Pastor Steve highlights two brilliant and heroic men in church history: John Wycliffe and William Tyndale.

Against the powerful church of their day, they persevered to give the world a Bible in English. May we not take it for granted!

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(1.) The purpose of this episode is to help you to love and read your Bible - (Psalm 119:97, Slam 19:7-8)

(2.) What were things like before? - Low literacy rates (5% in 1300's to 30% in 1600's for males. Too expensive until the printing press - Gutenberg 1440)

(a) You couldn't read

(b) You couldn't afford a Bible

(c) All literature was locked up in Latin

(3.) John Wycliffe - 1320 - 1384

(a) Translated from the Latin Bible

(b) He did it because he believed people needed to be able to study, preach and love the Bible in their own language

(c) Post death, the Roman Church branded him a heretic, his works were burned and his body was dug up and cast into the River Swift

(d) His followers were referred to as the Lollards - a derogatory term for the uneducated

(4.) William Tyndale - 1494 - 1536

(a) Translated directly from the Hebrew and Greek texts

(b) Because of Desiderius Erasmus, the ancient Greek manuscripts were available

(c) His translation was able to take advantage of the invention of the printing press (Gutenberg 1440)

(d) He was strangled and burnt at the age of 42

(e) His translation would be the basis of the King James Bible of 1611

(5.) Review:

• You have an English Bible! And you won't be martyred for reading it, so read it!
• If you're not a reader, have it read to you with an audio Bible

• Get your children reading the Bible

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So that’s it for today. Dead guys who gave us our English bibles.

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So should Christians steer clear of any new tech or is there a more nuanced approach for us to take? Find out in today's episode of Grounded!

• Start of Show Notes -

(1.) Christians Before us Have Used Tech - Travel, writing, transmission (Paul - Acts 27, 1440 Gutenberg, 1844 Morse)

(2.) Downsides to Tech - Changes and affects the message (1967 McLuhan - The Medium is the Massage, 1985 Postman - Amusing Ourselves to Death)

(a) Online service not as good quality as in person

(b) Temptation for Christians to stay home

(3.) Upsides to Tech -

(a) Remote access for those who can't attend

(b) Helps to gather new guests

(4.) Online Campus - Falls short of how the Bible describes us doing Church

(5.) Metaverse - VR Church, should this be considered? (Carrie Newhoff, LifeChurch)

(6.) Review:

• Employ tech wisely

• It's vital for church to be in person

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Many Christians differ even in this crucial area. Pastor Steve will show us today in the Bible that we must not only trust the Word of God, but that to fail to do so will take us in a completely different direction.

So be ready for a verse by verse walk through and some key concepts, as Steve brings us the Word today and helps us to stay Grounded in our understanding of the Bible itself!

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(1.) Importance - Your view of scripture determines everything (Francis Shaeffer, Gen 3)

(2.) Love - Your love for the scriptures (The Trinity, Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:26, 2 Thess 2:10)

(3.) Our position on scripture - 4 Main Terms:

(a) Inspired - 2 Tim 3:16

(b) Inerrant - True: Ps 19:9, Ps 119:86, Ps 119:142 - Tested: Ps 12:6, Ps 19:7-8

(c) Authoritative - 1689 Baptist Confession of faith 1:10

(d) Sufficient - 2 Tim 3:16 - 17, 2 Pet 1:3 (Sinclair F.)

(4.) Jesus - What was Jesus’ position on scripture? (MT 4:4, Mt 22:29, Jn 17:17)

(5.) Apostles - What did the Apostle’s have to say about the scriptures and their relationship to them? (Jn 16:13, Jn 21:24, 2 Peter 1:16-20, 2 Tim 2:15, 2 Cor 6:7, Eph 1:13, Col 1:5, 2 Tim 3:16 - James 1:18)

(6.) How is the Bible commonly attacked today?

Two primary ways:

• It’s not God’s Word (Gen 3)

• Radical new ways of interpretation
  (poor hermeneutics)

(7.) Review:

• Stick with the Bible
• Rest all upon it, test all by it (Isa 8:20)
• Be grounded in it, believe every word

• Be highly suspicious of radical new interpretations

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So that’s it for today’s episode on Bibliology, AKA being Grounded in Scripture.

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