I. The Manuscripts
Three lessons on the foundation: every Bible rests on manuscripts, and the manuscript question decides which Bible to trust.
0 of 3 completed
❦ ✠ ❦
A Teaching Course in Defense of the Word · 12 Lessons
Why the King James Bible
The manuscript, the doctrine, and the history — for the pastors of Ghana for Christ and the believers they teach.
“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”
— Psalm 12:6-7 (KJV)
Pastor Tave Close, Sr. · Summit Bible Center · Bradenton, Florida
II. Preservation
Three lessons on the doctrine: God promised to preserve His Word, and a position that requires Him to have lost it cannot be true.
- Lesson 4 — God Promised to Keep His Word→
- Lesson 5 — Add Not, Diminish Not→
- Lesson 6 — The 1,500-Year Problem→
0 of 3 completed
III. The History
Three lessons on the history: the men behind the modern text, the 54 translators behind the KJV, and four centuries of fruit.
- Lesson 7 — The Men Behind the Modern Text→
- Lesson 8 — The 54 Translators→
- Lesson 9 — Four Hundred Years of Fruit→
0 of 3 completed
IV. The Defense
Three lessons on the defense: what was removed, what was weakened, and how to give the answer with confidence and grace.
0 of 3 completed
Two Streams →
The manuscript divide laid out plainly — Byzantine majority vs. Alexandrian minority. The data behind every defense shield you see in your reader.
Practice with the Defender →
Your sparring partner for answering objections. Step into the drill, take a challenge, and learn to give the answer with confidence and grace.
The Logos Library →
Every Logos study, every reading plan, every tool — one doorway, organized by what you need.
Going Deeper — Three Pastoral Studies
See the full Library →The TranslatorsThe Men Behind the King's BibleThe scholarship, sanctity, and providence behind the 1611 Authorized Version.Read →Fifteen Exhibits · One VerdictThe Hand of God on the King James BibleFrom the martyr's prayer to the Spanish Armada — the documented case that God Himself established the Authorized Version.Read →The Teaching ReferenceGiants in the EarthThe pastor's complete reference: providence, history, the men, the rules, the methodology — ten tabs, every translator profiled, every critic answered.Read →
A Pastoral Foreword from Tave Close, Sr.
Prepared for
The pastors of Ghana for Christ and the believers they teach — so that the people who carry the KJV and the Asante Twi Scripture into their villages can tell anyone, plainly, WHY this is the Book they trust above all others.
Final authority
The King James Bible is the final authority in every lesson here — not one translation among many, but the preserved Word of God in English, resting on the Textus Receptus (New Testament) and the Ben Chayyim Masoretic Text (Old Testament). We do not argue our way TO the Book; we stand ON the Book and show why.
The heart of it
Every English Bible is only as trustworthy as the manuscripts behind it. The modern versions and the KJV part ways at the manuscripts — and that parting changes verses, weakens the deity of Christ, and removes whole passages. This course shows your people the two streams, the witnesses, the men, the doctrine, and the fruit — so their confidence in the Book is settled, not borrowed.
Who you are teaching
The same committed believers you are training to win souls and provide for the Kingdom. A soul-winner who is challenged — ‘your Bible has been changed,’ ‘modern versions are more accurate,’ ‘how do you know?’ — must have an answer. This course is that answer, simply and firmly given.
How long it runs
12 lessons = one quarter of teaching, or a focused short course. Four modules: the Manuscripts, the Doctrine of Preservation, the History, and the Practical Defense. Each lesson follows the same pattern as the other two courses, so the men teach it the same way.
The posture
This is a confessional course, not a both-sides debate. We present the position the evidence and the Scripture support, and we do not treat the Critical Text as an equal alternative. We answer challenges with evidence, not apology. We speak with the confidence of those who believe the Book — we do not hedge where the text does not hedge.
An honest word on the numbers
The manuscript figures here (Burgon’s counts, the manuscript percentages) come from the historic defenders of the Received Text — Burgon, Hills, Scrivener, Waite. Critical-text scholars dispute some of their conclusions. We give the numbers as the TR defenders documented them, and we stand on the doctrine of preservation as the final ground — because in the end this is a question God Himself settled in His Word.
The connection to your work
This is the third of the gold trio: WINNING SOULS (be useful to the Kingdom), LITTLE IS MUCH (provide for the Kingdom), and now WHY THE KING JAMES BIBLE (stand on the Word that powers both). A believer who wins souls from a Book he cannot defend will be shaken; this course makes his footing sure.
One verse to begin
Psalm 12:6-7 — ‘The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.’ God promised to preserve His words. This course shows where He kept them.