Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 5
The speaker describes churches that say, “What’s wrong with the King James?” and treat language study as spiritually suspect; what fears (stated or unstated) are driving that reaction, and which of those fears deserve to be challenged?
Another way to ask: Some churches distrust studying Bible languages and say, “What’s wrong with the King James?” What fears are behind that, and which fears should be questioned?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The speaker suggests the stated fear is that deeper study is unnecessary or spiritually dangerous—something that “puffs up” and undermines contentment with the familiar. He argues those fears deserve challenge because rejecting education doesn’t stop education; it only hands people over to uncontrolled influences.
- He reports churches reacting to Hebrew/Greek interest by saying, “what’s wrong with you? What’s wrong with the King James?”
- He describes the mindset: education has “limited value” or is “something suspicious,” and people should be “very guarded about.”
- He references a common proof-text fear: “First Corinthians says knowledge puffs up.”
- He clarifies the nuance: knowledge “certainly can” puff up “when it’s done badly” and not in service to Jesus.
- He calls the anti-education error “pernicious” because it creates a “vacuum” that will be filled from somewhere else.
- He argues “education is too powerful of a tool” to minimize; rejecting it throws away benefits meant for “service of King Jesus.”