When the Canons Collide: The Question That Exposes the Method
What happens when the harder reading is also the longer reading? That plain collision opens the deeper question of who has authority to rank the canons and constitute…
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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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Mark 2:26 — “In the Days of Abiathar the High Priest”: Error or Authentic Historical Reference?
The phrase about Abiathar appears in both received and principal critical texts, though some witnesses omit or modify it. The historical question turns on Greek idiom and the…
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Kept Pure in All Ages: The Doctrine Before the Controversy
Before manuscripts, editions, and disputed readings are weighed, the doctrine must be stated from Scripture’s own claims, the church’s confession, and the purpose of God.
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How Do You Know? The Question That Decides Every Variant
The decisive question in every textual dispute is not merely what the manuscripts contain, but by what final authority the church identifies the Word of God.
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