I know without any doubt that some critic of Against Calvinism is going to gleefully point out that I cannot even get my New Testament references right. I’m reading my own book for the first time in published form. I come to page 68 and read: “Some Calvinists interpret 2 Peter 2:4 as referring only to the elect, but in light of 1 Timothy 2:4, that hardly works.” (Fourth line from the top through sixth line from the top.)
Obviously, it should read “2 Peter 3:9.” So I went back and looked at my manuscript. Sure enough, it says 2 Peter 3:9. The error crept in during the publisher’s process of creating the “edited manuscript.” That’s the copy between my submitted manuscript and the page proofs. Neither I nor any editor caught the mistake during the several readings of the edited manuscript and page proofs. Thank God for inerrant original manuscripts! The error is mine ONLY in the sense that I did not catch it when examining the edited manuscript on line.
Another such error is on page 116. There, in the first line of the first full paragraph (6 lines from the top) it says “John 1:10.” It should say (as it does in the rest of the paragraph) John 1:11. So I looked back at my manuscript and the edited manuscript. Both have it as John 1:11. Somehow the “1” got changed to “0” in the final publishing process.
Every book I have ever written has contained errors in the published editions. Some were my errors, others were ones that crept in when the publisher typed the manuscript for editing and page proofing. In any case, it always makes me upset because I’m a perfectionist. And in this case, anyway, I’m sure these two errors will be touted as proof of my incompetence in handling scripture by some of my less generous critics.
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