Category Archives: Contra

Well, I have finally finished watching the third episode of the Textual Confidence Collective [TCC]. First, as I predicted they wholly ignored or were completely unaware of the Spirit/word/faith paradigm prevalent throughout Reformed Bibliology, and they chose a handful of verses and then told us what they think those verses don’t mean. So A+ there.Continue reading “My Prediction was Right and the Dumpster Fire Continues to Keep the TCC Warm and Cozy”

I have not yet listened to the third installment of the Textual Confidence Collective [TCC]. I will later today and post about it tomorrow. That said, I am going to make a prediction and I am going to make that prediction based on words Daniel Wallace said three days ago on the Reason and TheologyContinue reading “Why the Textual Confidence Collective is Going to Get Confessional Bibliology Wrong (Again)”

So as you peruse the internet have any of you found it interesting that there is another huge debate going on about the King James? When I type in “King James debate” into Google I get story after story and image after image of who is the best basketball player: His Airness, Michael Jordan orContinue reading “That King James Is Not The Best”

So the second episode of Mark Ward’s Textual Confidence Collective [TCC] dropped yesterday. I watch to stay up on the current goings on. I watch to hear a new argument perhaps. I watch to see if someone among them could could offer our arguments a beautiful death. To co-op the words of Stelios, “I haveContinue reading “Ward’s Textual Confidence Collective is Turning Out to be a Dumpster Fire”

Before we get into today’s post I want to make sure we avoid a potential False Friend. Throughout today’s post I will be using the word “rancor” which means “bitter deep-seated ill will” as opposed to “the Rancor” from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi pictured above. I just wanted to make sure there wasContinue reading “Critical Text Advocates Don’t Like Our Argument Because It Doesn’t Bow To Their Gods”

Ward recently offered reasons for why he believes KJV-Onlyism and Confessional Bibliology are for all intents and purposes the same argument. Dr. Riddle took the opportunity to help Ward with his confusion on this point in a recent Word Magazine episode. Below is a video of that episode where Riddle carefully works through the fallacyContinue reading “Ward Continues to Show Himself To Be Out of His Depth”

Over the weekend I had several fruitful conversations with Critical Text/Multiple Version Onlyists. These conversations are going to serve as the larger bulk of my musings this week on the textual/version issue. One conversation I had over Sunday lunch with a very hospitable family form my church. At one point in the discussion I beganContinue reading “The Historical Flow and the Authoritative Means: How Do We Know What is Scripture?”

In a recent Mark Ward video, discussed in this post, he attempts to defend his argument that Edification Requires Intelligibility by appealing to I Corinthians 14. Ward contends that while 1 Corinthians 14 is clearly dealing with the gift of and speaking in tongues during public worship, 1 Corinthians 14 also has immediate application toContinue reading “The Failure of Mark Ward’s Arguments Continue to Mount”

About a month ago I posted the following, “For most of our readership you know about the term False Friends. This is a term co-opted by Mark Ward which is usually used in the context of comparing foreign languages. Still, Ward thought it best to bring the term into a comparison of English with English.”Continue reading “False Friends = False Equivalence”

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Sun Tzu, The Art ofContinue reading “Ward’s Best Reply to His Best Opponent”