To Request Additional Resources using New King James Version

Official Workbook overture source text

8-08 
To Request Additional Resources  
using New King James Version 
WHEREAS, God is a God of order (1 Cor. 14:33) and repetitio est 
mater studiorum (repetition is the mother of learning); and 
WHEREAS, Having a good stable text that does not change is 
helpful for hearing, reading, marking, learning, and inwardly 
digesting the Word; and 
WHEREAS, The English Standard Version  (ESV) was published 
by Crossway in 2001 and has since that time undergone revisions in 
2002, 2007, 2011, and 2016, along with a standing desire for 
ongoing revisions (Crossway, “Crossway Statement on the ESV 
Bible Text,” www. crossway.org/articles/crossway-statement-on-
the-esv-bible-text/, Sept. 28, 2016); and 
WHEREAS, The New King James Version (NKJV), published by 
Thomas Nelson, is also a clear, faithful, beautiful, and true 
translation, quoted by Synod’s Lutheran Service Book: Agenda , 
including the Rites of Holy Baptism (Mark 10:13 –16), Ordination 
(Matt. 28:18–20; John 20:21–23; Eph. 4:11–12; Acts 20:28; 2 Tim. 
3:14–17), and Committal (Job 19:23 –27); and the NKJV has not 
been revised since 1982; and 
WHEREAS, The NKJV is used in faithful c atechetical material 
including resources by Concordia Catechetical Academy (Lutheran 
Catechesis), Kloria Publishing, and Ad Crucem (The Family Bible 
Commentary, Vol. 1 –5), and has seen increased usage throughout 
our Synod; therefore be it 
Resolved, That the Synod in convention ask Concordia 
Publishing House to produce additional resources to include at least 
Bibles, commentaries, and devotionals using the NKJV. 
South Wisconsin District 
Ov.