BJU's Deafening Silence On Corrupt Modern Bible Versions

Although Bob Jones University does not hold to a King James Only position, we continue to hold the widely-used King James Version (KJV) as the campus standard in the classroom and in the chapel pulpit. The position of the University on the translation issue has not changed since the founding of the school in 1927.

We believe in the verbal, plenary inspiration of the Bible in the original manuscripts, and we believe that God has supernaturally preserved every one of His inspired words for us today. However, from the founder to the present administration, we have never taken the position that there can be only one good translation in the English language.

SOURCE: Statement about Bible Translations | Bob Jones University

Bob Jones University has produced many faithful servants of God over the years. In fact, the great First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana (where Dr. Hack Hyles pastored from 1959 to 2001) used to send their youth to BJU before Hyles-Anderson College was started in 1973. I was reading an excellent book this week by Bob Jones Sr. Titled, “Builder Of Bridges.” The book was first published in 1969. Inside the front cover is a photo of Brother Jones, rightfully praising him as the man who, “made bridges over chasms for thousands.” The Lord has mightily used Bob Jones University since 1927 to make the world a better place, training pastors and missionaries around the world. Albeit, BJU has indeed changed.

BJU has changed by not taking a stand against apostasy. The corrupting of the Bible is apostasy. Faithful preachers like Dr. Jack Hyles weren't exclusively King James Bible only until after the satanic New International Version (NIV) was published in 1984. When godly preachers saw what Satan was doing, they took a stand. Unfortunately, most evangelicals (like Bob Jones University) failed to take a stand and in so doing went backwards. No Christian, Christian institution nor church can remain spiritually idle. You're either moving forward for the Lord or you're being surpassed by apostasy, sinful compromise and ecumenicalism. As our churches move to the left, faithful preachers and Christians must counter that trend by moving to the right. Dr. Hyles explains this truth well in his MP3 sermon titled, “Which New Is Right?”

Sadly, even Hyles-Anderson College (HAC) where I gratefully attended (1985-1993) has adopted the same position since 2008 on the Bible as BJU. The difference is that HAC (when Dr. Jack Hyles was alive) was exclusively King James Bible only; whereas BJU never took a stand against the modern corrupted Bible versions at all. Now, HAC is no better than BJU. They all give the impression that they are for the inspiration of the Bible, but they won't lift a finger to contend for the faith by exposing modern corrupt Bibles that butcher the Bible and render it uninspired. Please read “Why Would Anyone Use The NIV?” The NIV is not inspired, because it is not God's Word. Modern corrupted Bible versions have all been translated from the corrupted texts found in Alexandria, Egypt. This includes the corrupted New King James Version (NKJV). God only wrote one Book, not 400, which is how many English versions of the Bible have been published since the 1611 authorized King James Bible. The English language hasn't changed that much!

Please understand that the issue goes much deeper than just a bunch of Bible scholars who see the original Greek and Hebrew differently. In fact, the King James Bible was translated from the trustworthy Textus Receptus (or Received Text) from Antioch, Syria; whereas all modern Bible came from the corrupted manuscripts which originated in Alexandria, Egypt.