As Sovereign Grace enters its 54th year, I am once again sitting here and pondering the future of SGP and its related companies’ ministries. We have been blessed to serve our Lord and Master for all these years. With the help of customers and supporters like you, we have accomplished much and God-willing hope to accomplish even more.
As many of you may now for the past six months I have been speaking with many of you on the phone or in e-mails to try and explain why the KJ3 isn’t available yet or why this other project isn’t completed. In speaking to one supporter the other day, he stated that proof that what we are doing is worthwhile is the fact that Satan keeps blocking everything we do. I accept what happens and continue to plod along doing the best the Lord allows me to do with what the Lord provides us to do with and realize that we are working under His timetable, not ours.
We are constantly hampered by a lack of funds necessary for us to timely complete the projects we have undertaken and often relying upon donations and prepaid pre-publication orders from our customers and supporters to complete those projects.
A prime example is the KJ3 – Literal Translation Bible. We have sold over 1,300 of these to our loyal customers and supporters which is enough to pay for the printing and delivery of the Bibles. But because many elected the “charge when shipped” option and not the “prepaid” option for their orders, and another party ordered 600 copies but wants to be invoiced or pay upon his receipt of the Bibles, I am still way short of paying the printers. Without payment the printers won’t print the Bibles. It is quickly becoming apparent to me that we can no longer fund these Bible projects in the manner that we have previously used. Without adequate funding, we must reconsider what we are able to do and seriously consider if the Lord is leading us to do the projects at all.
Unfinished Major Projects Including KJ3 - Literal Translation Bible
KJ3 - Literal Translation Bible - Hardback & Paperback Editions Many have been asking us to at least get a paperback and hardback edition of the KJ3 available. We are doing this now with the hope that they will be ready in late March 2008. The KJ3 is being retypeset to put into print on demand program at LSI. The print on demand printers can only bind books of 828 pages or less. The KJ3 - Literal Translation Bible - Leather Bound Edition (Displayed on the Web at Read KJ3 above) is presently 1,200 pages long having been typeset using 11.5 point type allowing for easier reading due to the larger type size. To get the KJ3 down to 828 pages, all of the pages must be reformatted to a smaller 9 pt type, which changes all the page headings and requires some time to redo. Also, these editions of the KJ3 will be quite thick, around 2".
Progress: Pages being reformatted, Jay Sr. is rewriting preface.
Hold-Up: None, will be sent to printers immediately after reformatting, available two weeks after that date.
Funds Needed: None for production.
Availability: Late April 2008, Available ot order on website late March 200
KJ3 - Literal Translation Bible - Leather Bound Edition
The reception among customers has been great with many anxiously awaiting its arrival but we are still lacking sufficient funds to get the Bibles printed.
Description: This is what we believe will replace the KJV in this century. This Bible is a direct word for word translation from the same Hebrew and Greek that the KJV was translated from but using today’s language instead of the poetic Old English. Many readers have been amazed at the clarity that this Bible brings to the Scriptures. Will be available as a paperback, hardback, pew Bible and genuine leather editions.
Progress: Proofread and waiting to be sent to printer.
Hold-up: Funds to get the Bibles printed.
Funds Needed: $25,500.00 to get the Bibles printed, $1,500 to pay for the shipping. We have had many pre-sales and many supporters have made donations, but many more supporters have also placed their orders with instructions to not charge for the Bibles till they are in our warehouse and being shipped to the customers.
Time Frame: Eight to fourteen weeks after sending payment to the printer.
New Revised Interlinear Hebrew-Greek-English Bible, One Volume Edition with added Hebrew and Greek Lexicons and 1769 KJV in N.T. side column
Description: Retains the 1985 Old Testament, but adds the 2006 New Testament with the 1769 KJV added within the New Testament as a separate side column. Also adds the Hebrew and Greek Lexicons in a single carrying volume which will be the same size and weight as the current one volume, but with 404 added pages. Will be available as a bonded leather hardback, 8 ½” X 11”.
Features: Clear, easier reading New Testament Greek text, corrected Strong’s Numbers, over 6,000 translation changes, included Hebrew and Greek Lexicons allowing easy and quick additional research into every Hebrew & Greek word, all included in one volume.
Progress: Typesetting has been completed through the Gospels and part of Acts which is about 50% of the New Testament revisions. The lexicons require pasting up into a three column format. This edition adds the 1769 King James Version in a separate side column in the New Testament, along with numbering all the Greek words and many translation changes since the 1985 edition.
Hold-up: Time and funds. The hold-up on this project is a lack of funds and staff to complete the typesetting. Jay Sr. has completed the revisions by hand but I haven’t been able to keep up with the typesetting of the Greek which I must do prior to turning it over to Jackie Serafim, an unpaid volunteer who is typesetting the Strong’s numbers and the interlined English as well as proofing the Greek for accuracy.
Funds Needed: $10,000 to complete typesetting the New Testament and $30,000 for the printing.
Time Frame assuming adequate funding: 200 man-hours for typesetting, 12 weeks for printing and delivery.
New Revised Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, 3 Volume Edition - Newly Revised with the Revised Old Testament, the 1769 KJV and the Hebrew-English Lexicon
Description: This is the Old Testament to match the 2000 Interlinear Greek-English New Testament, with the 1769 KJV in a separate side column, 404 added Hebrew-English and Greek-English Lexicon pages . Will be available as a bonded leather hardback edition and a flexible genuine leather edition with ribbon markers.
Hold-up: Time and funds: I am again the hold-up as I am the one doing the typesetting of the Hebrew due to a lack of staff to assign this project to. We have volunteers ready in Tennessee to enter the Hebrew, English and Strong’s numbers into a database which we hope then can be used to output the Old Testament.
Time Frame assuming adequate funding: 3,500 man-hours for typesetting (1 full-time person = 87.5 weeks, 2 persons = 43.25 weeks, 4 persons = 21.66 weeks, plus 12 weeks for printing and delivery. As you can see, it all depends on funding and the ability to find competent staff for the typesetting. If no staff, it could be as long as eight to ten years as I am unable to devote more than 6 to 10 hours a week of my time.
Description: This will be the first Interlinear Greek-English-Spanish New Testament based on the Textus Receptus. Presently the Spanish speaking world does not have an accurate Bible translation available based on the Textus Receptus.
Progress: The book of John has been translated.
Hold-up: Time and funds to move forward with both translation and typesetting, more volunteers needed for translation work.
Description: This will bring the Interlinear Bible into Bible software programs all over the world and allow for easier development of Interlinear Bibles into virtually all languages of the world. This could be what is needed to offset the popular use of the corrupt manuscripts by so many scholars in the English speaking nations of the world. There is a real hunger for a true and accurate “Textus Receptus” Bible needed for the Body of Christ in other languages. Our KJ3 above is being translated into Indonesian and is nearly completed. They have a real hunger for the truth. What prompted this Indonesian non-profit organization to translate the Bible is that all Christian Bibles in Indonesian use “Allah” as the name for our Savior.
Progress: Waiting to complete contract between the parties.
Hold-up: Time and funds – Much will be done by volunteers, but much will need to be done by internal staff.
Funds Needed: Staff: $20,000 (one full time person for one year)
Description: This will be the first English only Study Bible produced by Sovereign Grace. The plan is to add cross references and a concordance and is what we need to do to advance the KJ3 into a main stream Bible which is our desire and many of you have also expressed the same desire.
– Progress: Written, typeset, needs final pagination and proofreading, Hold Up: Man-hours = 20, Printing Funds = $1,000
Authors - Let SGP Publish Your Book For You
If you yourself have authored or compiled a title that you believe should be in print, or that was in print by another publisher and has since gone out of print, let us know and we will see if we can put the title into print. Again, please be aware that we will not knowingly publish any title that is not in agreement with our doctrinal beliefs. Under this program, you will pay the costs of putting the work into print, and we will split the net proceeds evenly (50-50) with you. You might be able to put your book in print for as low as $250.00 but the cost could be higher if editing, pagination, proofreading or typesetting are needed. The $250 price is based on a book already typeset, edited, proofread and ready for printing.
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Sovereign Grace Publishers, Inc. is committed to the belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the exalted Lord of all things. We believe the Holy Scriptures determines the view of all those who profess Him as Savior and Lord. Hence, our organization believes the Bible is the verbally inspired, inerrant and authoritative Word of God, the final rule of all Christian faith and practice. Even though we don’t recognize any creed or confession of faith as a final authority, our organization does distribute the Philadelphia Confession of Faith as a summarized statement of our basic doctrinal and practical beliefs.
We are dedicated to translating and preserving the Word of God without alteration, paraphrasing, or in any way inserting our beliefs and doctrines or anyone else’s belief or doctrines into the Bible. We also believe that the Greek ‘Textus Receptus’ or ‘Received Text’ (primary text used by the translators of the King James Version) has been preserved by the Triune God and remain committed to only using this text as the basis of all of our New Testament translation work.
At the same time we also believe that the old English language used by the KJV translators, while poetic and beautiful, is not easily understood by the English speaking nations of the world today, and therefore make every effort to match our translation efforts to the language of today.
Additionally, we are dedicated to republishing and preserving the works of Puritan and modern-day authors which we believe to be of benefit to all Christians in their daily walk with our Lord and Savior.
To try and honor Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in all that we do and to seek His guidance in all that we do.
To make available and try to insure that Christians throughout the world have and will have access to theologically sound and Biblically true Bibles and books at the lowest possible prices.
To guard the Sacred Deposit (Holy Bible) and warn of Satan’s attacks on the Body of Christ through guile and the assimilation throughout the world of Biblically unsound Bibles, books and software created by or using mistranslations of the Bible or the use of corrupted manuscripts.
To assist the followers of Christ in selecting the best books and Biblical books and tools they can rely on to assist them in their daily walk with Christ.
I am expounding the accomplishments below not to bring any glory to SGP or any of the individuals behind SGP. I am stating these points to allow you to see how the Lord allows anyone to work for the Body of Christ without millions of dollars, corporate sponsorships, big committees and any of the other normal business formulas many believe are necessary to accomplish worthwhile goals. YOU can make a difference as long as you seek His guidance and He will use you for His glory and honor as long as you put Christ first. History has shown us from the days of Martin Luther, John Calvin, Matthew Henry, Charles Spurgeon, James Strong, Gesenius, Daniel Webster, Tyndale, (Note: no committees here) and many others have made a difference as individuals. These were individuals chosen by God to either guide and mentor those that followed or to develop tools to assist Christians in their daily walk with Christ. I sincerely believe that none of these men accomplished what they accomplished for their own glory nor did they ask to do what they accomplished for the Body of Christ. I also believe that they were led by our Triune God to accomplish what they accomplished. So also we have attempted to do our part.
Our ministries with the help of many other Christians over the past 50 plus years have re-acquainted Christians throughout the world with the works of the Puritans having sold many tens of thousands of copies.
Our Children’s Bible series, the Teenage Bible and the Modern King James Version sold over 100,000 copies and were published by Harper & Row and McGraw Hill publishers of New York, the KJII Bibles sold over 250,000 copies and was published by Associated Publishers and Authors, and the Literal Translation published by two different publishers and has sold over 20,000 copies.
We were the first to take Strong’s number out of Strong’s dictionary and placed those numbers in Thayer’s Greek English Lexicon, Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, the Englishman’s Hebrew and Greek Concordances and the Analytical Greek Lexicon has become the basis for each and every Bible software program in the world. These works have been published by four different publishers with over a million copies sold. We were also the first to add lexicon entries to the Englishman’s Greek Concordance also published by three different publishers.
The Interlinear Bible series took that Strong’s numbering system to a new level allowing anyone without any knowledge of Greek or Hebrew to go to the original Biblical language texts and decipher what the Bible actually says without any outside interpretation. The Interlinear Bible series and its cross-referenced works have become staples in the libraries of Bible students, pastors and seminaries all over the world with over 400,000 Interlinear Bibles and over a million of the cross-referenced works in circulation. The Interlinear Bibles have also been published by four different publishers and SGP. Those that use the above Bibles and books praise the Bible tools created by our ministries. No longer does any serious Bible student have to rely on someone else to tell him what the Bible says, he can discover it for himself.
The Concise Lexicon to the Biblical Languages is the first time any lexicon has ever contained all the Hebrew and Greek words of the Bible complete with lexicon entries and cross-referenced to Brown-Driver Brigg’s Hebrew Lexicon, Thayer’s Greek English Lexicon, Arndt & Gingrich Greek English Lexicon and Kittel’s Theological Dictionary.
The work done by SGP et al and Jay Green, Sr. in paragraphs three through five above was freely given (royalty free) to Larry Pierce to use in developing the Online Bible computer software program as one of the early forerunners to virtually every Bible software program made today and those same works have since been incorporated in and used by virtually every single Bible software program since developed.
Prison Ministry – SGP has always tried to give Bibles freely to those who ask and are in need as much as our inventory allows. For over ten years we have been sending Interlinear Bibles and other Bible study tools to prisoners throughout the world just for the asking. We get an average of fifty requests a month. Lately, as our inventory stocks have dwindled, we have been building a backlog of prisoner requests that we have been unable to fill.
We have freely (royalty free) given the use of the Modern King James and Literal Translation Bibles to numerous software developers, websites and Bible software companies and ministries that distribute their Bible software freely to Christians. We hope to continue to do so as long as we are able to.
In closing, I believe that we may not have been following the Lord’s lead in doing His work for the Body of Christ. I had come to believe that I must accomplish all these things to honor the Heavenly Father and my birth father, Jay P. Green, Sr. I thought that I had to make this happen or that happen and that the whole burden fell on my shoulders, and by doing thusly you tend to think that you are the one accomplishing the accomplishments when things do manage to get done. It is not I nor my birth father Jay Sr.’s work, but rather it is the Heavenly Father’s work and with this letter to you, I am placing it all in His hands to do as He sees best. I am merely a tool and if he provides the means I will follow and do my utmost to do what he allows me to do, if He doesn’t provide then I shall continue to seek His guidance. It is with this thought that I ask you to join us in praying and seeking His guidance and blessings on this ministry if it be His will.
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