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Hello! I am the person who formatted Thou Shalt Keep Them for Kindle. I posted something like this before as soon as I put the book up, but Amazon took it down for some reason. THE HEBREW FONT DID NOT CONVERT WHEN THE BOOK WAS MADE INTO KINDLE FORMAT. I asked Amazon about this and they said there isn't much they can do. If that is an issue for you, you would do better to purchase the physical book. If it is not an issue, you can save money with this Kindle version. It is possible that there were some other formatting issues making the book into a Kindle work. I am going to try to fix the problem, but you need to be aware of it if you get the Kindle version. I wish Amazon had not gotten rid of my first review so that this information was the first thing you would read. The book itself, of course, is excellent.

"Thou Shalt Keep Them: A Biblical Theology of the Perfect Preservation of Scripture" Edited by Pastor Kent Brandenburg, and published by Pillar and Ground Publishing, 4905 Appian Way, El Sobrante, California.


This book is a Biblical theology of the doctrine of the Preservation of Scripture. The issue of the English Bible controversy is usually discussed with a mere handful of Bible verses and a lot more "scholastic" input from men. This book soundly delineates Scriptural reasons for holding to the Masoretic (O.T.) and Received (N.T.) text representing the King James Version from a perspective of faith. It is a true gem of a book because each writer exposits actual Bible verses that bear upon the God's promise to preserve His words. Another strength is that this book is essentially the work of a group of pastors or men who have served or is serving as pastoral staff. While many in the world today look to scholars (especially Bible critics) for answers, God's man is neglected or religated to the Sunday service as a mere homiletical cheerleader. But these men are not so, they truly are powerful theological heralds of the gospel. They love the Lord, His word and His people. They challenge "would be fundamentalists," established Bible critics, conservative Evangelicals, and even neo-Orthodox teachers to examine what the Bible actually says about it's own inspiration, preservation, and canonization. This book is certainly one of the finest books in defense of the KJV/MT/TR position.

Contents:
Acknowledgments
Contents
Definitions and Abbreviations
Hebrew/Greek Transliteration Key
Preface
Introduction

SECTION ONE: Passages on Divine Preservation
Chapter 1 - The Permanent Preservation of God's Words, Ps. 12:6,7 (Dr. Tom Strouse)
Chapter 2 - Every Word, Matthew 4:4 (Strouse)
Chapter 3 - Not One Jot or One Tittle, Matt. 5:17,18 (Pastor Gary Webb)
Chapter 4 - The Lord Jesus Christ and the Received Bible, Jn. 17:8 (Strouse)
Chapter 5 - My Words Shall Not Pass Away, Matt. 24:35 (Pastor Kent Brandenburg)
Chapter 6 - Inspiration Implies Preservation (Pastor Charles Nichols)
Chapter 7 - God's Promise of Preservation as Seen in 1 Peter 1:23-25 (Dr. Gary La More)
Chapter 8 - The Perfect Passive: "It is Written" (Pastor David Sutton)

SECTION TWO: Passages on Availability
Chapter 9 - It Is Not Hidden, Neither Is It Afar Off, Deut. 30:11-14 (Brandenburg)
Chapter 10 - Be Mindful of the Words, 2 Peter 3:2 and Jude 17 (La More)

SECTION THREE: God's Method of Preservation
Chapter 11 - Israel, the Means of Preservation in the Old Testament: Natsar and Shamar (Brandenburg)
Chapter 12 - Ekklasia: The Congregation of the Lord in the New Testament Tareo (Strouse)
Chapter 13 - The Church's Part in Biblical Preservation, 1 Tim. 3:15 (Nichols)
Chapter 14 - Stewards of the Mysteries of God, 1 Cor. 4:1,2 (La More)

SECTION FOUR: Passages on the Reality of Textual Attack
Chapter 15 - First Century Textual Attack, 2 Pet. 3:15-17 and 2 Thess. 2:2 (Brandenburg)

SECTION FIVE: The Standard of Perfection: Several Passages as Examples of Doctrines Changed and/or Perverted by Textual Alterations
Chapter 16 - Pure Words of God: Passages Which Manifest the Standard of Perfect Purity for the Bible (Dr. Tom Corkish)
Chapter 17 - Old Testament Passages as Examples of Doctrines Changed by Textual Alterations (Corkish)
Chapter 18 - New Testament Passages as Examples of Doctrines Changed by Textual Alterations (Webb and Sutton)

SECTION SIX: Other Pertinent Exegesis for Every Word Preservation
Chapter 19 - Test of Canonicity as Applied to Words (Brandenburg)

SECTION SEVEN: The Doctrine of Preservation As It Relates to the Doctrine of Separation
Chapter 20 - Separation over the Veritable Words of God: 1 and 2 Tim. with special attention given to 2 Tim. 2:11-26 (Corkish)
Chapter 21 - Who is a Heretic over the Preservation of Scripture? (Brandenburg)

ADDENDA
Addendum A - God's Providential Preservation of Scriptures (La More)
Addendum B - The Translation Model Predicted by Scripture (Strouse)
Addendum C - The Superiority of the Fideistic Approach to Preservation of Scripture (Brandenburg)

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Commentaries, Grammars, and Other Resources

Scripture and Topical Index (sweet!)
Biography of Authors

315 pages of good stuff, soft cover, (c) 2003.

Many books have been written about Bible versions. This book is about the underlying issue that must first be resolved: Did God preserve his words in absolute purity?

Thou Shalt Keep Them is a thorough treatment on the theology of scripture preservation and answers this question with an unequivocal affirmative.

There is a lot in here for everyone, but a lot of the book is "heavy" in the sense that much is said about Hebrew and Greek. This is appropriate given the subject, but it is not light reading. However, several of the chapters are quite accessible and clear without being academic, so I can recommend this book for anyone eager to understand the subject.

I'm pleased to recommend this title without qualification. The editor has done a wonderful job drawing together an excellent collection of solidly Biblical articles that cover the doctrine of preservation in great detail. A serious student of the doctrine of preservation will be greatly blessed by the technical depth and breadth of this title. Pastor Bob Hammond, Long Hill Baptist Church, Trumbull, CT.

I should have purchased this book a long time ago. This is a magnificant jewel of the Preservation of God's Word. I know of none better. One of the first atvantages of this book is the fact of each chapter has a "conclusion." You could review the conclusion first to see where you wanted to read the meat in depth. This was my method of reading this book, as it was made so easy, yet containing such powerful material within each chapter. You will not want to put it down until you have at least read each conclusion to enable you to plan your next read.