Why the Westminster Standards Are the Doctrinal Target
The Westminster Standards supply a public, historically fixed, scripturally argued, and sufficiently comprehensive doctrinal target for the reconstruction test.
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Matthew 5:47 — Publicans or Gentiles? Identifying Christ’s Comparison
The final comparison varies. The Textus Receptus says publicans; the critical text says Gentiles.
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The Final Court of Appeal
Holy Scripture is the supreme external principle of theological knowledge and the final court judging every tradition, council, experience, and critical conclusion.
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What It Means to ‘Build’ a Theology from a Text
To build theology from a text is to derive exact confessional propositions through express statements and genuinely good and necessary consequences.
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Were the Revisers Deceived?
The Revisers knew that Greek changes were permitted and knew Westcott and Hort’s private text was before them. The defensible charge is not an unnoticed substitution. It is…
Open record →Matthew 5:44 — Love, Bless, Do Good, and Pray: The Full Command Concerning Enemies
The critical text shortens this fourfold command to two parts: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. The Textus Receptus also says to bless those…
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