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Mark Ward

@mlward

Bible YouTuber

Mount Vernon, WA Katılım Kasım 2008
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Mark Ward
Mark Ward@mlward·
@MikeWingerii I'll add that Brandon Peterson, the guy behind the most recent wave of KJV-Only numerology, is a genuinely nice guy and, I think, a true Christian. But our discussions faltered when I tried to get him to use the Greek as the standard. To him, the standard is the KJV. God made it.
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@MikeWingerii I have engaged in good faith with the claims of the mainstream KJV-Only movement, but the numerology stuff is beyond my pale (and theirs). I chose to use satire, as I rarely do, to openly mock it. It is literally ridiculous. youtu.be/VVW_f88qslA
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Mike Winger@MikeWingerii·
Aliens hate the KJV... apparently
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@pjgurry @itsee_bham This was a monstrous amount of work. Peter is a machine! I'm honored to count him a friend.
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Peter Gurry@pjgurry·
Congratulations to Peter Montoro on the publication of his doctoral thesis done at @itsee_bham!
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@mitchellchase Thank you for the kind word, Mitch. I've still got a half-written (positive!) review of your book, The Way of the Wise. You made one really excellent point that I've been thinking about since I read it.
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@JoshuaTrolly I think the Flesch-Kincaid analysis probably *would* be helpful in this circumstance. As long as you recognize that it's a very rough and ready measure. But, honestly, I'd set AI on this task.
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Joshua Trolly
Joshua Trolly@JoshuaTrolly·
@mlward To transcribed my sermons and to get a metric for if I'm preaching at a level understandable for younger congregants. Doesn't need to be rigorously scientific, but as a metric for my improvement, and an answer to those who would remove their kids because "they won't understand".
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Joshua Trolly
Joshua Trolly@JoshuaTrolly·
I recall Mark Ward discussing how the Flesch–Kincaid readability tests don't give useful data as they only count syllables. Does anyone know computer based readability tests that can actually give a useful metric for a "reading level" of a text?
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@JoshuaTrolly Tell me more about your goals, and about the texts you're evaluating.
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Today In History@historigins·
This kid solved a simple problem and built a $15 million business with it
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@stutefc Right—because the principle that guided us was what the KJV translators would have done if they held the NA28 in their hands. If a given KJV rendering already agrees with the NA28 against the TR, we assume they would not have changed anything!
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Stephen Steele@stutefc·
KJV translation choice (following Tyndale, Geneva - contrast YLT) in Luke 1:26 means the result = the CT. NKJV is a better translation of the TR. But the upshot is that KJV and ESV readers will read the same thing, despite a different underlying text here 🤝 @TheDwayneGreen
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@davis_j_ross And it's short. ;) Thank you for the kind words, brother.
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Davis Ross
Davis Ross@davis_j_ross·
@mlward I have really enjoyed listening to this so far. Thanks for your work on it. Its an honest and balanced look at the KJV. I think you honor the translation well without being blindly wedded to it for eternity. It's been a helpful perspective!
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ohboyscoobs@ohboyscoobs·
@mlward You once did an incredibly useful video (I think an interview) where the meaning of "only begotten" was discussed. For the life of me, I cannot find this video, and all of the AI personalities I ask also don't know what video it was. Can you point me to the right video?
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Mark Ward@mlward·
I've got a new course coming out soon on RightNow Media: The Top Ten Hebrew Words Every Christian Should Know—but you can view it now on my own channel! Details here: youtu.be/4mtnj5U-G2o
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@SCarey8958 @WesleyLHuff Good question! What's the precise verse you're looking at? Or are you looking at the headings in the Bibles (which were written by editors, of course, not the Holy Spirit!)?
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Steve Carey
Steve Carey@SCarey8958·
@mlward just watched your collaboration with @WesleyLHuff. I have a question on Luke 16, I’m seen translation from wise, unjust, shrewd to dishonest. I’m new to the Bible and clarification would help. I have another question regarding a hypothetical interpretation.
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Mark Ward@mlward·
Do KJV-Only pastors understand the archaic words of the KJV? My team asked them. A huge project, finally brought to completion—with two big videos, shot at the Museum of the Bible, dropping the same day: kjbstudyproject.com.
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Alex Moore@alexmoore1138·
Why, in this work, is Confessional Bibliology the only position represented by a critic rather than an actual proponent? @ivpress @Lanier_Greg @mlward
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@KirkMiller_ @Logos I found it interesting that the RSV seems to go with the TR—though perhaps they get there through a means similar to the 2025 ESV?
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Kirk E. Miller@KirkMiller_·
I'm currently editing an article by my friend @mlward on Jn 1:18. It's fascinating to observe all the options, some due to text difs, others translation. (Those in the orange box follow μονογενὴς υἱός; all others go with μονογενὴς θεός). @Logos Wait for what Mark has to say!
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@GabbyRios119848 @SpeakTruth07 Should it not concern me, my friend, that many of these people are not understanding what they're reading as well as they think they are—when I can do something about it? I was one of those people. I didn't know what I didn't know.
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Gabby Rios
Gabby Rios@GabbyRios119848·
@mlward @SpeakTruth07 Mark Ward, people are free to decide which bible they buy. Right now, most of them are deciding to buy the KJV bible over modern translations. Get over it!
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@NSReicher @TurretinFan I don't feel attached to their subscription model; I was on my way out as it was on its way in. (I was ready for a new challenge.) But the basics will remain: tons of people use and love Logos and will want to keep building their libraries. I don't see that changing.
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Mark Ward@mlward·
@NSReicher @TurretinFan I have many friends still at Logos; I just had dinner with a manager two nights ago. I truly don't believe we're losing Logos in 18 mos. There are a ton of sharp people there, and there is a large, abiding market for their main product. I have confidence in Logos.
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Nicholas Reicher
Nicholas Reicher@NSReicher·
@TurretinFan @mlward ...but I'm afraid it's not stable enough on Windows. I suppose I need to invest more in Accordance, because at this rate we're losing Logos in 18 months.
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