A quick Note in regards to a Comment on the Last Post

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge, Proverbs 19:27.

In response to Nick: I utilize the Oxford English Dictionary (Unabridged) when studying an English word. My first action is to study the word in its context wherever I find it in the King James Bible. I then study each of the definitions carefully laid out in the OED. They are categorized by century. I can go back sometimes over a millennium and see the evolution of a word, samples for how it was used in each century.

From that rich trove of historical and linguistic research I can pinpoint what the King James translators were thinking as they were able to read Greek and Hebrew as easily as they could read in their own tongue. The word "single did not mean generous in the Early Modern English in which our bible is written, nor at any time in the English Language has "single" ever meant generous.

Nick's contention is that readers of the King James Bible are often mislead by words whose meanings have changed over 400 years. I am sure that he is partially correct. That is one of the purposes of this blog.

Throughout the 20th century and into this century, pastors have given up training people to read the King James Bible. This has been a disaster for the English Speaking world in regards to bible understanding. It is the same process used in secular education in which modern educators have quit the tried and true methods of teaching mathematic, reading, civic, and science lessons, and have substituted new watered down curricula.

Millennials became progressively more ignorant and the so called Generation Z are particularly ignorant in almost every discipline needed for civic engagement and in understanding the true nature of the world.

This blog seeks to undo damage that has resulted from pastors failing to teach their people how to read the greatest foundational document of English-Speaking civilization.