How Long Were the Original Manuscripts Around? Considerations on the NT Autographa and Early NT Apographa from Scripture and Patristic Writers, part 5
An explicit reference to the continued existence of an autograph is found in fragments from the writings of Peter, bishop of Alexandria from A. D. 300-311:[i] But after His public ministry He did not eat of the lamb, but Himself suffered as the true Lamb in the Paschal feast, as John, the divine and evangelist, […]
Poem by David Warner
Here is a poem just recently written by David Warner from our church. He regularly writes poems in honor and worship of God, according to the Word of God. We are encouraging our students to write poetry and music for the Lord. Tell me what you think. +++++++++++++++++++++ Thus He speaks, the Maker of the […]
The Sister Presuppositions of Palaeography and Paleontology
A paleontologist goes searching for fossils with the idea that he’s going to find a missing link, some petrified skeleton that will fill his presupposition of naturalistic origins. He has predetermined a narrative without God and he goes looking for the “evidence” that will tell that story. He goes looking for what will “prove” […]
Luke 23:43: Where Does the Comma Go? Was the Thief in Paradise That Day? “Verily, I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise,” as in the KJV, or “Verily I say unto thee to day, Thou shalt be with me in paradise,” as the Watchtower Society, Seventh Day Adventism, and other annihilationists teach?
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What Do the Multiple Version Men Leave Us With? pt. 2
Hopefully, I’ll get back to and then finish the unpopular music series starting next week. In the meantime, I wanted to write one more thing on the multiple version issue that I approached on Monday. ################## Sinaiticus is being questioned based upon extra-scriptural evidence. The debate is extra-scriptural. Did Constantine Simonides forge the manuscript? There is […]
What Do the Multiple Version Men Leave Us With?
If I were to rank the recent stir-ups that related to the Bible, as to national interest, they would be the following: (1) Duck Dynasty Phil Robertson’s homosexuality comments, (2) John MacArthur’s Strange Fire Conference, (3) NCFIC Holy Hip-Hop panel discussion, and (4) Mark Driscoll charged with plagiarism for several of his books. If I […]
How Long Were the Original Manuscripts Around? Considerations on the NT Autographa and Early NT Apographa from Scripture and Patristic Writers, part 4
Irenaeus, who probably wrote his Against Heresies between A. D. 180-185,[i] while discussing the reading “666” concerning the mark of the beast and the presence of a variant reading of “616,”[ii] stated: 1. Such, then, being the state of the case, and this number being found in all the most approved and ancient copies [of […]
What the Worship War or Music Issue Really Is About
I’ve been talking about the music/worship issue here for quite a few posts, and will continue next week, Lord-willing. We can go back and forth about how someone judges what is wrong and right, or whether someone can even judge what is wrong and right, but ultimately that’s not what this is all about. In […]
Not Ducking the Homosexual Issue
To get a certain disclaimer out of the way, I’ve never seen a Duck Dynasty, so I’m not a fanboy. I’m not even interested in watching. I do have a beard, so perhaps there is a latent follicle prejudice. However, I do watch clips from news shows on Real Clear Politics. I’ve done that for […]
The Encyclopaedia Britannica on Christmas
Have you ever looked at the development of the Christmas festival? It is interesting and thought-provoking. I have reproduced below the article from the Encyclopaedia Britannica on Christmas so you can get a sense of what mainline historical scholarship says on the subject. The article mentions that one needs to read about the development of […]