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...

Critical Theory and Textual Criticism?

Yes, there are ties between critical theory and textual criticism, although they represent distinct fields of study within the broader realm of literary and cultural analysis. Textual Criticism: Textu...

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...

ESV and Inerrancy

The Bible, as one of the most revered and widely read texts in human history, has undergone centuries of transmission, translation, and interpretation. Recently, however, a new process has shaped the ...

The Origin of Skeptical Textual Criticism?

Modern Textual Criticism: Modern textual criticism is a scholarly discipline that involves the analysis and comparison of different manuscript copies of ancient texts, particularly those of the Bible....

The Bright Star Statement on Biblical Preservation

The Bright Star Statement on Biblical Preservation Preamble: We affirm the divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, consisting of the sixty-six canonical books of the Old and the New Testaments (fro...

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...

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...