The Autograph Nobody Has
The absence of the physical autographs does not prove that the church lacks the authentic text; it raises the question whether the final rule is an extant Word…
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Constructive doctrinal treatments of Holy Scripture.
God, That Cannot Lie
Divine truthfulness is not a habit God might suspend. Scripture identifies the living God as the one who cannot lie, cannot deny himself, and performs every promise he…
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The Missing Position: Confessional Bibliology in White’s Taxonomy
Define the authentic Hebrew and Greek text as final authority and the KJV as a derivative, faithful translation.
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Erasmus and Codex Vaticanus: The Claim Must Be Tested
The claim that Erasmus ignored or never had access to Codex Vaticanus usually confuses a physical codex, readings reported from it, and Erasmus’s own stated judgment about those…
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Did Bahnsen Hold the Historic Reformed Doctrine of Inspiration?
Bahnsen’s doctrine was substantially Reformed at the point of Scripture’s divine production, but modern and Warfieldian at transmission, textual identity, and the continuing locus of the inspired Word.
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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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