The Strongest-Form Safeguard: Answer the Best Case
An opposing position must be stated in the strongest credible form supported by its public advocates before it is judged.
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The Context Safeguard: Quotations Must Be Heard in Their Setting
Words must be interpreted within their sentence, argument, work, controversy, qualifications, and historical setting.
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The Evidence Safeguard: Public Charges Require Public Proof
A public accusation must rest on material that readers can inspect, verify, and place in its proper source record.
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The Identity Safeguard: A Lay Publication Is Not a Church Court
Confessional Bibliology must identify what kind of work it is, what authority it possesses, and what authority it does not possess.
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The Authority Safeguard: Scripture Is the Final Court
Doctrinal judgment begins and ends beneath Holy Scripture; confessions and scholarship serve as real but subordinate witnesses.
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