Videos

A short set of videos on where the English Bible came from, how translations are made, and how to choose one. Each is hosted on YouTube by its creator — listing it here isn’t an endorsement of everything that creator says.

Start here

• History of the English Bible

  Before the King James Version: The Rebellion, Risk & Revolution Behind the English Bible

  Tim Wildsmith

• Answering the “telephone game” objection

  Is the Bible We Have What the Original Authors Even Wrote?

  Wes Huff

• What goes into a translation

  Can We Trust Bible Translations?

  Bill Mounce · Seedbed

• Word-for-word vs. thought-for-thought

  How the Bible Translation Spectrum Works

  Tim Wildsmith

• Textus Receptus vs. Critical Text

  Critical Text vs. Textus Receptus: Some Preliminary Conclusions

  Matthew Everhard

• Textus Receptus vs. Critical Text — the other view

  Majority Text or Critical Text: Which Is Better?

  Ken Yates · Grace Evangelical Society

• Gender language in translation

  Gender Inclusive Bibles Explained

  Tim Wildsmith

• Choosing a Bible

  The Best Bible Translation for Beginners

  Tim Wildsmith

Go deeper

Longer talks and conversations — roughly 45 minutes to over an hour.

• The Tyndale story in full

  Why Did They Burn William Tyndale?

  Ryan M. Reeves

• Overview conversation

  Why So Many Bible Translations? Which One Is Best?

  Sean McDowell, with Mark Ward

• A fuller conversation

  Issues with English Bible Translations

  Wes Huff, with Mark Ward

• Is the Bible we have reliable?

  The Truth About the Bible and Early Christianity

  Wes Huff, Michael Kruger & Daniel Wallace · Sola Media