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Paul English is joined by Bible translator Christopher Sparks, whose self-financed, 27-year project, the Keys of the Kingdom Bible, aims to produce what he calls an “organic” translation, restoring what he argues are the original grammatical forms and word meanings obscured by committee-produced versions from the King James onwards.
Paul opens with a short excursion into Julius Caesar and the Roman banking system, comparing the accounts of Stephen Mitford Goodson and Eustace Mullins on why Caesar was assassinated, before introducing Sparks and the episode’s cover art, a Gustave Doré illustration of the Tower of Babel, chosen for its theme of linguistic confusion.
The interview covers Sparks’ personal testimony, growing up in an artistic English family, a conversion experience in December 1979, and an obsession with the Bible that led him from evangelical Christianity through a series of doctrinal departures. He describes discovering E.W. Bullinger’s Companion Bible and Figures of Speech Used in the Bible, the influence of William Tyndale, and a chance encounter in a Scottish library that overturned his understanding of the soul and the afterlife. Sparks presents his case that Gehenna refers to Jerusalem’s Valley of Hinnom, not an eternal hell, and demonstrates what he argues is a grammatical misrendering of John 1:3 in mainstream Bibles.
The second hour turns to Sparks’ broader theological framework: British Israelism and the argument that Paul’s letters were addressed to dispersed Israelites rather than “Gentiles” the reorganisation of Old Covenant books, and the reordering of Ezekiel’s prophecies. The episode closes with Thomas Hardy’s poem “The Conformers”, a mention of Edmund Waller, and details on how to purchase the new 2024 leather edition of the Keys of the Kingdom Bible.
Christopher Sparks: Keys of the Kingdom Bible (2022 hardback, 2023 paperback, 2024 leather edition)Christopher Sparks: Searching for Hell (~90-page booklet, 2024)Christopher Sparks: Keys of the Kingdom Study Companion Guide (~200 pages)Stephen Mitford Goodson: A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of MankindEustace Mullins: writings on Caesar and the Roman banking systemE.W. Bullinger: The Companion BibleE.W. Bullinger: Figures of Speech Used in the Bible (1898)E.W. Bullinger: How to Enjoy the BibleRowland Wickes: The Path to ImmortalityWilliam Cobbett: book on the ReformationFrancis Schaeffer: L'Abri Fellowship, SwitzerlandJohn William Burgon: Revision Revised, on the New Testament textAlexander Solzhenitsyn: mentioned as an intellectual influence on SparksThomas Hardy: 'The Conformers' (poem, read in full on air)Edmund Waller: 'Upon a Lady's Fishing with an Angle' (poem, mentioned)paulenglishlive.com: the show's home; Rumble chat linked from the sitekeysofthekingdombible.com: Christopher Sparks' website for the Bible and companion worksKeys of the Kingdom Holy Bible: YouTube channelWBN324.com: World Broadcasting Network, carries the showGlobal Voice Radio Network: mirror stream host