Journal of Confessional Bibliology — Scripture Alone, Preserved by Providence

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Has God Preserved His Word—or Merely Its Raw Materials?

The survival of thousands of variant-bearing manuscripts is providentially important, but the existence of evidence is not yet the confession that an authentic text was kept pure and remains available for final appeal.

What Scripture claimsGod-breathed, trustworthy, and complete.
What Scripture accomplishesIt reveals, corrects, trains, and equips.
How Scripture is appliedThe Spirit illumines, convicts, and transforms.
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Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 1

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July 29, 2026 · 13 min read

Certainty, Not the Probability of the Contrary

Bahnsen rejected an apologetic that makes Christianity highly probable while preserving the possibility of its contrary. What happens when the wording of the final…

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