
Post · August 25, 2026Bahnsen's third test asks where an argument leads. Applied to modern textual criticism, it reveals a provisional Bible, probabilistic knowledge, transferred authority, and duties that the method cannot…
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Post · August 25, 2026In 1707 John Mill changed his first judgment after closer inspection. In 1741 Henry Berriman used magnification and sunlight and reported part of the older stroke. These are…
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Post · August 25, 2026Which books are Scripture, what words constitute those books, and how the church recognizes both are related but distinct questions. God creates the canon and text; the church…
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Post · August 25, 2026The truthfulness and unity of Scripture are not an excuse to deny variant copies; they are a theological constraint on how the church identifies the canonical text.
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Post · August 25, 2026The received and principal critical texts include both loyalties: Christ and the gospel. A limited variant omits the gospel clause, often under influence from the shorter Synoptic parallels.
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