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Baptist History in Light of Available Historical Material
Historical Material This might seem really obvious, but the further back we go in history, the harder it is to prove something from available extra-scriptural historical material. Consider Adam and Eve. Understatement alert — we don’t have historical material from the time of Adam and Eve outside of the Bible. Nothing survived from them archaeologically. […]
The History of Textual Criticism Supplanting Divine and Perfect Preservation of Scripture
The Enlightenment, with its emphasis on reason, empiricism, and skepticism toward traditional authority, gave rise to the naturalistic approach to scripture and modern textual criticism. These challenged transcendental and fideistic views of truth and the belief in the providential, divine, and perfect preservation of scripture. This shift occurred through a convergence of intellectual movements—empiricism, German […]
Scripture Is Science
Science The English word “science” occurs only once in the New Testament, referring to “science falsely so-called” (1 Tim 6:20). What is often called “science” really is “science falsely so-called.” What is science? Merriam-Webster online gives the following definitions: 1 a : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of […]
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, Postmodernism, and Critical Theory
People in general don’t want to be told what to do. This arises from the sin nature of mankind, a cursed rebellion passed down from Adam. So people won’t have to do what an authority tells them, they disparage the credibility of it. They especially attack God in diverse manners so He won’t hinder or […]
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