WHY I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE TEXT/PRESERVATION ISSUE
I should be doing more evangelism. I can’t disagree there. I need psychoanalysis because I’m obsessing about the text/preservation issue. That’s not true, although some would say it. Am I feeling left out of the conversation because of what I believe about perfect preservation, so I’m burrowing my way in? This wouldn’t be the way […]
The Way of Approval
Second Part in a Series (the first—The War against Certainty) Where we look for approval will decide what we believe and practice. We see this through Hebrews 11. Faith is how we get a “good report” from God. Faith pleases God (Heb. 11:6). But we have to make that choice: do we want to please […]
Answers to Questions about the Doctrine of Preservation of Scripture
I’m asked questions about the text/preservation issue all the time. Most of the time those asking are attempting to trip me up, to find holes in the argument. I’ve found that they mostly don’t answer questions themselves and are testy when they do. I don’t think they like their own position. They don’t like giving […]
The War against Certainty
Benjamin Franklin is given credit for saying: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Influential nineteenth-century, liberal, British thinker John Stuart Mill wrote: “There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.” I don’t believe either of those […]
Is KJVO a Great Danger to Historic Fundamentalism? part three
Mike Harding is a well-known pastor in the midwest, who is on many various fundamental boards, including the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship. He is also one of the authors of God’s Word in our Hands, a contribution from the fundamentalist electic text crowd to their view of the text issue. Mike Harding has written recently that […]
Is KJVO a Great Danger to Historic Fundamentalism? part two
The multiple version only crowd (MVO) claims scholarship. They talk about themselves like they’re the intellectual branch of fundamentalism. They also claim to exegete. And then when you engage them in discussion on almost any issue, they back up the dump truck full of name-calling and propaganda techniques. The entire title to a new book, […]
Is KJVO a Great Danger to Historic Fundamentalism?
I like men to come right out and say what they believe. I would rather have that than the public jello accompanied by the behind-closed-doors concrete gossip. That is something I like about Mike Harding. I’d rather know and he doesn’t disappoint when he writes this yesterday: I am a committed Fundamentalist. At the same […]
Can We Separate a Miracle of Inspiration from a Miracle of Preservation?
I’ve come back to say that I wouldn’t call preservation of scripture a miracle any more. I would say that God uses supernatural means, working outside of natural laws. I came to the conclusion since I wrote this that a miracle is confined to a “sign” in scripture, which ended in the first century. Do […]
The Myth of the Harshness of Right Wing Tone or Hypocrisy from the Left on Tone or Attitude
I warn you that my tone might be sharp in this blog. Some also call it “interesting writing.” However, I want to put a disclaimer on my own blog by saying that the tone that you hear here (luv those homonyms) will be sharper (not as in sharper iron) for effect. Recently, the boys (and […]
NURSERY RHYMES ARE DESTROYING AMERICA: Little Jack Horner
Consider Little Jack Horner for a moment—he who sat in a corner. First, notice his situation—a corner—and ask yourself why? The TIME-OUT, of course, a failure of a discipline program. Rather than spanking the boy, they sit him down, separating him from others, making an example of him, all good and well. I can only […]