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Website illustration by Peter Gurry. Unsplash

Welcome to Our Brand New Website


With this new website, we plan to tell the story of how we got the Bible for those at all levels of understanding.

Peter J. Gurry, John D. Meade

October 21, 2021


Illustration by Josh Koch from the KJV frontispiece. Wikimedia Commons

Borrowing from the KJV Bank and Trust


We must steward and protect the trust people have in prominent Bible translations.

Mark Ward

October 17, 2021


Portraits of the four evangelists from GA 773 (10th c.)

Portraits of the four evangelists from GA 773 (10th c.)

Why There Are Just Four Gospels in the Bible


Despite tales of conspiracy, there are good historical and theological reasons why the Church recognized four—and only four—Gospels.

C. E. Hill

October 17, 2021


An illustration of Jerome and Augustine

Paintings of Jerome and Augustine. Illustration by Peter Gurry and Josh Koch.

Why Are Protestant and Catholic Bibles Different?


Knowledge of the Bible’s history clears away the caricatures and misinformation swirling around this common question.

John D. Meade

October 14, 2021


Painting of St. Peter by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni

How 2 Peter Made It into the Bible


The story of how the most doubted book in the New Testament was recognized as canonical

Darian R. Lockett

October 13, 2021


An illustration of a brain against a green background with KJV text behind it

Illustrations by Peter Gurry. Photos from iStock and Insight of the King

How You Can Know We Have the Right Books in the Bible


Any study of the canon must eventually ask how Christians know which books belong and which don’t.

Michael J. Kruger

October 8, 2021


The word ‘variants’ spelled in metal printer’s type

Illustration by Peter Gurry. Image from 123rf.com

Two Reasons There Are Variants in Our Copies of the Bible


For historical and theological reasons, we shouldn’t be surprised that the Bible’s manuscripts have differences.

Peter J. Gurry

October 1, 2021


Illustration of a Dead Sea Scroll on a phone

A Dead Sea Scroll on an smart phone. ABC News

The Bible Jesus Read


The Bible of Jesus’ day was not too different from the list of English translations available on your phone’s Bible app.

John D. Meade

September 30, 2021


Stylized image of the Council of Nicaea

Illustration by Josh Koch from a fresco of the Council of Nicaea in the Basilica of St. Nicholas.

Did Nicaea Really Create the Bible?


Debunking the popular myth that a Roman emperor and a fourth-century church council decided the canon

John D. Meade

August 4, 2021


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