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The Text the Church Possesses: Preservation, Recognition, and the Confessional Text
The church publicly possesses the preserved Hebrew Masoretic and Greek Received textual traditions while judging particular witnesses ministerially and honestly.
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Doctrinal Survival Is Not Doctrinal Derivation
A doctrine’s survival somewhere in Scripture is not the same question as whether a specific confessional proposition can still be derived from its historical proof structure.
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The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Textual Knowledge
The fear of the Lord is the abiding beginning of textual knowledge, ordering the critic’s object, evidence, motives, confidence, and accountability.
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The Spirit and the Word
The Holy Spirit who inspired Scripture bears witness by and with that same objective Word, producing recognition without adding revelation or creating authority.
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Matthew 6:4, 6, 18 — “Shall Reward Thee Openly”: A Threefold Refrain under Review
The words shall reward thee openly close Christ’s teaching on alms, prayer, and fasting in the Textus Receptus. Critical editions omit openly at verses 4, 6, and 18.
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Evidence as Servant, Not Sovereign: The Proper Work of Textual Inquiry
Defines the ministerial use of manuscripts, versions, linguistic study, and historical evidence beneath the doctrine and authority of Scripture.
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The Strongest Critical-Text Case: Rules against Straw Men
A critique is only as strong as the case it survives. This article states the strongest responsible critical-text position, distinguishes steelmanning from neutrality or concession, and fixes the rules every later reconstruction dossier must follow.
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The Word That Bears Witness to Itself
The authority of Scripture is not the result of a successful argument. It is not produced by the church’s reception, conferred by an academic guild, excavated by archaeology, established by the number of surviving manuscripts, or created when an apologist defeats an…
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The Myth of Neutral Textual Criticism
There is no religiously neutral textual criticism.
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Matthew 6:8 — “Your Father Knoweth”: Does the Possessive Pronoun Matter?
The received text says your Father; some witnesses say simply the Father or otherwise shorten the possessive. A more expansive ancient reading says he knows before the worshipper opens his mouth.
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The Confessional Text, the Authorized Version, and What We Do Not Mean by KJV-Onlyism: Original-Language Authority, Faithful Translation, and Necessary Distinctions
Distinguishes original-language authenticity from derivative translation authority and defines the publication’s position on the Authorized Version and KJV-onlyism.
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Scripture Interprets Scripture: The Canonical-Coherence Test
Scripture is its own infallible interpreter, but canonical synthesis cannot be used to silence local wording or conceal textual instability. This article establishes the test that distinguishes legitimate clarification, completion, qualification, and harmonization from theological repair.
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