The Presuppositional Exception
Modern defenders of the critical text confess Scripture as their ultimate authority everywhere except at the point where the words of Scripture are identified. That exception exposes the…
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The Inerrancy of the Autographa: What Bahnsen Rightly Affirmed
Before criticizing Bahnsen’s textual locus, a fair account must recognize his strong defense of divine authorship, verbal and plenary inspiration, complete truthfulness, and the real authority of faithful…
Open record →Internal Critique: Testing a System by Its Own First Principles
An internal critique does not dismiss a position from outside or attack its advocate. It states the system in its strongest form and asks whether its conclusions can…
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Arbitrariness: The Unproved Decisions Behind the Text
Modern textual criticism possesses evidence, learning, and elaborate tools. The prior question is whether its selection and weighting of that evidence escape mere opinion, relativism, unargued bias, and…
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The Wheels on the Bus, the Plane, and the End of the Argument
A premise has consequences whether its advocate welcomes them or not. The opening article distinguishes professed intention from the fixed destination of a sound argument.
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