, like an English Version to command two hundred million English speaking people; or rather do they not translate for uncivilized primitive peoples like the Barotsi or the Matabeles, or for the people of Borneo? Such translators do not seek to change the original Greek Text; neither are they professional textual critics, who often are dangerous schemers, but are humble devoted Christian missionaries.
III. That Persecution was a Matter of Texts and Versions.
My Reviewers State that "It is preposterous to try to make it appear, as the author so strenuously does try, that the resistance to false teaching and the resulting persecution of the Waldenses and millions of other Christians by Rome, was a matter of Greek texts and translations and versions." (Section II, p.4)In reply to this allegation I will simply say that I quote GREAT CONTROVERSY, pp. 65,66,69, as follows:"The Waldenses were among the first of the peoples of Europe to obtain a translation of the Holy Scriptures. Hundreds of years before the Reformation, they possessed the Bible manuscripts in their native tongue. They had the truth unadulterated, and this rendered them the special objects of hatred and Persecution.... Here for a thousand years, witnesses for the truth maintained the ancient faith ... In a most wonderful manner it (The Word of Truth) was preserved uncorrupted through all the ages of darkness." (Emphasis mine).Notice that this quotation from Sister White is a matter of translations and versions, which she says, "rendered them the special objects of hatred and persecution". Is it really necessary for me to defend Sister White among a body of Seventh-Day Adventists? This is all I have to say here on that point.
IV. That Luther was Converted by the Vulgate.
My Reviewers endeavor to make a point (Section II, p.41) upon the fact that Luther's "conversion to righteousness by came through reading for himself a Catholic Bible in a Catholic Convent while himself yet a Catholic."I believe that this was accomplished because of the earnest yearnings of Luther for light and because of the Holy Spirit working upon his heart to lead him out from Romanism. He used what light he had, but that is not an endorsement for the Vulgate. This can be seen in the fact that as Luther progressed farther away from Rome he abandoned the Vulgate.
V. Dr. Riddle's Testimony re B and Aleph readings in the ARV.
My Reviewers offer us a quotation (Section I, pp.19,20) from Matthew Brown Riddle, D.D., LL. D., taken from his "Story of the Revised New Testament" to the effect (1) that the English Revisers accepted readings of Tregelles as frequently as those of Westcott and Hort; (2) that the partiality of those men for the Codex Vaticanus and of Tischendorf for the Codex Sinaiticus was guarded against.This testimony means just nothing at all; because Tregelles, was a model and leader for Westcott and Hort.(1) I have proved before that Tregelles took his inspiration from the Council of Trent, because they, 300 years previously, had resorted to the Old Testament portion of the Vatican manuscript.(2) Regardless of what Dr. Riddle says of their guarding against a partiality for the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus in this portion of his book, he acknowledges in another part of the same book that to all intents and purposes the ARV and the ERV are the same. Not only that, but everybody knows that on the great controverted passages between the Textus Receptus on one hand, and the two Catholic MSS on the other, that these two versions are practically the same.Furthermore, Dr. Riddle had a well-known reputation for prejudiced opinions. I have before me now a letter sent to me personally, February 9, 1931 from a scholar in Pittsburg, PA. in which he says:"I was well acquainted with Dr. Matthew B. Riddle of the Revision Committee. He was so prejudiced in favor of their work that he could scarcely see anything good in the AV."
VI. Confuse Constructive Textual Criticism with Destructive Higher Criticism
In Section I, page 40, my Reviewers say many severe things about me as:(a) "There is hopeless confusion of fact, conjecture, and assertion."(b) "The volume abounds in illogical conclusions clothed in oratorical garb."(c) "The argument is plainly built upon the appeal to religious and denominational prejudice."On two pages preceding,, under the heading, "A Strangely Related Discovery" the Reviewers also say,"That the ablest Protestant critics and scholars of the past half-century have failed to seriously discern the hand of Rome or the bias of Modernism in the Revised Versions, is more than passing strange; it is pointedly significant." Section I, pp. 38,39The Reviewers seem to have reached the climax of their opposition to my book when they say,(d) "constructive textual criticism is confused with destructive higher criticism in unwarranted and fantastic ways." (Section I, p.40) .Why do these writers forget that I have either quoted from or called attention to such outstanding textual critics as Dr. J.C. Reiche, Dr. F.C. Cook, Dr. H.C. Hoskier, Dr. Miller, also a secondary writer by the name of Dr. Mauro, who see just as I see, the Origenistic atmosphere of these Revised Versions and some speak very plainly about the hand of Rome and the hand of Modernism.To answer the last point about confusing lower and higher criticism, I will quote from that outstanding textual critic, Dr. H.C. Hoskier, who wrote in the year 1914 as follows:"Finally, observe that up to the time of Westcott and Hort the 'lower criticism' had kept itself quite apart from so-called 'higher criticism.' Since the publication of Hort's text, however; and of that of the Revisers, much of the heresy of our time has fallen back upon the supposed results acquired by the 'lower criticism' to bolster up their views. By a policy of indecision in the matter of the fundamental truths of the Christian religion, truths specifically set forth by its founder, and by a decided policy, on the other hand, of decision in the matter of heresy in the field of lower criticism, the beliefs of many have been shaken not only to their foundations, but they have been offered free scope to play the Marcion and excise whatever appeared extra-ordinary or unintelligible to them. Many, who should have raised their voices against the mischief wrought have sat by in apathy or willfully fostered these heresies. Or, if not willfully, they have assumed a faltering attitude which caused their own students to misinterpret their masters' lessons. Thus we have the spectacle of Thompson and Lake saying to Sanday: 'We learned that from you', and Sanday retorting: 'I never meant to teach you that.'""A man like the Dean of Durham, not content with preaching Christmas sermons at Westminster attacking the Virgin Birth and vapouring in the United States about the close atmosphere of the theological seminaries which he would like to burn to the ground, has now decided to introduce the 'Revised Version' officially into the ancient cathedral of Durham. I am therefore correct in coupling these matters." Hoskier, "Codex B and Its Allies", pp. 421,422, Vol. I. (Emphasis mine)Notice how these facts answer all the objections and complaints raised in the treatment of this question. This is all I have to say on this subject.
VII. Is This Sacrilege?
My Reviewers make this strong statement:"The comparison of the blemishes in the AV to the five scars on the resurrection body of Christ (pp. 180, 181) is a travesty upon our divine Sacrifice for sin. And the comparison of the Received Text to the Star of Bethlehem (pp. 178, 179) borders perilously on sacrilege!" (Section I, pp. 5, 6)Christ is called the Word of God in the first chapter of John; and when he comes in His glory (Revelation 19) He is still called the Word of God. Many reverent writers speak in the same tones of awe and sacred solemnity when referring to the written and the Incarnate Word. When Jesus, in John, Chapter six, commands us to eat Him and shows us how; He says, "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." As to my Reviewers statement that "the comparison of the Received Text to the Star of Bethlehem borders perilously on sacrilege," it appears to me that this adjective applied more appropriately to their denunciation than to the comparison itself.
VIII. Who will be the Laughing Stock?
My Reviewers make this statement; (Section I, p.39) "If we were to accept denominationally, the unproven assertions in the volume under review...we would become the laughing stock of the reverent Christian scholarship of the world." Perhaps we will be better able to tell who is going to be the laughing stock by securing some competent testimonies as to how things actually are going. Are the reverent, devoted, intelligent, English Christian scholars throughout the world moving toward the Revised Versions and getting away from the Authorized Version, or is it just the contrary?I will not weary you with further testimonies, of which I have already given an abundance, that the English Revised Version is dead in England. Now let us see which way the trend is going with respect to the American Revised Version. I will now submit three letters received from executive officers of three large Bible Publishing Houses:
(1) February 27, 1931
Dear Sir:Your letter of February 26 is received.We have no way of calculating on the number of King James Version Bibles sold as compared to the American Revised Version Bibles. We would say however, that with each recent year the demand for the latter Bible seems to have diminished and consequently we assume that its sale has also been less.Very sincerely yours,
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY.(Signed) Charles F. KintPresident
(2)Dear Sir:We are indeed sorry that we cannot be of assistance in furnishing information regarding the comparative sales of the King James and American Revised Bibles.Sometime ago the writer recalls having seen a statement attributed to the British and Foreign Bible Society, in which was said, that there were about 100 copies of the Authorized Version sold to every copy of the Revised.Regretting that we cannot furnish you with more detailed information, Yours very truly,
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS New YorkWilliam KrauseMarch 2, 1931
(3)Dear Sir:In response to your letter of February 26th, we do not know how many actually are sold. We should estimate that King James Version is one hundred to one of the Revised Version or even greater proportion than that.The Revised Version we would estimate would not exceed 50,000 copies a year and receding in sales from that figure. The Gideon Societies do not use it at all.Very truly yours,
A.J. Holman Company
From the foregoing information you can see that The Revised Version is constantly decreasing in sales in spite of the tremendous efforts that are being made to promote it. While on the other hand the AV is being sold, generally estimated, at the rate of 100 to 1. We have further testimony to the effect that the report of the British Bible Society for, the year 1911 showed that the proportion between the sales of the two was 25 to 1, while in 1920 it was at the rate of 50 to 1. (See Mauro, "Which Version", pp. 117,118) The above letters show that in 1930 the proportion had reached 100 to 1.A letter was written, presumably by my Reviewers, to Hugh S. Magill, general secretary of the International Council of Religious Education, which held the copyright of the ARV. (Section I, 39) to inquire on two counts; whether the ARV was born under "modernistic influence" or "Catholic bias". Why did they not write to the Vatican to find out if the papacy was born under paganism; or why did they not write to the National Brewery Association to find out if drinking is harmful? Did my Reviewers expect any different answer than they got? Did they expect that the secretary would reply saying that he deeply deplored that these two elements were discernable in the ARV? What kind of testimony is this to submit in defense?I also have some correspondence to submit along this line. A prominent clergyman in another denomination had read my book. He is General Sunday-school Secretary of a large Protestant denomination and editor of their Sunday-school literature. This prominent Protestant leader wrote me, July 28, 1930 without any solicitation on my part, as follows:"I presume that you are aware of the fact that the American Revised Version has been secured by the International Council of Religious Education, with all rights to publish and make further Revision.As you are doubtless aware, the International council of Religious Education is quite largely in the hands of modernists. What will they finally make of the ARV?"I received subsequently another letter from this same man in which he gave detailed information to show how this same association was working to permeate the Protestant churches of North America with modernistic programs, with modernistic literature and modernistic influence. He writes me thus:"I found your book of great interest and highly satisfactory."Let us now come back to Hugh S. Magill. I also have a copy of a letter in my possession, written by Hugh S. Magill, to a member of the General Conference Committee, March 6, 1931, He writes thus:"We received today your letter of March 5th in which you state you have been in correspondence with Thomas Nelson and Sons, publishers of the American Standard Edition of the Revised Bible, and that you would like to have further information regarding the American Standard Bible Committee appointed by the International Council to have charge of the further revision of this edition of the Bible.""This committee is now working on this undertaking and using the American Standard Version as the basis. It is agreed that the Revised edition shall not be published before 1934. The reason for the revision is because of the new discoveries that have been made and the results of investigations since the publication of the American Standard Bible Committee."Appended to this communication is a list of the members of the Committee who are working to revise the Revised. Both the Old and New Testament sections contain the names of university professors well known to us all, and whose reputations for modernism are well known; such as, Dr. James Moffatt, Union Theological Seminary, Dr. J. M. Powis Smith, University of Chicago, and Dr. Edgar J. Godspeed, the University of Chicago. How does this comport with the Reviewers' statement that if they were to adopt the idea that the ARV is under modernistic influence we would become the laughing stock of the reverent Christian scholarship of the world? Will the Reviewers please tell us to which scholarship do they refer when they speak of the reverent Christian scholarship of the world? Certainly they cannot be unaware of the fact that Princeton University has gone modernistic; do they refer to its Christian scholarship? And surely they must know that the Union Theological Seminary of New York, and Chicago University, and Harvard University have long ago become ultra-modernistic. Is this the Christian scholarship to which they refer? If so; then Seventh-day Adventists have long ago been a laughing stock to these people. But is there a great possibility on the other side; that if we take a firm stand on the AV and against all versions tainted with and connected with modernistic influences, we will gain the confidence and respect of a great reverent scholarship that is found in other connections than with these modernistic theological schools, who endorse the ARV and who are furnishing the scholarship to further revise it in modernistic lines? If we are going to raise the question of becoming a laughing stock, it is necessary to inquire in the eyes of what kind of organizations do we feel we shall become a laughing stock.On the other hand, with regard to my book being a laughing stock, I have received a great many letters from devout and reverent Christian workers, thanking God for the blessing it has been to them, and many of them testify that it has confirmed their faith in the Bible. Some of these letters are from men who are known to be prominent scholars in the theological field and no one could accuse them of being anything but reverent and devout Christian scholars. Of course I do not intend to make these letters public, because I have authoritative information that the writers have, in certain instances, become the recipient of embarrassing correspondence. But if any one questions the truth of the letters, I will be glad to show those to Elder Watson so that he can testify that I have told the truth. (At this point Elder Wilkinson read extracts from some letters from outside the denomination.)Right here it is interesting to note that Dr. Frederick Field, a member of the English O.T. Revision Committee and famous for a life-long work in the Greek O.T. wrote to Phillip Schaff pronouncing the Revised Version a failure. (Dr. Schaff's "Companion", p. IX).
Sub-Chapter II. Discredit Cast upon Erasmus
My Reviewers claim (Section I, p.42) that my book will be justly construed as an attack upon the Bible itself. How can anyone read my book and not see that I am endeavoring to defend the Bible itself? The Bible of the Protestant nations for three hundred years, unquestionably accepted by this denomination, used by our pioneers in constructing the framework of this message. My book was written with one purpose, and one purpose only to establish faith in the true Word of God, preserved for us from apostolic time, intrinsically uncorrupted.On the other hand, let us consider some of the statements made in this review and see whether this charge of attacking the Bible should not fall on other shoulders than mine. Let us consider some of the things my Reviewers have said about Erasmus:"Complete, and better attested MSS, and many more in number, that have come to light and been critically studied by a large number of expert scholars since the one man, Erasmus made up his hasty text from a few MSS under pressure of competition with another printer than his employer, but which the author calls 'a pure Greek Text.'" (Summary, p.2)Yet Sister White has held Erasmus up to us as an instrument in the hands of God to do a great and wonderful work. She says:"In 1516, a year before the appearance of Luther's theses, Erasmus had published his Greek and Latin version of the New Testament. Now for the first time the Word of God has been printed in the original tongue. In this work many errors of former versions were corrected, and the sense more clearly rendered. It led many among the educated classes to a better knowledge of the truth, and gave a new impetus to the work of reform...""A diligent student and an earnest seeker for truth, he (Tyndale) had received the gospel from the Greek Testament of Erasmus." "Great Controversy", p. 245. (Italics mine.)But what do my Reviewers say? Here are their words:"5778 improvements were made by the whole (Revision) committee in order to correct the many glaring defects of Erasmus' hastily assembled text, so obsequiously followed by Stephens and the Elzevirs in later editions." III Summary, 7. (Emphsis mine)Surely Stephens, the Elzevirs and Beza, one working in England, another on the continent and the third in Geneva, years later, must have been strangely deficient in scholarship not to notice Erasmus' glaring defects. Surely 350 years of Protestant scholarship down to 1881 must have been nothing but continued stupidity to accept all that time Erasmus' glaring defects.In view of the misrepresentations continually pouring from the modernistic presses against Erasmus, the Received Text and the AV, I think it is a good thing for the public to have a book, which will answer these misrepresentations and give them facts.When the time would come for the third angel's message to be given in its greatest power - then, Sister White declares: "The stealthy, but rapid growth of the papal power all will be unmasked." "Great Controversy", p. 606.
Sub-Chapter III. They Discredit the Spirit of Prophecy
My Reviewers agree with or defend the Revisers, and higher critics and textual critics against Sister White on more than 30 scripture passages, considered in my book:(1) Matt. 6:13, The Lord's Prayer. (2) Matt. 5:44, Praying for enemies. (3) Luke 4:8, Get thee behind me Satan. (4) Luke 11:2-4 Secondary account of Lord's Prayer. (5) Rom.5:1 (margin) Let us have peace. (6) 1.Cor.5:7, For us. (7) Col.1:14, His blood. (8) 1.Tim.3:16, God manifest in the flesh (9) I2.Tim.4:1, His appearing and Kingdom. (10) Rev.22:14, Blessed are they that do His commandments. (11) John 2:11, Beginning of miracles. (12) Matt.18:2,3 Conversion. (13) Heb.11:3, The worlds were framed (margin). (14) Col.1:15,16, In Him or by Him. (15) Acts 24:15, The resurrection. (16) Matt.24:3, The second coming (margin) of Christ. (17) Titus 2:13, The glorious appearing. (18) Rev.1:7, Shall wail because of Him. (19) Acts 3:19, Times of Refreshing. (20) Mark 16:9-20, The last twelve verses of Mark (21) Matt.17:21, Fasting. (22) John 8:1-11, Woman taken in adultery. (23) Luke 9:55,56, What manner of spirit. (24) Acts 8,37, The Eunuch's confession. (25) Rev.13:10, on captivity. (26) 1.Cor.11:29, The Lord's Supper (27) James 5:16, Confess your faults. (28) Heb.10:21, A high priest. (29) 1.Cor.15:3,4, He rose again. (30) Matt.27:46, A great crises of Christian life. (31) 1.Cor.11:24, My body which is broken.Is it not astonishing how often the Revised Version disagrees with Sister White even in the limited number of texts considered in my book; and still more astonishing that my Reviewers agreed with the Revisers and defended them and disagreed with the Spirit of Prophecy.
Sub-Chapter IV. How This Review Treats the AV and the ARV
I have heard that the Minority Quorum of the General Conference has passed a vote to the effect that "they recognized the equal value of the Authorized and the American Revised Version". In the light of this fact I wish to bring into relief some statements found in this document of the Reviewers which was written, I believe, by some member of the Minority Committee. To my mind they do NOT express an equal appreciation of these two versions. Please listen:(Against AV) The many glaring defects of Erasmus' hastily assembled text, so obsequiously followed the Stephens and the Elzevirs in later editions. III-Sum. 7.(For RV) "Those English divines (Westcott and Hort) are considered by many scholars as the highest and latest authority on the Greek text." I-8 (Quotation)(Against AV) That the Received Text is the pure, uncorrupted, apostolic scripture transmitted without substantial change through the centuries is, clearly overthrown. I-42.(For RV) "This Vatican manuscript is considered by a great many scholars to be the best of all the New Testament manuscripts. The Sinaitic and the Vatican are here, from the standpoint of the history of the text as thus far known, by far the two best witnesses for the oldest text... If the given view be correct, they represent not the current, re-wrought, worked over manuscripts of the second century, but such as retained in an eminent degree the text which has come to that century from the hands of the original writers." (Quotation) II-13.(Against AV) There is no historical proof that any Greek text was more definitely influenced by Catholic hands, a Catholic version, and Catholic approval than was that of Erasmus, yet the text of Erasmus was the basis of what has since been called the Textus Receptus, which the author lauds so highly as a pure, uncorrupted text. III-6-6(For RV) "If B and S agree there is usually strong evidence for the genuineness of a reading; if it is supported by ante-Nicene testimony it is conclusive. Such concurrent testimony gives us the most ancient readings, that may be traced to within a century of the time when the original autographs were penned." (Quotation) II-12(Against AV) "The edition of Erasmus consequently has little critical value." (Quotations) II-9(For RV) "It will be seen that the Greek text underlying the Revised Version has very strong claims on our acceptance." (Quotation) I-10(Against AV) "If however, some of the personal views of the committee of 1611 were disclosed, what a contrast might appear to the extravagant eulogium of the members of this committee by the authority I-18(For RV) "B gives us as does S, (Sinaiticus) 'the simplest, shortest and concisest text.' The charge that many important words are omitted is imaginary, say Westcott and Hort, (p. 557)." (Quotation) II-12(Against AV) "And the general result of these generations of study is to show that the text used by the translators of 1611 is far from perfect." (Quotation) I-10.(For RV) "Vatican MS unquestionably superior in accuracy and authenticity. (A quotation is given to prove that the Vatican MS is superior.) II-13(Against AV) "Such was the fourth edition of Erasmus, the mother-edition of the Textus Receptus and of our own Authorized Version. It was based, as we have seen, on scanty evidence and late manuscripts." (Quotation) II-9.(For RV) The ARV shows its fidelity to authenticated texts and its freedom from the charge of mutilation. III-6-6.(Against AV) "The version of 1611 was made from a Greek text formed by a comparison of very few manuscripts, and those, for the most part, late. The version of 1881, on the other hand, was made from a Greek text based upon an exhaustive examination, extending over some two centuries, of all the best manuscripts in existence." (Quotation) I-10.(For RV) Complete and better attested MSS and many more in number, that have come to light and been critically studied by a large number of expert scholars since the one man, Erasmus, made up his hasty text from a few MSS under pressure of competition with another printer than his employer, but which the author calls "a pure Greek text." Sum. 2(Against AV) The faulty character of the Textus Receptus. I-38(For RV) "Scholars in general believe B (The Vatican Manuscript) to be the chief evidence for the most ancient form of the New Testament text, and it is clear that the Revisers of our English Bible attached the greatest weight to its authority." (Quotation) I-21.(Against AV) 1611 manuscripts of late date and few in number. (Followed by quotation to that effect.) II-18(For RV) These noted MSS (The Vaticanus and Sinaiticus) I-27The Vatican MS equal to the best. II-11. Vatican MS on the whole the best and oldest. II-12Vatican MS most valuable of all. II-12(Against AV) "The early uncritical editions." (Quotation) II-5.(For RV) "Vatican MS most ancient and of incalculable value." "Codex Vaticanus. This is regarded as probably the most ancient of all the Greek MSS now known to exist." (Quotation) II-13. He fails to inform his readers that the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus MSS are listed as first and third among the major MSS by all scholars up to date.(Against AV) Science of textual criticism sprung up since 1611. "He (the reader) will have seen also (to recapitulate here for greater clearness) (1) that in the present day we have access to a treasury of ancient manuscripts, versions and quotations such as the scholars of King James Day had never dreamed of; (2) that the science of textual criticism which teaches the value and the best methods of dealing with these documents, has entirely sprung up since: (3) that our scholars are better acquainted with the sacred languages, and able to distinguish delicate shades of meaning which were quite lost on their predecessors; and (4) lastly, that owing to the natural growth of the English language itself many words in the Authorized Version have become obsolete, and several have completely changed their meaning during the past 300 years." (Quotations) II-19.(For RV) The Sinaiticus and Vaticanus respectively, are the two oldest MSS among all that have been collected by scholars over the centuries. III-6-5(Against AV) Obvious errors in AV. III-Sum.-4(For RV) More literal renderings, and greater fidelity to authenticated Greek MSS. Conclusion-7In the light of the foregoing statements it is clearly evident that the writers of this document endeavored continually to cast discredit on the AV and its underlying Greek N.T. and to exalt the ARV and its underlying Greek N.T.In fact it is perfectly clear to all of you, I think, that the Reviewers were not seeking equality for the AV and the ARV, but supremacy for the ARV. In fact so great was their bias for the ARV that all of their argument for the Revised and all of their disparagement of the AV was in their own estimation appreciation for the Revised; whereas my argument for the AV and disparagement of the ARV was in their estimation attack; in fact, "attack upon the Word itself". How can any one explain that what they have done is appreciation; but What I have done is attack?
Sub-Chapter V. That I Discredit all Versions
Who is it that is discrediting all Versions? A very peculiar charge has been made against me that my treatment of the Versions discredits all Versions. This charge has been made form time to time, and from various sources. Let us examine the facts, and be absolutely fair to one another.First, the Authorized Version is in general usage among all Protestant peoples, as well as among Seventh-day Adventists, to the extent of about 99%.Now it must be evident that my book shows the source and authorities which stand out pre-eminently in the establishment of the Authorized Version as the authoritative Word of God. Therefore, its influence must be to confirm the faith of 99% out of 100%. I would very much regret to think that it would unsettle the faith of even the remaining one per cent in the true Word of God. But the most peculiar thing about the whole charge is, that when I establish the authoritative foundations of the Authorized Version and showed the origin of the Revised Version, I am held up as unsettling the faith of the people in the Word of God.But when the devotees of the Revised Version exalt the Revised Version and point out the inferiority of the Authorized Version, derived from faulty and inferior MSS, its Textus Receptus containing glaring defects, 120,000 errors, etc. they seem not to be able to see that this would tend to unsettle the faith of 99% of all the people in the Word of God just as truly and really and actually and fully as mine could unsettle the faith of the one per cent. Is there anyone who cannot see the unreasonableness and unfairness of the charge about my unsettling the faith of the people in the Word of God, in view of the foregoing facts I have stated.
Sub-Chapter VI. Who is it Who Thrusts Intolerable Odium?
I wish to bring some more expressions from my Reviewers' document into relief at this point, and ask you to consider whether these expressions represent a Christian and brotherly spirit."Hidden identity of printer" I-1"Unauthorized character of this volume" I-1"Violates primal laws of evidence" I-1"Unwarranted impressions" I-4"Unsound and unscholarly procedure" I-4"Unnecessary issue is distressing indeed" 1-5"Borders perilously on sacrilege" I-6"Intolerable odium" 1-6"Utter unsoundness of this argument" I-12"Unfair and untrustworthy criticism" I-17"Appeal to religious prejudice" I-17"Unworthy of a fair, Christian scholar"I -17"Strained quotations" I-17"An unfair deduction" I-17"As silly" I-19"A distinct bias" I-21"Unreliable character of the work the more deplorable" I-21"Specious and unwarranted positions" I-21"Prejudged his case before looking for his testimony" I-21"Misuse of authorities" 1-24"It is perverted use of authority" I-24"Another glaring exhibition" I-24"Has perverted in a threefold manner" I-26"His efforts to slur" I-28"Misquotation of authorities" I-28"A flagrant example" I-28"Using in an absolutely unwarranted way" I-30"As striking a perversion of an authority as is found in this book" I-30"Inaccuracies and misstatements that abound" I-30"Utterly contrary to the patent facts" I-33"A grandiloquent style to dazzle and impress forgetting that assertion or inference is not proof." I-40"The volume abounds in illogical conclusions clothed in oratorical garb." I-40"Constructive textual criticism is confused with destructive higher criticism in unwarranted and fantastic ways." I-40"Uncompromising position of author" I-38"Hopeless confusion of fact, conjecture and assertion" I-40"In many places the argument is plainly built upon an appeal to religious and denominational prejudice rather than upon solid facts or a legitimate appeal to reason" I-40"Operating principles are not sound." I-40"Intensified study of this character can easily become an obsession" I-40"Perverted to support such claims" I-40"Systematic misuse of evidence by the author" I-41"Constantly violates primal laws of evidence in his misuse of authorities" I-41"Unjustifiable aspersions" I-41"Gross misrepresentation" I-41"Frequent misuse and misquotation of authorities are exposed" I-41"Misstatements of the author- exposed" I-42"Unfair allegation ... masked" I-42"Basically fallacious argument" 1-42"Fallacy of the author's unreasonable contention" II-4"Preposterous" II-4"Rest wholly upon his own unsupported authority" II-6"A slurring manner" II-11"Appeal to religious prejudiced" II-11"Unsupported assertions" II-11"A prejudiced view" II-14"No basis worthy of confidence" II-14"It is nothing short of amazing to find the one who apparently feels competent to enter the field of Biblical criticism" II-14"Includes only a part of the sentence or paragraph that suits his one-sided argument" II-16"Statements are all entirely unwarranted" II-18"Unfairest methods" III-6-2"Far-fetched inferences" III-6-3"Quotations from questionable sources and of questionable kind" III-6-3"Strained interpretation" III-6-3"Wanders off into a digression on limbo and purgatory" III-12-5"Seem utter folly in the light of the original forms used in the text" III-12"But goes off on another tirade on revision changes in general, and theological views concerning them." III-12-12"Labored contention of the entire book" III-Sum.-3"He employs unfair and illogical methods of weighing evidence such as these: He prejudges his case before he tries it. He draws material from a number of authorities without any standing in textual or historical criticism" Conclusion-2"Draws frequently unwarranted and illogical conclusions." Conclusions-3"Strained interpretations" Conclusion-3"When it serves his purpose he disregards an alternative reading or an informative note in the margin" Conclusion-7"Our laity should be protected from such imposition" I-6"Untrustworthy manipulation" I-21"Such deliberate perversion of fact is without excuse, and could only be made through gross carelessness, or under the pressure of the need of further authority to extablish the claims of the author concerning the Received Text." I-29In the light of the accusations made against me by my Reviewers that I was "casting odium," and in view of this formidable list of things they said, may I humbly inquire who is casting odium? Do you brethren approve of this list of epithets, as representing the style of literary writing employed by members of the General Conference Minority Committee?
Sub-Chapter VII. Starting with Distinct Bias
I admit that I started out to write my book with a bias, a Christian bias, a Protestant bias, a Seventh-day Adventist bias. My Reviewers, professedly starting with no bias, arrive at conclusions at variance with the Spirit of Prophecy, and admit the doubtful authority, even spuriousness of texts quoted by Sister White.How far would a Seventh-day Adventist get in browsing around among all the modern theories of evolution if he did not have a distinct bias to start with? My Reviewers apparently unhampered by any bias of any kind have cast their lot among modern textual critics and there they seem bound to stay. They have already been led astoundingly far afield. How much farther they are willing to go we can only conjecture.We will soon have a new revision of the Revised Version by modern textual scholars. We will soon have a new revision of the Vulgate issued from the Vatican made by the greatest intellectual scholars that the wealth of the Roman Catholic Church can get together. My unbiased Reviewers will no doubt be consistent and accept these latest products of the best modern scholars. I believe with all my heart that we have now a translation of the Bible that was given us by men of unequalled scholarship led by the Spirit of God in their work, at the time when the world movement of reform was starting. This Bible as a whole has been attested to by the Spirit of Prophecy. I accept it as my supreme authority. I am not waiting for the latest product of modern textual criticism to come along to give me another version by which I can revise my faith. My faith is founded and grounded on the Textus Receptus, the Authorized Bible. All true Adventists will finally have to take it as their anchor or be buffeted about by doubts and questions unavoidably confronted in these products of modern textual criticism that threaten to destroy faith.
Sub-Chapter VIII. Discrediting the Waldenses
I quote from the document of the Revisers, Section I, pp. 16,17."The claim of the author is that the Waldenses had a pure text of the Bible, transmitted direct to them from Palestine, and that this text was the foundation of the Textus Receptus. But the testimony here submitted shows that the Waldensian Bible was in all likelihood a revision of the Old Latin text originating in northern Africa, and that it was doubtless the last revision of the Old Latin text previous to, and leading up to the Vulgate, and that the Bible of the Waldenses was the Vulgate itself. Therefore the effort to establish the claim that the Waldensian Church possessed manuscripts directly descended from the apostolic originals, collapses. Neither Mr. Nolan in 1815, nor the author of the book under review in 1930, is able to convince any textual critic that this claim is a sound one. But when this claim is overthrown, the very foundation of the book under review is removed, and the conclusions which are based upon it are rendered untenable." (Emphasis mine)I accept this challenge. It is a question of authority, textual critics or the Spirit of Prophecy. My Reviewers seem to accept the assertions of higher critics rather than the positive statements of the Spirit of Prophecy, in the chapter on the Waldenses in GREAT CONTROVERSY. We must all make our choice. I quote from the statements of the Spirit of Prophecy,"The faith which for many centuries was held and taught by the Waldensian Christians was in marked contrast to the false doctrines put forth from Rome. Their religious belief was founded upon the written word of God, the true system of Christianity ... Theirs was not a faith newly received. Their religious belief was their inheritance from their fathers. The contended for the faith of the apostolic church.... 'the faith that was once delivered unto the saints.'""The church in the wilderness, and not the proud hierarchy enthroned in the world's great capital was the true church of Christ, the guardian of the treasures of truth, which God has committed to his people to be given to the world." Mrs. E.G. White, "Great Controversy," p. 64. (Emphasis mine)They had the true apostolic faith. They possessed the genuine word of God. Jesus said to his disciples, "The flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." John 6:55,63. I claimed for the Waldenses a pure apostolic Bible, not one received from Rome. So did Sister White. My Reviewers say that the claim collapses. On the other hand they claim that the Waldenses had only the Vulgate, the Bible of Rome. (See quotation heading Section I, p.16)To the Waldenses, Sister White says, were committed the treasures of truth. They did not preserve the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus; nor substantiate their equivalents; therefore the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus are not the treasures of Truth. Moreover if the Church fled into the wilderness to preserve the Word of Truth surely the power pursuing her, Rome, was not, as her authority, guarding the Word.I will quote again from "Great Controversy":"Behind the lofty bulwarks of the mountains... the Waldenses found a hiding place. Here the light of truth was kept burning amid the darkness of the Middle Ages. Here, for 1,000 years witnesses for the truth maintained the ancient faith." pp. 65, 66."Hundreds of years before the Reformation, they possessed the Bible in manuscript in their native tongue. They had the truth UNADULTERATED." "Great Controversy", p. 65 (Emphasis mine)Isaiah the Prophet promised the perpetual preservation of the word. He said;"And the Redeemer shall come to Zion... As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and forever," Isa. 59:20,21.God promised that his Word would not be taken from His people down to the very end of time. The miracle of preservation of the Word of God is as great as the miracle of its inspiration. "The word of the Lord endureth forever." (1.Peter 1:25). "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (Matt. 24:35).This promise that God would preserve his Word perfect and uncorrputed was fulfilled as we have seen by the Waldenses. Here are the words of the Holy Spirit as given in GREAT CONTROVERSY:"Satan had urged on the papal priests and prelates to bury the Word of truth beneath the rubbish of error, heresy, and superstition but in a most wonderful manner it was preserved uncorrupted through all the ages of darkness. It bore not the stamp of man, but, the impress of God. Men have been unwearied in their efforts to obscure the plain, simple meaning of the Scriptures, and to make them contradict their own testimony; but like the ark on the billowy deep, the word of God outrides the storms that threaten it with destruction." p. 69"They were employed also in copying the scriptures. SOME MANUSCRIPTS CONTAINED THE WHOLE BIBLE." Ibid. p. 68.From apostolic times, by the Waldenses and their ancestors, the word of God UNADULTERATED, UNCORRUPTED was handed down to the Reformers and on to the church that keeps the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Rev. 12:17).What was the use of Sister White writing all these astounding descriptions, if, the papacy had the true Bible? What point is there in that which she says, if the anti-Christ had the same Bible as the Waldenses, and if all Bibles were alike wherever found? These clear statements of the Spirit of God above all the writings of textual critics must settle the question of the true Word of God with those who believe in the third angel's message.In disagreement with these prophecies of the Bible and the positive statements of the Spirit of Prophecy, recording their fulfillment, the Reviewers say,"The effort to establish the claim that the Waldensian church possessed manuscripts directly descended from the apostolic originals, collapses. Neither Mr. Nolan in 1815, nor the author of the book under review in 1930, is able to convince any textual critic that this claim is a sound one." (Section I, p.17)Thus do my Reviewers build upon the drifting sands of textual criticism, rather than upon the testimony of God's servant. They choose the opinions of critics in disagreement with the Word of God, which shall endure, though heaven and earth pass away, and in disagreement with the words of God's prophet for the remnant church. I cannot believe that the Minority Committee or the Officers of the General Conference will choose to stand with my Reviewers in disagreement with the Spirit of Prophecy. The reviewers further state:"When this claim (viz. that the Waldenses preserved the word of God uncorrupted) is overthrown, the very foundation of the book under review is removed and the conclusions which are based upon it are rendered untenable." (Section I, p.17)Then if the Waldenses, the church in the wilderness, did not preserve manuscripts directly descended form the apostolic originals", either the Church of Rome preserved them, or there were none.But this claim cannot be overthrown as long as the Spirit of God is authority. I am perfectly willing that my book should stand or fall with the spirit of Prophecy. But I am startled beyond measure that my Reviewers should so openly and directly contradict the inspired statements of the Prophet of God who has never taught out of harmony with the words of the Bible, or the facts of history.My book is in harmony with the statements of the Spirit of Prophecy and brings forward this textual and historical proof to support this position and strengthen our faith in God's Word and the Spirit of Prophecy.The position of the Reviewers can never be reconciled with the statements of Sister White who says that the Waldenses had the doctrine of the apostles and the manuscripts of the word of God uncorrupted. Her statement they claim is overthrown. What do my Reviewers intend by this logic? Has the Spirit of Prophecy passed away as authority in this denomination? Is this the ground upon which they oppose my book?We must either deny the inspiration of the Prophet appointed by the Lord for the church of this day and message; that the Waldenses were the guardian of the true Word of God, or deny the claims of my Reviewers that the best manuscripts came to us through the Roman Catholic Church.My brethren, contemplate the centuries of awful suffering endured by the Waldenses, that the Word of God might live. For this, they were faithful unto death. Alone in the wilderness, on the island, surrounded by a furious sea of hate and persecution, they suffered that they might pass on to us their testimony in favor of their sacrifice, their sufferings and their privations. Shall we be ungrateful to them for what they did? Shall we allow their memory to pale and wane before glorious tributes paid to the power which made them suffer? My brethren, we must stand by the Waldenses.
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Filing fees vex business group, secretary of state
The Colorado Secretary of State's Office and the National Federation of Independent Business both have asked the Colorado Supreme Court to look into whether business filing fees used to fund state elections is a violation of the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.
Filing their petitions on the same day last week, the two are asking slightly different questions based on a March ruling from the Colorado Court of Appeals.
While Secretary of State Wayne Williams argues that his office has been required to charge fees to fund its services since Colorado became a state in 1876, long pre-dating TABOR's passage in 1992, the business federation says those fees are used to defray the office's general expenses, and therefore are a tax.
The secretary's office collects about $22.5 million a year in business filing and license fees and has always used them to pay for the same services since statehood.
"The state is imposing an illegal tax on small businesses to fund obligations," said Karen Harned, executive director of the federation's small business legal center. "That should be a cost shared by everyone rather than just Colorado's entrepreneurs."
The case was first filed against Williams' office by the federation in Denver District Court in 2014.
A year later, District Judge Bruce Jones ruled in favor of Williams' office, saying the fees don't violate TABOR because they traditionally only have been used to fund the office's costs, and not generally those of the state.
But a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals reversed that ruling, stopping short of saying the fees are really a tax, but ordering the lower court "to determine whether the business and licensing charges have been adjusted or increased since the passage of TABOR in 1992, so as to require voter approval for the adjustments."
The petition filed by the independent business federation, which represents more than 7,000 small businesses in Colorado, including several on the Western Slope, asks the high court to make clear that the fees are a tax.
The secretary's petition asks the court to apply its own previous rulings on the matter, that fees assessed before TABOR became law don't require voter approval even if they are increased.
"The court's precedent establishes that administrative adjustments to funding mechanisms that predate TABOR render its prospective voter-approval requirement inapplicable," reads the secretary's petition, which was filed by the Colorado Attorney General's Office. "The (Court of Appeals) decision places the state's decades-old election funding scheme in jeopardy. It should be corrected now, removing the cloud of uncertainty that will otherwise hang over the funding statute during the years of additional litigation that a remand will entail."
It is unknown when, or if, the court will decide to take the case.
If it doesn't, it will head back to district court, where attorneys in the case will have to pore over 25 years of fees charged by the secretary's office.

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By Yetta Yao
on August 12, 2017 05:08 AM
There must be mutual care and responsibilities shared between church members and leaders when they are involved in ministry matters.
Zhang Wei, a family church pastor, recently penned down his thoughts on several key responsibilities that church leaders should not ignore. He brought up the following "food for thought": What's the relationship between receiving of grace and call to ministry? How can a pastor preserve his passion for service? How can leaders avoid the temptation of fame and power? What can ordinary churchgoers do for their pastors?
1. A pastor should genuinely care for his members' spiritual life.
Zhang points out that pastors should feel more burdened for lost souls and care for his members' spiritual life than ordinary believers. They are called by God to shepherd lost or immature souls and watch out for his sheep as fatherly roles. (1 Peter 5:1-4) Without this burden for souls, one cannot be called as a good servant of God.
"So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us."(1 Thessalonians 2:8) Zhang mentioned the verse in Thessalonians as a reminder for pastors to constantly reflect and lay their lives before the Lord.
Some members may find their pastors "caring too much of their business" when they are constantly being "checked". However, if this care arises out of genuine love for each other, church members should also pour out their care and concerns for their leaders. God will definitely question church leaders about whether they have cared for their sheep when they meet face to face.
2. A pastor should continuously deepen his biblical foundation to meet the needs of his members.
Zhang mentioned that oftentimes, church pastors have ignored upgrading their own biblical knowledge. However, such ignorance would tremendously compromise pastors' role of accurately and effectively spreading God's word to his members.
Zhang also brought forth the fact that church's insensitivity to God's word would lead to an unhealthy state of church's growth. Once the church becomes tired of God's word, it would possibly focus heavily on peripheral functions such as entertaining activities to prevent its members from leaving. However, all these unhealthy emphases would not quench the true spiritual thirst of its members.
As such, pastors should undergo systematic and life-long biblical training. Zhang said that." Submission to service is submission to learning; Call to pastor is call to learning. Pastors must commit themselves in learning in order to better fulfill their role of pastoring."
The author reveals that lack of emphasis on biblical training has lead to the situation of which church leaders are in fact incapable of teaching his members. Many of them still believe that those who serve in church do not necessarily need to possess much caliber or biblical training.
In fact, every professional field needs professionals. Doctors and lawyers must have relevant certification and many years of professional experience. Similarly, pastors must also invest more energy and resources in order to fulfill such a complicated role.
Zhang quoted Martin Luther's words as a warning, " You should escape the pastoral role as much as avoiding the fire from hell." The role of a pastor is extremely dangerous as in his preachings to the congregation would be judged by God. One should not become a pastor without such realization.
3. A pastor should live up to the expectation as a role model to the rest, as requested by the Bible.
"Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil." (1 Timothy 3:2-7) As mentioned in the verse, a pastor should live up to the expectation as a role model in various aspects of his life.
Some pastors tend to possess such weakness: they like to speak forth truth without living it out. Some even start to lose their initial fear towards God after serving for some time. Their delight in leadership gradually removes their compassion and burden towards their members. Especially as their salary and working package gets better, their job seems more manageable and relaxing as well. Therefore, Zhang reminds all pastors to be more aware of the tendency of falling into wrongful temptations or comfort zone as their church sizes get expanded and care for one's personal fame become bloated up. As they lose their effectiveness in role modeling, pastors would possibly comprise their true value in church.
-Translated By: Maggie Li
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Wuxi Church held a training session on the identification of demon-possession and psychosis for its visitation ministry on October 12, 2017.
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text: The Indian Air Force has launched a sequel to its award-winning 3D mobile air combat game "Guardians of the Skies" on the android, iOS and Windows mobile app stores. The game puts players into a simulated world where they are IAF pilots and battle with a fictitious country called Zaruzia. IAF chief Arup Raha said they launched the games to attract talented youth to join the armed forces, particularly the Air Force, that is a challenging profession. The first phase of the game was released in July and received an enthusiastic response from gamers age 15 to 25. The game was praised for its realistic graphics and won the 'Best India Game' award from Microsoft, proving its popularity among gamers, with over a million downloads to date. The IAF hopes the phase two release will propel the game to greater stature and achieve downloads in excess of five million by end 2015.


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Winter break camps are a great way to keep your child entertained and engaged during the December school break. Kids have the opportunity to learn new skills and have fun whilst making new friends. WTM rounds up the many camps on offer this season.
Children's House Montessori Nursery School
Date: December 18-29, 9am-1pm
Outdoor fun, cooking, games, arts and more for kids ages two-six. It is priced at BD50 a week or BD12 a day, with a minimum of three days.
Call 17 699-844.
Date: December 18-29, 10.30am-2pm in Riffa and 9.30am-1pm in Janabiyah
Life-Fit will host a fun sports camp at Riffa Views International School for BD127.500 as well as at its premises in Janabiyah for BD100 for all 10 days.
Call 17 692-424.
Bahrain Rugby Football Club
Date: December 18-21, 9am-1pm
A variety of sports in the heated swimming pool, outdoor pitches and hall will be offered to kids four and above for BD55 for members and BD70 for non-members.
Call 17 695-809.
Early Learner's Nursery
Date: December 18-29, 8am-noon
Kids ages two-four can learn Christmas crafts, baking, dancing and more for BD12 per day or BD95 for the entire duration of the camp.
Call 39 380-018.
Little Princess
Date: December 18-22, 11-2am
Girls aged three-13 will have a ball of a time singing, dancing, participating in a fashion show and enjoying snacks for BD10 a day.
Call 17 564-585.
Play Bahrain
Date: December 18-22 and December 26-29, 9am-1pm
Cooking, sports, games and arts will make the winter break a memorable one for children aged three-12. It is priced at BD15 per day.
Call 17 564-900.
Date: December 18-29, 9am-noon
A dino camp will teach little ones everything about prehistoric beasts and a travel camp will showcase the culture, language and heritage of different countries for BD60 per week.
Call 17 651-717.
The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain
Date: December 17-January 13, 9am-6pm
A daily-changing activity schedule designed for different age groups will be available for BD265 for two weeks for non-members, BD200 for two weeks for Gold RBC members and complimentary for hotel guests.
Call 17 586-612.
Bahrain Ballet Centre
Date: December 18-22, 10am-3.45pm
Various classes from Greek dance to ballet, tap, modern and mums and tots, ranging across all five days.
Call 33 719-180.
Bright Beginnings
Date: December 20-29, 8.30am-1pm
Tots as young as three months of age can learn about sensory play, dancing, singing and Zumba for BD10 a day.
Call 17 710-405.
Craft Zania
Date: December 18-29, 9am-1pm
Indulge your little ones aged five-10 in arts, crafts and sports for BD15 a day, BD50 for one week or BD90 for two weeks.
Call 17 442-434.
My Gym
Date: December 20-29, 9am-1pm
Kids ages three-nine can get fit while having fun with gymnastics. It is priced at BD10 for members and BD13 for non-members.
Call 17 566-566.
Smart Kids Academy
Date: December 18-29, 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm
Tots to teens can have fun learning arts, music and dance while standing a chance to win prizes. It is priced at BD50 per child.
Call 33 433-595.
Little Village
Date: December 18-29, 8.30am- noon
Field trips, pottery painting and music await kids two-12 for BD50 per week.
Call 17 322-570.
Date: December 18-29, 8am-1pm
Activities include aqua aerobics, water polo, water safety and survival guidelines workshop in a heated indoor pool. It is open to kids aged five-15 for BD40 per week or BD12 per day.
Call 33 330-805.
My Little World
Date: December 17-28, 5.30pm-7.30pm
Arts, crafts, cooking, sports, acting and movie screenings for girls ages five-10 and boys ages five-eight.
Call 77 366-677.
The Country Club
Date: December 18-21, 9am-1pm
A tennis tournament, baseball coaching and plenty of activities are on offer inclusive of lunch for BD85 for all days or BD25 per day.
Call 17 593-593.


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When young London-based singer/songwriter Hope sings her songs, you hear a wealth of life experience far beyond her years.
Accumulating over 5 million hits and 30k subscribers on her Youtube channel, Hope's voice is heard by people all over the world and her songs pull on your heart strings. Her acoustic cover of Dusty Springfield's 'I Only Want To Be With You' was used for the 2016 Dog's Trust #SpecialSomeone ad campaign, aired on prime time ITV throughout the year. She has release 2 highly successful acoustic EPs in both 2014 & 15, 'Optimist EP' reaching #8 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Charts.
"The next Adele?" – Mike Naylor (BBC Three Counties Radio)
"She's unbelievable" – Roberto Perrone (BBC Three Counties Radio)
Founder & CEO of Jacket Records, Jack 'Jacket' Hobbs began as an artist himself.
Having self released two EPs and an album back in 2010, Jack has since re-directed his aims to help other great musical talents achieve their dreams. Jacket Records was born to achieve this.
Jack is currently working on his next EP.


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Collette presents an innovative collection of bold constructed perspex jewellery along side her dynamic and graphic scarf collection.
The perspex jewellery takes the form of strong 3-dimensional necklaces and bracelets of slotted perspex shapes, which are complemented with graphic brooches and earrings. The bold necklaces are softened with an abundance of curved edges and neatly knotted cords, giving a gently tribal yet highly refined couture finish.
The scarf collection is developed from an innovative technique to fuse wool and latex, combining the bounce and movement of latex with the tactility of wool. The result is a unique textile that lends itself to distinctly ornate, yet minimal scarves. They are a hybrid between a scarf and a piece of jewellery.


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Mobile marketing is proving itself to be the most advantageous method of promoting your products or services to a vast number of people, many of whom may not be accessible through another means. Today, most people have a mobile device, which may include a smart phone, tablet or similar gear.
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QR codes are being used more and more on advertisements to appeal to the smartphone-using audience. This will make it simple for people that have smartphones to access your site and any special offers you may have. You could include QR codes on your business cards, flyers or magazine ads. Someone may want to know more about your products, but can't easily remember your website; QR codes solve this problem.
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A LAST minute penalty from Ben Carson helped Meadow sink 10-man Bankies and considerably boost their promotion hopes.
Home player/boss Kieran McAnespie, helped create Bankies' first chance. His corner-kick was met by towering Jamie Lyden, but the defender's thumping header was well wide of target.
On the half hour. Meadow should have opened the scoring when Jaret Willet found Ben Black unmarked at the back post, but Lumsden was equal to his well struck effort.
The pair combined again moments later when the former slipped the ball through to the latter, but Black's shot flew narrowly wide of Lumsden's right hand post
McAnespie had the first effort of the second half, too - forcing Meadow stopper Newman into action to tip his rasping drive over the bar.
In a fairly quiet second half, Lumsden was called into action midway through the second period, racing out well to block Willet's shot as the striker raced through one on one with the young goalkeeper.
Five minutes later, Bankies were reduced to 10 men men after Barclay picked up his fourth red card in 50 matches for the club after scything down Meadow midfielder Stuart Hannah in the middle of the park.
And as the clock struck 90 minutes, Graham Muir's cross from the right struck the arm of Andy Paterson, with referee Jordan Paterson pointing straight to the spot. Carson stepped up and sent Lumsden the wrong way as the visitors left Holm Park with all three points.
IRVINE MEADOW: Newman; McLennan, McCrea, Strachan, Begley, Carson Muir, Hannah, Cripps, Willet, Black. Subs: Young, Murray, Browning, Wells, Barbour.


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Have you ever felt like the controller for the PlayStation 4 might be a little too big for your hands? Perhaps you may have a younger sibling or maybe your kids who want to join in for some couch co-op but the controller is a too large for them? Or maybe …Read More »
Custom & Repacked PKG Installation on 4.55FW Retail PS4
Today, developer 'flat z' took to YouTube to show off his most recent discovery. Down below he shows off how to launch the *Debug Settings menu. You'll then have access to the package installer. I decided to add his description from the original video that we have posted below so …Read More »
Review: The Solus Project for PS4 and PSVR
Today's review comes straight to us from Teotl Studios and Grip Digital, their newest release The Solus Project (PS4/PSVR $19.99). The game is for the PlayStation 4 and PSVR so that means that this game is right up my alley. Does this mysterious first-person adventure game satisfy in PSVR or …Read More »
Review: Time Recoil for XBOX and PS4
What originally started out as a Steam Greenlight game that we reported on some months back is now a full-fledged game on not just Steam, but the PS4 and XBOX One as well! Time Recoil ($13.99, 10Tons Ltd.) has come a long way since it first was announced. So does this …Read More »
Review: The Lost Bear for PSVR
The teams Fabrik Games and OddBug Studio have a new game on their hands; The Lost Bear (PSVR,$12.99). They reached out to me as I review a lot of PSVR games for our site and asked if I would take a look at theirs as well. Naturally, I obliged and …Read More »
Road Rage is coming to the PS4, Xbox One, & PC this October
When there's no law to obey, there's no law to break. Lead the most insane outlaw motorcycle gang in town as you race, fight, and hustle towards the top. Your only option is to keep going, stick with your motorcycle, and stay alive. Road Rage is an over-the-top motorcycle action …Read More »
PS4: Backup loading and Homebrew finally possible!
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Review: Dino Frontier for PSVR
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Review: Warriors All-Stars for the PS4
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A Hat in Time is getting ready for a October release
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School holidays: teaching kids to appreciate art?
Winter school break is almost here and most of the families are looking forward to spending some nice time together. There will be hours and days for simple talks, nice walks outside and big family reunions. Having all other opportunities, spending time in art museums is rarely an exciting alternative. Parents often steer clear of museums for fear that kids will be bored or disruptive. However, it is possible to make a visit to art museum a fun trip. Here, we collected tips on how to prepare for a day of art appreciation.
Start with yourself.
If you are not an artist, keep in mind that art is not just an art history. To appreciate art is a skill to see a beauty in little things: a corner of the building, a thick layer of cream on a birthday cream, a combination of colors on advertising etc. As simple as that. It starts with noticing, feeling, exploring things and learning a wide variety of art forms and shapes.
Learn about visual development in children.
- Babies see in black, white, and gray for the first 4 months of their lives. This is a good time to explore black and white paintings (from Hokusai to Velasquez to Roy Lichtenstein), look at black and white patterns in nature (the shadows a tree branch will throw across a sidewalk), view Ansel Adams photographs.
- Toddlers like to experience visual things, so make sure to experience art as play.Start by showing your children sculptures of people or geometric shapes and engage them by examining the statue from different sides, angles, and levels. Encourage observational, language, and vocabulary skills by playing a game 'I see ____' and finish each other's sentences. Talk about what the statue is doing and why, what expression and feeling it's conveying, and what shapes and materials the artist used. At home, play with clay, and learn about sculpture by creating one. Provide as much color as possible in their lives. Play together with blocks, creating astounding architecture. Play together with paints – copying Van Gogh's Starry Night and then looking out at a clear, starry night yourselves. Draw correlations between art and real life – not only Starry Night, but Warhol's soup cans, Monet's water lilies, the folds of cloth in statues and the folds of cloth in their beach towel.
- Preschoolers are excited by bright colors. Find artists kids can imitate on paper, like Pollack, Miro, and Kandinsky, or find paintings with scenes that kids can create stories around, such as ones by Matisse, Gauguin, and Van Gogh. Make up a story together. Look at your favorite pieces of art and talk about why you love them. Ask your kids to pose like the people in the paintings or sculptures do. Question why you like some art, and not others. Laugh at crazy expressions in faces, be soothed by calm waters.
- With school age kids look at art that was made to tell visual stories, such as tapestries, murals, stained glass, or mosaics. Engage them by asking what story they think the artist was trying to tell and what different elements in the picture (flowers, animals) might symbolize. Compare their story with the work's 'official' story. It helps to understand how to read symbols and interpret all the visual stimuli we see in our society.
- Make big kids seek out portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. This is the time to introduce them to the masters, such as Leonardo da Vinci. Have mini scavenger hunts and get kids to look for items, shapes, or lines in a specific picture. Encourage children to view the same work from different parts of the gallery and to consider their surroundings: is the gallery brightly lit or dark? Why is a piece of art displayed in a particular way? How are other people in the room reacting to it? It teaches them to be sensitive observers.
Prepare the visit.
Before even going to the museum, spend some time and find information and visuals about collection online. Share and discuss with kids what they would like to see. Consulting the kids to find out what they are most interested in seeing at a museum will improve your chances of having a successful visit.
Stay focused and have plan 'B'.
Try to focus on two or three exhibits and spend one-three hours in the museum (depending on kids age). There is no point in trying to see as much as possible until everyone drops – this is supposed to be fun not an endurance contest. Determine which exhibits the kids are most interested in and head there first in order to reduce the risk of disappointment if the visit has to be cut short. Having a plan 'B' helps to be flexible as well and accommodate unplanned situations (moods, crowded spots etc).
Present it as a game.
Many art museums have programs for kids – from seak and find quests to scheduled classes. Provide drawing supplies for your kids, and encourage them to find their favorite paintings, sit, and copy something about them that they love. Play in the children's areas – there's so much to learn and explore there. If they don't want to sit still, that's ok! Make circles, finding your favorite art, or looking for 10 green eyes, or 3 huge waves, fireworks, or a walking stick. Art is fun!
Close the loop.
Leaving the museum, buy postcards in the museum gift shop of their favorite paintings, and be sure to make them visible at home – on the fridge, or tacked to a wall by their desk.
Consider different art spaces.
Public art, especially free galleries, local art stores, street art, sculpture gardens and environmental installations are an ideal way for kids to experience local art and its different forms and perspectives on a variety of subjects.
Engage with art every day.
Look for art and symbols in everyday life. Point out church windows, subway mosaics, stop signs, and store windows, and discuss what the colors, shapes, and images tell us. Encourage your kids to draw their own versions of symbols they see around them or to use cut-up bits of paper to create their own mosaics. Better still, encourage your child to create a story by drawing, cutting, and gluing pictures and then have you guess what the story is.
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Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog! It's really been a while since I've posted and due to some unforeseen circumstances I've been away longer than I'd have liked. However, during this rather vacant period I have been over to Spain which means I have another travel post for you all! *envisions huge applause*
Continue reading "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plane."
Hey everyone, I'm back as promised with this weeks post which is part two from the cruise, Italy! If you haven't read part one and would like to then just click here. I love Italy and have previously had the opportunity to visit Rome, Venice, Verona and a small part of Turin (after getting severely lost up a mountain in the car), it was so nice to be able to see more of this beautiful country. We traveled up the west coast from Civitavecchia (try and say that after a few drinks), up to La Spezia and then making a final stop in Savona.
Continue reading "Cruisin' – Part two // Italy."


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Natalise is an American singer-songwriter. Natalise has been featured on television networks such as the WB, UPN, CBS, ABC, and MTV. She is also known for her appearances in the New York Times, Blender, and Maxim.
Natalise's first single "Love Goes On" from the album Forever Now was made popular when it aired on San Francisco's KYLD, Wild 94.9. Her subsequent singles "Wonderful" and "Enough" also received airplay on San Francisco's pop/adult AC station Alice 97.3. Natalise's second album I Came to Play received awards for Best Dance CD, Best Produced, Best Video by a Female, and Best Dance Song by Muse's Muse. Natalise was also voted "Girlfriend of the Day" in August 2008 by Maxim and "Video of the Week" by Blender.com. Many of Natalise's songs, including "The Hotness" and "I Came to Play" were heard on various MTV programs, such as "Yo Momma," "My Super Sweet Sixteen," and "Next." She was also heard on "Degrassi: The Next Generation."
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West Ham United plan Slaven Bilic talks before the World Cup qualifier with England
West Ham United hope to speak with Slaven Bilic, the Croatia manager, before the World Cup qualifier with England on Wednesday as they move closer to appointing a new head coach.
Mike Lee, a West Ham director, confirmed that four names remain in the frame to replace Alan Curbishley as manager, with Bilic, Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Donadoni and Michael Laudrup all strong cotenders.
Reports have suggested Bilic would consider taking the West Ham job should he be allowed to continue his work with the Croatian national team until January. However, Lee says the club would not wait until then before naming their manager, but did hint that Bilic may be alloweds to continue as Croatia coach on a part-time basis for the World Cup qualifiers…


text: NORTHUMBERLAND - A national survey of employers offers hope to local job seekers that they'll find work early in the new year.<p/> According to a research report prepared by Manpower Group, three per cent of employers in Northumberland County plan to hire in the first quarter of 2013, "while none anticipate cutbacks," said Debbie Hilts, manager of the staffing agency's Pickering office.<p/> The news gets even better when seasonal variations -- fluctuations in employment that normally occur the same time each year -- are removed from the data.<p/> The "net employment outlook" for the first three months is 12 per cent, a figure derived by taking the percentage of employers anticipating an increase in hiring activity and subtracting the percentage of employers who expect to see a decrease in employment at their location.<p/> That's twice as good as the previous quarterly outlook and a jump of 16 percentage points from a year ago, "indicating a hopeful hiring pace for the upcoming months," Ms. Hilts said in a news release.<p/> Dan Borowec, director of economic development and tourism for Northumberland County, is even more enthusiastic about local job prospects.<p/> "I do think the outlook is positive -- very, very positive," he said, but he held off making further comment until a draft form of a workforce labour analysis the County has been working on is completed.<p/> "One of the things that drives economic activity for us is to get a clearer picture of what our labour force demand is, what we have and what we need, " Mr. Borowec said. "That, combined with some skilled training initiatives, could make a huge difference for Northumberland." <p/> Manpower's vice president of operations, Byrne Luft, said the "hiring climate" is hopeful for all regions except Quebec from January through March.<p/> "With regional outlooks experiencing slight increases compared to the previous quarter, job seekers should maintain confidence in the labour market as employers throughout Canada anticipate the hiring pace will remain steady through the winter," he said. "Most of the new jobs created in Canada this year have been full-time positions. This continuation of the trend toward full-time employment is an encouraging sign."<p/> Data for the survey was collected in interviews with a representative sample of more than 1,900 employers across the country in 10 industry sectors: construction, education, finance, insurance and real estate, manufacturing durable, manufacturing non-durable, public administration, transportation and public utilities, and wholesale and retail trade.<p/> Nationally, all 10 industry sectors "expect positive hiring activity through the first three months of the year," according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, with employers in transportation and public utilities leading the way.<p/> The survey participants were only asked if they anticipated a change in total employment at their location to the end of March compared to the current quarter.<p/> They weren't asked for further details, such as the projected number of new workers if employers said they planned to add staff, John Scettino, a spokesman for Manpower, said.<p/> "It's really painting a picture" of what the job market is in each region, and "what's the mood in that market," he said.<p/> The data was compiled six to eight weeks in advance of the Dec. 11 news release.