On day 4 we’ve hit a milestone. Here’s the first of many King James phrases that have become swear words! “Be fruitful and multiply.” It’s God’s way of saying… well… let’s stick to the way God says it: “Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28) It’s a phrase that actually gives us a window onto: the […]
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Picture God-like-ness. How does it look? What is it like? Well Genesis 1:26 speaks of ‘the image of God’ and it’s one of the most discussed verses in all the bible: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion…” What exactly is the image of […]
In the beginning was the life and love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Before there was a universe there wasn’t nothing, there wasn’t chaos and there wasn’t a lonely god. Our origins are not darkness but entirely light. But when this God creates, the equation changes. Suddenly there is something else other than […]
Right now the whole world is considering beginnings. But usually they’re the beginnings that we will make. “New year, new you” and all that. What about the beginning that God has made? Let’s think about that for a minute. Wind back the clock to the time before people and planets and protons, what was there? […]
Here are some links to other King James stuff to watch, listen and read. It includes this article from the Guardian: “As well as selling an estimated 1bn copies since 1611, the KJB went straight into our literary bloodstream like a lifesaving drug. Whenever we put words into someone’s mouth, or see the writing on […]
As well as commenting on 365 phrases from the KJV, I’ll occasionally offer a comment on the reception of the bible in our culture. . In this video, Richard Dawkins makes the case for being steeped ‘to some extent’ in the King James Bible. He claims that a person ignorant of the Authorized Version is […]
In 2011 there will be many celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. This blog is just one attempt to raise awareness about the impact of this translation on the English speaking world. Throughout 2011 I will blog on a phrase per day that has passed into common parlance: popular phrases […]
Impact of KJV according to the BBC's Politics UK
By Glen on January 2nd, 2011
‘Politics UK’ have given over a whole programme to the legacy of the KJV Some assorted quotes: Professor Gordon Campbell: “It’s one of the cultural building blocks of civilisation in the English speaking world… You cannot hope to understand the English speaking world without reference to the King James Bible.” Professor Gordon Campbell Baronness (P. […]