I'm creating this blog for all bible believing fundamental christians to be educated and informed about this new theory that has wrecked havoc in a few churches in Singapore, mine included.
This new theory is known as Verbal Plenary Preservation (VPP) of the Bible. The leaders of my church have made it into a doctrine, and declared it binding for all members to accept. Personally, I think that the way they intrepret the church constitution may or may not be legally accurate but I personally think it reeks of office politics and perhaps unethical.
The posts in this blog are representative of my own views and findings regarding this issue and it would be great if you could read it with a open and discriminating mind. If you have an axe to grind, please stop reading and leave.
This VPP theory employs arguments used by KJV only (KJVO) activists around the world, especially in the US.
It seeks to differentiate itself from this heretical group by declaring that the "underlying text of the KJV" is identical to the scriptures originally inspired by God. However, any earnest student of the bible will agree that the KJV do not originate or is identical to any single NT text available in history. It is at best a cut and paste of different editions of the textus receptus. The Scrivener NT text is one that is reverse engineered after KJV has been translated.
That said, proponents of this new theory is effectively KJV only as there is no single bible based on the same underlying text as the KJV unless it has been TRANSLATED from the KJV.
For the records, I am effectively bi-lingual and I read the KJV and Chinese Union Version (CUV). It is of my opinion that both versions are the best version in English and Chinese languages respectively as they are faithfully translated works. However, I do not support the extremist view held by proponents of VPP.
This deadly teaching was brought into Singapore by JK after being influenced by books written by EF Hills and DA Waite. It has since led to split within FEBC and a few other BP churches. The one currently under tremendous stress is Calvary Pandan BP Church.
