(revised 08/02/17)
I stand strongly for the King James Bible. Although technically I am Textus Receptus-King James Bible only, not King James only – there is a difference. I hold the TR-KJB only position of Bro. David Cloud; here Bro. Cloud explains his position.
Following is a brief definition of the TR-KJB only position:
I believe that the only authoritative, preserved source text of God’s Word is the Textus Receptus New Testament and the Masoretic Old Testament. In the English speaking world, the King James Bible is the TR-MT translation which I accept as authoritative. In other languages of the world, translations directly from the TR New Testament and Masoretic Old Testament are acceptable. (King James only people – i.e. followers of Peter Ruckman – believe that users of every language of the world should learn English and use the King James Bible.)
From this point on, I will use the term KJV-only since it is more common (although I prefer the term KJB-only).
In this blog, I am using the term KJV-only in a more general sense, for all English speakers who use the King James Bible exclusively. (That is, TR-KJ followers as well as KJ-only adherents.)
Concerning the KJV, in the past I have recommended a fundamentalist school which I thought was still KJV-only, namely Bob Jones University. I have since pulled my blog recommending BJU. Turns out BJU is no longer KJV-only.
And BJU is not the only fundamentalist school which has stopped exclusively using the KJV. Check out the following excerpt from Bro. Cloud, found here:
If it is wrong for Pensacola Christian College, Heritage Baptist University, Maranatha Baptist Bible College [no longer TR-KJ only – see the “Versions” section at https://www.mbu.edu/about/statement-of-faith/ – DM 08/02/17] , Landmark Baptist College, Fairhaven Baptist College, the Dean Burgon Society, etc. to preach on this issue and to issue warnings, why is [sic] not also wrong for Bob Jones University, Northland, Clearwater, Detroit, the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship, etc., to preach what they believe on the issue and to issue warnings? [The first listing, in green, still holds to the KJV; the second listing, in red, is no longer KJV-only.]
I found a more detailed discussion and listing of BIble schools (on both sides of the KJV issue) here. I am providing a lengthy excerpt below:
1 Access the web-sites below (the ones available) that were selected in alphabetical order (there are many more…) in the USA. They are Seminaries and Bible Colleges which are faithful to the King James Bible: Some, also, have courses by correspondence (see “Independent Baptist Bible College” and “Internet Bible Institute” below). Note the absence of the schools recognized by Regular Baptists, for the ones officially approved by GARBC have already slipped into apostasy about the issue of bibliology. It is more than proved that is the first step to fall into Neo-Evangelicalism, being only a matter of time the fall into total apostasy. These heresies begin inside the Unfaithful Seminaries and Colleges, for when they fly with their own wings, connected with the denominational machine, they become the source of heresies, apostasies that destroy fundamentalism. Notice, therefore, in alphabetical order, only 18 schools below, which represent the faithful remnant (there are more…):
BIBLE BAPTIST INSTITUTE 1618 Womrath Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124. (215) 288 5667
Pr. Victor M. Rivera / Pr. David Peterman, Sr., Director.
BLESSED HOPE BAPTIST COLLEGE 5386 Hwy. 67 South, Benton, Arkansas 72015, voice: 501 – 315 5005 Dr. Ken Graham
CAROLINA BAPTIST COLLEGE 116 S. Franklin St., Reidsville, NC 27320. (336) 634 1345
Dr. Jerry L. Carter, Pastor and President.
CROWN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE 1700 Beaver Creek Drive, Powell, TN 37849. http://www.go4thecrown.com (web site). Dr. Clarence Sexton, President.
EMMANUEL BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Emmanuel Baptist Church, 296 New Britain Ave., Newington, CT 06111. 860-666-1055 (voice), 860-666-0146 (fax), http://www.emmanuel-newington.org (web site). Dr. J. Michael Bates, Pastor/President; Dr. Thomas Strouse, Dean.
FAIRHAVEN BAPTIST COLLEGE Fairhaven Baptist Church, 86 E. Oak Hill Road, Chesterton, IN 46304. 800-733-3422, 219-926-6636 (voice), 219-926-1111 (fax), http://www.fairhavenbaptist.org (web site), Fairhaven@CleanInter.net (e-mail). Roger Voegtlin, Pastor/President.
FAITH BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE Faith Baptist Church, Rt. 1 Box 464, Horsecreek Rd., Seneca, PA 16346. 814-677-5172 (voice), http://www.csonline.net/fbbc (web site), fbbc@csonline.net (e-mail). Larry Williams, Pastor/President.
FAITHWAY BAPTIST COLLEGE OF CANADA Faithway Baptist Church, 1964 Salem Rd., Ajax, Ontario L1S 4S7. 905-686-0951 (voice), 905-686-1450 (fax), faithway@faithway.org (e-mail), http://www.faithway.org (web site). Gregory Baker, Pastor and President. Extension graduate studies available.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST COLLEGE 1150 SR 144, Mooresville, Indiana 46158. voice: (317) 834 2170
Dr. Everett Barnard, President.
FOUNDATIONS BIBLE COLLEGE PO Box 1166, Dunn, NC 28335-1166. Phone (910) 892-8761, web site http://www.foundations.edu. Dr. H. T. Spence, President.
GULF COAST BIBLE INSTITUTE Post Office Box 1451, Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32549
Dr. M. H. Tabb, President and Founder.
HERITAGE BAPTIST UNIVERSITY AND SEMINARY 1301 W. County Line Rd., Greenwood, IN 46142. 317-882-2327 (voice), russjr2@hotmail.com (e-mail). Russell Dennis Jr., President.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE Independent Baptist Church, 9255 Piscataway Rd., P.O. Box 206, Clinton, MD 20735. 301-856-1616 (voice) Pastor Mike Creed. Extension training via the Internet.
INTERNET BIBLE INSTITUTE Mainville Baptist Church, 57 E. Foster-Maineville Rd., Maineville, OH 45039. drsteve@iglou.com (e-mail), http://www.biblebelievers.com/MBC1.html (web site). Pastor Steve Hammon. A two-year extension program.
LANDMARK BAPTIST COLLEGE AND SEMINARY Landmark Baptist Church, 2222 East Hinson Ave., Haines City, FL 33844. 800-700-5322, 941-421-2937 (voice), 941-422-0188 (fax). http://landmarkbaptistchurch.org (web site), LBCDOS@juno.com (e-mail). Dr. Mickey Carter, Pastor/President. Extension training also available.
MARYLAND BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE Maranatha Baptist Church, P.O. Box 246, 4131 Old Neck Elk Road, Elkton, MD 21922. 800-226-0869 (voice), 410-398-6667 (voice), http://www.findchurch.com/maranathabc/marylandbc.htm (web site). Dr. Allen Dickerson, Pastor. Dr. Robert Hitchens, President. Extension courses available.
PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AND SEMINARY 25 Brent Lane, Box 18000, Pensacola, FL 32523-9160. 877-787-4723 (voice), 850-479-6548 (fax), 850-478-8496 (voice), pts-grad@pcci.edu (e-mail), http://www.pcci.edu/pts (web site). Arlin Horton, President. Dr. Dell Johnson, Dean of seminary.
TABERNACLE BAPTIST COLLEGE 3931 White Horse Road Greenville, SC 29611-5599 phone: (864) 269-2760, e-mail: college@tabernacleministries.org. President: W. Melvin Aiken, D.D., D.R. Ed.
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NOTE – Here are articles about additional schools, associations and individuals I have found which still support the KJV ala the “Textus Receptus only” view:
Bible for Today’s author listing
Conservative Holiness schools and ministries – Most if not all of these are KJV/TR-only.
Far Eastern Bible College (FEBC) article defending the TR-only view
Lighthouse Trails list: “Colleges That are Not Promoting Contemplative/ Emerging and Do Not Have a Spiritual Formation Program” – Note – these may or MAY NOT be KJV/TR only. I need to go through the list and examine each school’s website.
Trinitarian Bible Society’s website
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Now back to excerpts from “the Brazilian article”:
Attention: The American Schools and Seminaries cited below, ARE NOT RECOMMENDED because adopted or changed to the heretic position ( or eclectic – doesn’t matter) in relation to the text of the Bible:
If a missionary that you know in Brazil, fundamentalist friend, doesn’t use only the Bible Almeida Corrigida e Fiel (and King James Version in English) and came from one of these schools, now you know why!
NOT RECOMMENDED:
Bob Jones University – Greenville, SC
Note: All this is also valid for the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship (FBF), institution dominated by Bob Jones University.
1. They sell the corrupt Bible NASB in the University bookstore.
2. Produced a despicable book called “The Mind of Man”, conceived inside the president’s office of Bob Jones University, mocking the King James Bible, which was once defended.
3. They put in the front cover of this despicable book (making a clear advertisement), a picture of the corrupted Revised Standard Version, a scandal of Bible which copyright is owned by the apostate National Council of Churches! What a shameful disaster!
4. Bob Jones IV (son of the current president) went to study in Notre Dame, a Catholic University!
Below is what Dr. Bob Jones III forgot about his grandfather:
The following is from The Sword Scrapbook, Sword of the Lord Publishers, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1969:
“The King James Version is, after all, the best translation we have ever had. The very words of the Bible in the original languages were inspired of the Holy Ghost. That is what the Bible claims for itself; and that is what the born-again, Bible-believing Christians believe about the Bible. We are to search the Scriptures as our Lord commanded us; but, remember, there is a curse to those that add to the Word or take away from the Word. The hottest place in Hell will be reserved for these modernistic conspirators who, in a subtle, pious way, are trying to steal the faith of humble Christians in the Word of God. Remember, you do not have to be a scholar. You do not have to be a great authority on languages. You do not have to be a great literary genius. Remember this: any man who wonders if the Bible is the Word of God has not been born again. All born again Christians believe the Word and love the Word.” —
Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.
[see also this article critiquing BJU]
Calvary Baptist Seminary – Lansdale, PA
Central Baptist Seminary – Plymouth, MN
Cedarville College – Cedarville, OH (fell into neo evangelicalism – they had even jazz-concert on campus!)
Clearwater Christian College – Clearwater, FL
Detroit Baptist Bible Seminary – Detroit, MI
Faith Baptist Bible College – Ankeny, IA ( sell the corrupt NIV Bible in the College bookstore)
Maranatha Baptist Bible College – Watertown, WI
Moody Bible Institute – Chicago, Il
Northland Baptist Bible College – Dunbar, WI
Western Baptist College – Salem, OR
(fell into neo-evangelicalism: Had drums and had female students using shorts in Chapel! Maybe that’s the reason why an ABWE missionary, that promotes this institution, advertises the apostate ministry of Willow Creek and doesn’t bother with the corrupt Atualizada Bible nor the NVI.)
Wheaton College – Wheaton, Il (fell into neo-evangelicalism since 1960’s)
A few updates:
1. Bob Jones IV did attend Notre Dame, but his father is no longer the president of Bob Jones University. Dr. Bob Jones III is now the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and his second son, Stephen, is now president of the university. http://www.bju.edu/about-bju/administration/
2. Emmanuel Baptist Theological Seminary is no longer active. Neither Dr. Bates nor Dr. Strouse are at Emmanuel. Cary Schmidt is now the pastor at Emmanuel, and the church website is at http://ebcnewington.com/
Dr. Strouse has started a new church, Bible Baptist Church of Cromwell, CT — http://bbc-cromwell.org/ — and he has Bible Baptist Theological Seminary through that ministry now.
Thanks for the updates, Michael. God bless you!
FYI – Canadian Baptist Bible College is also a faithful, conservative school.
Thanks for the info, TP. I found their Statement of a Faith, which does indeed state specifically that they follow the King James Bible: http://www.canadianbaptistbiblecollege.com/about-us/statement-of-faith/ God bless you – Dave
OK. The KJV is the most faithful. But the savior’s name wasn’t Jesus, a latin derivative, rather it is Yahoshua, an Hebrew name meaning “THE SON of YHWH, the creator, the one who was and is and ever shall be, YHWH is salvation”. Thus, whoever calls upon this Name shall be saved. Why change God’s name? JESUS has no meaning because our language doesn’t ascribe meaning to people’s names.
Thanks Greg for the info. Another thought: seems to me that the phrase “LORD Jesus Christ” can refer to Yahweh, Christ’s humanity, and Christ’s divinity. So we give Christ the most reverence when we use the full phrase (all three names) in addressing Him. God bless you – Dave
An independent Baptist Missionary (24 years in Romania) has posted a site “The Layman’s Biblical Handbook.” More than 200 doctrines at http://www.thelaymansbiblicalhandbook.com/
G. M. Matheny
Great to meet you, G.M. Thank you for posting your link – very helpful articles and Amazon publications. I see you provided a link to Independent Baptist missionary David Cloud’s Bible version articles in your article here: http://www.thelaymansbiblicalhandbook.com/preservation.html I appreciate David Cloud’s writings and agree with most of his doctrinal positions. Well that’s it for now – may God bless and strengthen you in your missionary work in Romania – Dave
Maranatha is listed as a KJV college, but it is on your list of “not recommended.” Would you elaborate, please?
Good catch, Jesicca. I found the current position of the school, under the “Version” section at this link: https://www.mbu.edu/about/statement-of-faith/ According to this statement, I am removing Maranatha Baptist Bible College from the “Recommended” section of my blog, since the “Recommended” section is listing “King James/Textus Receptus only” schools.
Note – personally, I do use other Bible versions, but only as commentary-type study materials. I consider the King James version as my authority in the English language, and memorize only from the KJV. But I do currently attend a church which uses other Bible versions. As such, I tolerate people who use other Bible versions – but I always take my trusty old KJV Bible to church with me 🙂 God bless you – Dave