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The Standard James White Said Did Not Exist
A question at the end of the Riddle-White debate exposed the prior problem modern textual criticism cannot evade: by what ultimate standard are manuscripts, canons, and critics themselves judged?
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Mark 1:2 — “In the Prophets” or “in Isaiah the Prophet”? The Opening Citation
Mark introduces a composite citation with either “in the prophets” or “in Isaiah the prophet.” The difference forces a question about quotation formulas, not about whether Scripture contains an error.
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No Brute Facts: Manuscripts Do Not Interpret Themselves
A manuscript’s date, wording, location, and genealogical relations are real facts. Their textual significance is not self-interpreting. Bahnsen’s doctrine of facts requires a theological account of the evidence.
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What Does “Kept Pure in All Ages” Mean? A Precise Confessional Definition
“Kept pure in all ages” means that God preserved the full verbal Hebrew and Greek text he inspired, in the body of copies used by his church, so that no part of Scripture was lost and no future reconstruction is needed.
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Mark 1:8 — Water, the Holy Ghost, and the Two Baptisms of John’s Testimony
The main texts agree on John’s contrast between water and the Holy Ghost, but differ over small particles and a preposition. Those details affect balance and emphasis, not the identity of either baptism.
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What James White Calls ‘TR-Onlyism’
James White distinguishes several kinds of KJV and Received Text advocacy. The problem is not that no distinctions appear, but that one umbrella label can conceal decisive differences in authority, text, preservation, and method.
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The Church Must Receive, Confess, and Use the Text God Has Preserved
The doctrine of Scripture cannot end in a library.
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Mark 1:14 — “The Gospel of the Kingdom of God”: Has the Kingdom Been Removed?
The received text says Jesus preached “the gospel of the kingdom of God.” The critical text shortens the expression to “the gospel of God,” though the kingdom remains explicit in the next verse.
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Confessional Bibliology Is Not KJV-Onlyism
Confessional Bibliology values the Authorized Version because of its fidelity to the received Hebrew and Greek texts, but it places every translation beneath those authentic originals.
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Mark 1:41 — Moved with Compassion or Moved with Anger? Jesus and the Leper
A striking minority reading says Jesus was moved with anger when the leper appealed to him. The received and principal critical texts retain compassion, but the harder reading has shaped modern discussion.
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The Critical-Text Case, Stated at Its Strongest
Before testing modern textual criticism for arbitrariness, its historical claims, evidential appeals, editorial methods, and principal modern forms must be stated as their strongest advocates state them.
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Mark 2:14 — Levi the Son of Alphaeus: Name, Article, and Calling
The main received and critical texts agree that Jesus called Levi the son of Alphaeus. Variants substitute James, adjust the article, or smooth the name, but they do not overturn the narrative identity.
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