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Presuppositional Analysis - The Received Text: A Field Guide
1\. Introduction to the Presuppositional Method A presuppositional analysis looks beneath an author’s explicit claims to evaluate the foundational beliefs or assumptions that guide his thinking. It asks: “Where does the author ground his epistemology i.e., theory of knowledge …
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Doctrine of Inspiration Part 3
Article 3: Scripture Through the Ages—Medieval to Reformation Throughout history, the Christian Church has consistently regarded the Bible as far more than a mere repository of religious ideas. From the early centuries to modern times, believers have spoken of Scripture as a…
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Doctrine of Inspiration Part 6
Article 6: Getting Comfortable With Terms—Revelation, Inspiration, Illumination When people discuss the Bible as “the Word of God,” they often invoke three theological terms— revelation , inspiration , and illumination —that appear intertwined yet carry distinct nuances. At first…
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Modern Textual Criticism in the Light of Scripture - Part 1
Unmasking the Counter-Reformation Agenda: Richard Simon’s Assault on Sola Scriptura ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction and Historical Context In the late seventeenth century, a French Oratorian priest named Richard Simon…
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Modern Textual Criticism in the Light of Scripture - Part 2
The Rise of Enlightenment Rationalism: How Simon’s Methods Foreshadow Modern Skepticism ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction Richard Simon 1638–1712 is often described as “the father of modern textual criticism.” More than a…
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Matthew 5:27 — “Said by Them of Old Time”: The Fuller Introduction to the Seventh Commandment
The phrase by them of old time is missing from the modern critical text and from the reconstructed Byzantine majority text. The Textus Receptus stands here as a minority Greek reading, though it has early…
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Matthew 6:15 — “Their Trespasses”: Has the Warning about Forgiveness Been Reduced?
The final words their trespasses are absent from a notable early stream. Sinaiticus omits them; Vaticanus keeps them.
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Matthew 6:28 — How the Lilies Grow: Competing Forms of Christ’s Illustration
The witnesses vary in the number and form of “grow,” in the order of the clauses, and in attempts to explain what lilies do not do. An Oxyrhynchus fragment preserves a related saying about not carding or…
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Matthew 7:24 — “I Will Liken Him” or “He Shall Be Likened”?
The Textus Receptus gives Jesus the active verb: I will liken him. The critical text uses a passive: he shall be likened.
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Matthew 8:18–32 — Multitudes, Disciples, the Ship, and the Demons’ Plea: A Cluster of Variants
Matthew’s crossing contains a crowd of small variants: many crowds or one, his disciples or disciples, the ship or a ship, Gergesenes or Gadarenes, and “permit us to go” or “send us.” They do not form one…
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Matthew 10:8 — “Raise the Dead”: Does the Commission Include This Command?
The words “raise the dead” have an unsettled place in the manuscript record. Many witnesses omit them.
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Textual vs. Conceptual Preservation: The Battle for Biblical Authority and Integrity Part 2
This series is a response to Lane Keister's response to my previous series about his heresy. You can read his response here. It's a doozy. In 532 words he promotes 12 distinct heresies and demonstrates he doesn't understand the basic principles of…
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