Category Archives: Contra

We have finally come to the last episode of the Textual Confidence Collective [TCC]. This episode was about 30% shorter than all the others. The bulk of the conversation took place around things each member was thankful for, what they appreciated most about their own podcast, and books they recommended for further study. I wasContinue reading “The Textual Confidence Collective Closes Up Shop”

While perusing FB I came across an article from Christianity Today entitled A Neoconservative’s Plea to Those Leaving Conservative Churches. This article is a book review of Roger Olsen’s Against Liberal Theology: Putting the Breaks on Progressive Christianity. Olsen focus of attention is on “exvangelicals” or those who “grew up in fundamentalist churches, found themContinue reading “Does Modern Evangelical Textual Criticism Count as Liberal Theology? We Affirm.”

Today we have arrived at the penultimate episode of the Textual Confidence Collective [TCC] – Episode 6: This Pious Labor. At the beginning I had much higher hopes until around Episode 3 when it dawned on me that the whole thing was probably going to be an If-You’re-On-Our-Team-You’ll-Like-It-If-Not-Ya-Wont kind of affair. Once I had recalibratedContinue reading “The Textual Confidence Collective: Having Confidence in Everything But Scripture”

If you hold to Confessional Bibliology or you have listened to considerable amounts of argumentation made in favor of said position you know that questions of Canonicity overlap strongly and often with questions of which TR and which Bible. Regarding whether the KJV needs an update is no exception. Once upon a time, all NewContinue reading “Canonicity and Whether the KJV Needs and Update”

In one of the greatest SNL skits of all time Rock legend Bruce Dickinson [Christopher Walken], yes, the Bruce Dickinson, meets with the members Blue Oyster Cult to record Don’t Fear the Reaper. As the recording session goes on there is something missing and Dickinson being a Rock legend was able to put his thumbContinue reading “Bruce Dickinson and Infallible Scripture”

In the video below, count the number of times those in white shirts pass the ball to each other. After watching the video to the end, how did things turn out for you? The above example serves as a stark reminder to us all that in order for us to know what is or isContinue reading “Why Textual Criticism is an Unreliable Method for Finding the Words of God”

So episode five of the Textual Confidence Collective [TCC] dropped today. My first reaction was to exclaim, “Someone call an ambulance! They are special pleading all over the place!” But I will try to avoid that route in this post. The perennial critiques of modern textual criticism remain firmly intact and completely unaddressed by theContinue reading “The Textual Confidence Collective’s View of Itself”

In episode three of the Textual Confidence Collective Mark Ward makes the following observation, “If the Spirit is going to guide us into all truth, I’m expecting that people in the history of the Church would, you know, largely be getting things like this right and I could not find anybody who used Psalm 12:7Continue reading “Riddle Responds to Ward’s Assessment of Psalm 12:6-7 Scholarly Literature”

1.) False Friends – the TCC in general and Ward specifically like the idea of “False Friends” yet it appears they completely misunderstand what a False Friend is. Allow the following example to illustrate, This my friend is a real False Friend which is a word in a foreign language that sounds like a wordContinue reading “The TCC-Needs-To-Rethink-Its-Position Starter Pack in 6ish Memes”

A couple of years ago I picked up Shakespeare’s Words: A Glossary & Language Companion by David and Ben Crystal at a huge used book store in Jacksonville, FL. I am fan of Henry V and Shakespeare’s love sonnets. Those last one’s were especially helpful while dating my wife. In any case, when I sawContinue reading “If Only Ward had as Much Conviction as Shakespeare Students”