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Honesty About the Historical Position on Preservation
Recently I’ve taken up the cause of the preservation of Scripture, mainly in view of an edition of Frontline magazine, which has an article by David Shumate, entitled: “The Doctrine of Preservation: The Need of the Hour in the Bible Version Debate.” John Vaughn referenced this same statement, “the doctrine of preservation is ‘the need […]
MacArthur and Piper and Driscoll: Case Study on God Wanting Ecclesiastical Separation and That It Should Matter
Sometimes you hear evangelicals say that fundamentalists define themselves by the doctrine of separation, when they should be delineating themselves by the gospel. Again, the reference for this that I most often hear is 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, which starts, “For I delivered unto you first of all,” which the New American Standard Version (NASV) translates, […]
14 Reasons not to Ask Jesus into your Heart, part 1 of 3
Since the terminology of asking Christ into one’s heart in order to be saved became popular in the 1950s, many millions of people have asked Jesus into their hearts and thought that they were saved because they did so. Since the clear truth of the gospel of Christ is that sinners become the children of […]
Various Editions of the “Which TR?” Question in a Debate about the Preservation of Scripture
We have new youtube presentations of the 2014 Word of Truth Conference. Look here for all of them. And if you want to go straight to mine on Sentimentalism Versus Love and Doubt Versus Certainty, go to here 1, here 2, here 3, and here 4. ************************** I got a Jews for Jesus mailing last […]
Psalm 12:6–7 and Gender Discordance: the anti-KJV and anti-preservation argument debunked (again)
Psalm 12:6–7 states: The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. Opponents of the perfect preservation of Scripture often claim that Psalm 12:6–7 cannot refer to the preservation of […]
Sola Scriptura: Tests
Leaders in the reformed circle like to sola scriptura. I’ve seen the Latin on the front of auditoriums, on the sign, and prominently on the printed material. If you see sola scriptura like that, does that mean the church is sola scriptura? Not usually. There is sola scriptura, which is the historic statement, making the […]
Do Keswick Critics Routinely Misrepresent Keswick Theology? Part 3 of 3
It is possible that Griffith Thomas’s failure to build his doctrine of sanctification from Scripture alone is related to his toleration of weakness on the inspiration of Scripture. Thomas “had a deep sympathy with . . . James Orr,”[1] to whom, among a few other theologians, he dedicated his The Holy Spirit of God and […]
The Doctrine of the Preservation of Scripture and the Idea of Acceptable Multiple Versions of Scripture
Recent Posts on Preservation of Scripture and Versions of the Bible (one, two, three) I just want those reading here to know that I get, I get that evangelicals and fundamentalists want me and people like me to accept those who use a different version of the Bible. I get it. I get that they […]
Does DBTS Theological Journal Present a Biblical Theology of Preservation?
In comments about the latest Frontline magazine edition on the Bible version issue, Mike Harding wrote this comment at SharperIron: Just finished reading the articles on preservation in FRONTLINE. Some articles simply asked questions with no definitive answers. I thought the articles had political overtones as opposed to making the case for preservation and what […]
Do Keswick Critics Routinely Misrepresent Keswick Theology? Part 2 of 3
Keswick apologists Price & Randall, discussing J. C. Ryle and J. I. Packer’s critiques of Keswick, join McQuilkin in bringing the standard charge of misrepresentation of Keswick.[1] Again, no actual documentation of misrepresentation is forthcoming. Packer, for instance, is criticized for “misunderstand[ing]”[2] Stephen Barabas’s Keswick work, So Great Salvation, when Packer simply quoted Barabas’s own […]
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