1 Timothy 3:16
Listen to the following creed at the end of the third chapter of Timothy. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, John 1:1, John 1:14, 1 Peter ...
Hebrews 12:28
Last week my wife was in the middle of her bible study and there was a question in the study that she suggested I might use to start a conversation with the men in our meeting that week. I am always l...
Is that what you think I believe?
“There are believers all over the world who view the Bible as teaching the doctrine of election. There is also historically the idea that man has a free will and that he is free to choose and Go...
The Sovereignty of God over His Word
The Question The Reformed church has historically held a profound reverence for God’s sovereignty. However, in recent times, there appears to be a willingness, almost eagerness, within this chur...
Philippians 2:6
This past Sunday morning a call to worship was read in a local church. The selected passage was Phil 2 which included verses 5 and 6. My bible had the reading: “Let this mind be in you, which wa...
Modern Textual Criticism and why it matters (part 3)
“Are you a TR preferred guy or a Byzantine priority guy ? Didn’t Erasmus and the Majority text guys do text criticism to arrive at their text ?” Frequently, when attempting to expres...
Denying My Truth
Question #1 What are the chances that I am right about everything? – Nihl. This, for most of us is almost an automatic answer. The opposite would be so ridiculous and arrogant that we don’...
The Chicago Statement and the Exposition
The exposition entitled “Transmission and Translation”, “Since God has nowhere promised an inerrant transmission of Scripture, it is necessary to affirm that only the autograp...
Against Kenyonism
The doctrines of the Word of Faith movement as defined by Kenneth Hagin and his followers are a different gospel, unbiblical, and heretical. All of the core doctrines can be traced back to E.W. Kenyon...
Modern Textual Critism and why it matters (part 2)
Mark 16:9-20 Should it be in your bible? It currently is in most modern translations but almost always with a footnote: [Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.] – ESV [The ea...