In the last 100 years, more than 200 different versions of the Bible have been published and that number is growing daily.
But there are some people who believe that the King James Version of the Bible is the only Bible available today in English that contains the whole Word of God.
At Way of Life Literature, we, too, stand behind the King James Version of the Bible and we have produced many books and videotapes that examine the issues surrounding the Bible version debate. Please take a few minutes to examine our materials. The Bible you use does make a difference.
This book answers 30 of the most popular of these myths, including the following: “King James Onlyism” was invented by a Seventh-day Adventist; there are no doctrinal differences between the modern versions and the KJV; Fundamentalists did not defend the KJV before the 1970s; the KJV been updated in thousands of places; King James I was a homosexual; the KJV translators said all versions are good; the King James Bible is too difficult to understand; Erasmus was a Roman Catholic humanist; Erasmus’ Greek New Testament was hastily done and filled with errors; Erasmus used a mere handful of Greek manuscripts; modern textual criticism is a legitimate science; the difference between the Greek Received Text and the Westcott-Hort text is small and insignificant; Westcott and Hort were theologically sound; Erasmus promised to insert the Johannine Comma if a Greek manuscript was produced and challenged Edward Lee to find a manuscript that included this passage; it is w6rong to paint the entire field of modern textual criticism with the brush of skepticism, seeing that there are also Bible-believing men such as A.T. Robinson and B.B. Warfield in this arena; it doesn't matter if the influential names in modern textual criticism are skeptics; the New King James Bible is merely an update of the King James; the New American Standard Version is basically the same as the King James except for updated language; the New International Version is a conservative evangelical translation that should be respected. 233 pages. $7.95
This summary of the Bible is designed for evangelism. Beginning in Genesis and going through Revelation it includes excerpts from the Scriptures with 205 headings and 204 explanatory footnotes to enable the reader to see the unfolding story of the Bible and to understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The footnotes contain explanations of Bible words and events. The Bible is a large book and to the uninitiated, it is complicated and difficult to understand. A teacher is required, as we see in Acts 8 in the case of the Ethiopian eunuch. He was a highly educated man, the treasurer of Ethiopia, and was reading the book of Isaiah; but when Philip the evangelist asked him if he understood what he read, he replied, “How can I, except some man should guide me?” The Bible’s Amazing Story is designed to assist those who are searching for the truth and who want to know what the Bible is all about. It is also an excellent study book for new converts. 167 pages, 5X8, perfect bound, $3.00
(D.W. Cloud) [ISBN 1-58318-088-5] This book gives diligently-researched, in-depth answers to 82 of the most important questions on this topic. A vast number of myths are exposed, such as the myth that Erasmus promised to add 1 John 5:7 to his Greek New Testament if even one manuscript could be produced, the myth that the differences between the Greek texts and versions are slight and insignificant, and the myth that there are no doctrines affected by the changes in the modern versions. The author has carried on extensive correspondence with men on all sides of this issue for the past 25 years, and this book answers the challenges that are made by the opponents of “King James Onlyism,” including James White, D.A. Carson, Doug Kutilek, the editors of From the Mind of God to the Mind of Man and One Bible Only, etc. It also includes reviews of several of the popular modern versions, including the Living Bible, New Living Bible, Today’s English Version, New International Version, New American Standard Version, The Message, and the Holman Christian Standard Bible. 423 pages, 7X8, perfect bound, $17.95
This book exposes the danger of the popular method of Bible translation known as "dynamic equivalency" or "common language". It covers the principles of dynamic equivalency, the influence of DE, the guru of DE, the errors of DE, and DE among fundamentalists. $5.00
Author: DAVID CLOUD
This is an extensive and careful examination of James White’s book "Examining the King James Only Controversy." I did not read in White’s book long before I realized that it is misnamed. It should be titled The Ruckman-Riplinger Controversy, because White paints the entire movement in defense of the King James Bible with the brush of these two individuals. White’s book appears, at first glance, to be an unemotional, objective, scholarly approach to the topic of Bible texts and versions. In reality, it is a vicious slander upon those who are defenders of the King James Bible and the Received Text underlying the KJV and other great Reformation Bibles. He implies throughout that every KJV defender is either a raving lunatic or an ignorant extremist. He ignores or passes over slightly, even flippantly, the great issues of the KJV defense, focusing, instead, upon the most indefensible representations. 115 pages, 5X8, perfect bound. $4.95
This book documents the apostasy of some of the most influential names in the field of modern textual criticism and modern Bible versions from the past 250 years. There are articles on 110 influential modern textual critics and 40 modern version translators, including Simon, Bengel, Wettstein, Griesbach, Lachmann, Tregelles, Tischendorf, Westcott, Hort, Schaff, Thayer, Gregory, Briggs, Driver, Brown, Nestle, Liddle, Scott, von Soden, Kittel, Conybeare, Kenyon, Burkitt, Robinson, Lake, Souter, Clark, Moffatt, Goodspeed, Dodd, Bratcher, Taylor, Colwell, Kilpatrick, Elliott, Phillips, Epp, Nida, Ehrman, Childs, Wikgren, Aland, Martini, Metzger, and Karavidopoulos. There are also reports on some of the key evangelical popularizers of modern textual criticism, such as Tregelles, Hodge, Warfield, Robertson, Black, and Carson. 292 pages, 7X8, perfect bound, $14.95
Author: DAVID CLOUD
A shocking study of the history, work, and spiritual condition of the United Bible Societies, including documentation of their powerful influence throughout the world. This carefully researched and well-documented report should be read by every Christian and especially by missionaries and preachers. The author shows the growing influence of the UBS and demonstrates how it is systematically replacing faithful versions of the Bible with corruptions. Written by a missionary who has witnessed firsthand the sad and unspiritual havoc wrought among various peoples by corrupted versions of the Scriptures promoted by the UBS. $4.00
ERRORS OF MODERN TEXTUAL CRITICISM (80 minutes, one DVD). The material for this presentation is drawn from the author's own extensive private library as well as from many important theological libraries in the U.S.A., Canada, and England. The modern versions (ASV, RSV, NASV, NIV, etc.) are based on the "science" of modern textual criticism which was developed in the 19th century and resulted in the English Revised Version of 1881. This two-part presentation exposes some of the chief errors of the “science” of textual criticism. We cover the following four points: First, modern textual criticism ignores the supernatural character of the Bible. Second, modern textual criticism ignores Satan’s attack on the Bible. Third, modern textual criticism ignores God’s promise of preservation. Fourth, modern textual criticism ignores the preeminence of faith. We trace the history of textual criticism back to its roots in the early part of the 19th century and expose the intimate association of textual criticism with theological modernism and Unitarianism. We look at the principles of textual criticism and then at the theology of the most influential 
names in textual criticism from the past 200 years, including Johann Bengel, Karl Lachmann, Johann Griesbach, B.F. Westcott, F.J.A. Hort, Philip Schaff, George Vance Smith, Ezra Abbot, Joseph Thayer, Caspar Rene Gregory, and the editors of the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament, Carlo Martini, Kurt Aland, and Bruce Metzger. We show that modern textual criticism is not established from the principle of faith and therefore is wrong upon its very head. $19.95
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE (120 minutes, one DVD). This presentation covers the fascinating history of the English Bible from the 15th to the 17th centuries. We preached the lectures at Heritage Baptist University in Greenwood, Indiana, and used their collection of ancient Bibles as illustrations. We have also included pictures that we took on an extended 
research trip to England, Wales, and Europe in April 2003. The presentation focuses on three major Bibles, the Wycliffe of 1484, the Tyndale of 1525, and the King James Bible of 1611, though we also cover the others of that era, such as the Geneva. $19.95
OLD TIME FUNDAMENTALISTS WHO STOOD FOR THE KJV (50 minutes, one DVD). Some recent publications have made the claim that fundamentalists of old did not defend the King James Bible and have argued that the defense of the KJV is of recent origin. This high-quality video presentation, which is packed with powerful visual illustrations, proves the error of this thinking. It documents fundamentalist leaders before 1960 who defended the King James Bible against the modern versions of their day. We look first at Benjamin Dearmore (1897-1969). He was Chairman of the Faculty at the Bible Baptist Seminary under J. Frank Norris until 1948 and also co-founded Worth Bible College and Trinity Valley Seminary. He edited an independent Baptist paper called The Message. Dearmore took a strong stand for the KJV. For example, in the May 28, 1959, issue of The Message, he wrote: “As for me, I will take the King James translation as the very Word of God for the English people. I believe it is without error. It is 100 percent correct.” Next we look at William Aberhart (1878-1943). He was an influential fundamentalist leader in western 
Canada and took a bold stand for the KJV. We prove this with the testimony of his former students and with quotes from his writings. Finally we look at the life and ministry of Philip Mauro (1859-1952), a converted lawyer and one of the authors of The Fundamentals in the 1920s. His 1924 book Which Version: Authorized or Revised? boldly defends the KJV and refutes modern textual criticism. $19.95
WHY WE HOLD TO THE KING JAMES BIBLE (200 minutes, two DVDs). This high-quality videotape presents five of the reasons why we are convinced that English-speaking people need to hold to the King James Bible in the face of the onslaught of the modern versions. I. The KJV is based on the preserved Greek New Testament. II. The modern versions are based on the corrupt theories of modern textual criticism. III. The KJV is doctrinally superior to the modern versions. IV. The modern 
versions are built on a foundation of deception. In this section we look at the history of the first modern English version, the English Revised Version of 1881. V. The KJV has an unmatched heritage. We look at the Tyndale Bible that became the foundation of the King James Bible. We then look at the King James Bible itself and its incomparable translation methodology by a team of some 50 of England’s greatest Bible scholars. $24.95
