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Mark 1:1 — “Jesus Christ, the Son of God”: Does the Full Title Belong?
The opening line of Mark varies at its final title. The question is not whether Mark presents Jesus as God’s Son, but whether “the Son of God” stood in the Gospel’s first sentence.
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What James White Answered—and What He Did Not
James White said he had fully refuted Chris Thomas’s charge. This article identifies the claim he answered, the question left open, and the exact confessional test that must govern the dispute.
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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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Preserved Through the Manuscripts: James White, Lane Keister, and Generic Preservation
James White and Lane Keister explicitly affirm preservation through manuscripts. The question is whether that affirmation yields an identifiable, publicly possessed, authentic text—or only surviving materials for reconstruction.
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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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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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Certainty, Not the Probability of the Contrary
Bahnsen rejected an apologetic that makes Christianity highly probable while preserving the possibility of its contrary. What happens when the wording of the final authority remains provisional in principle?
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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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