The Real Choice: Confessional Reception or Scholarly Reconstruction
The dispute is not finally about Erasmus, manuscript counts, or loyalty to one English Bible. It is whether the church receives a text kept by God or awaits…
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Inspiration, Canonicity, Authority, and Preservation
Inspiration, canonicity, authority, and preservation belong together, but they do not answer the same question. Keeping their order prevents confusion about the books God gave and the words…
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What Fruit Does the Critical Method Bear?
Bahnsen'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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Mill, Berriman, and the Vanishing Line
In 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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Preservation, Canonization, and Recognition: Three Questions That Must Not Be Confused
Which 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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