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We believe as do most of our interlocutors that people of all languages ought be able to read God’s word in their own language. If they ought to read God’s word as it is in their own language then this “ought” implies that they can read God’s word as it is in the own language.Continue reading “The Scriptures in Our Language”

I believe that we and our interlocutors agree on the point that the word of God should be publicly preached in public worship and that is should be preached as the power and authority of God in all things that pertain to life and godliness. Such an agreement should then exclude preaching things we knowContinue reading “Probable Bibles = Probable Salvations”

Four initial points: 1.) we agree without our interlocutors that double inspiration is not supported in Scripture 2.) we agree with our interlocutors that God immediately inspired the original words written by Moses, Paul, Peter etc. 3.) we believe that the inspiration present in the words written by the canonical writers has been preserved forContinue reading “What About Inspiration Today”

Interestingly enough, we here at StandardSacredText.com agree with our interlocutors that some form of textual criticism is and should be employed by capable scholars. We believe it was done at the time of the formulation of the TR and before that and we believe something of textual criticism ought to practiced today for the benefitContinue reading “Textual Criticism: Then and Now”

There is nothing exegetically or theologically prohibitive to believing in a standard sacred text. The Bible no where contemns such a belief. There is no distinctively Christian authoritative ground upon which to stand to claim that belief in a standard sacred text of Scripture for the English-speaking believing community is wrong, evil, against Scripture, orContinue reading “Needed Ecclesiastical Stability and the Standard Sacred Text Position”

The following memes come from Textus Receptus Memes for Bible Believers. I have curated several for your viewing pleasure.

As we continue our discussion regarding those things in which both we and our interlocutors agree, we come now to the agreement that no two Greek manuscripts agree at every point. Put simply, they are all different. Usually our interlocutors follow this observation up with something like, “See, God did not preserve every jot andContinue reading “But What of the Words That Agree w/ the Original?”

Having established certain points of agreement between our position and that of the opposition here and here, we turn now to a discussion of the following: “Given the absence of the original documents all that we have at our disposal are copies. Indeed, in most cases we have copies of copies or copies of copiesContinue reading “Copies, Copies Everywhere”

Continuing our treatment of the places where we agree with out opposing interlocutors, we now come to certain crucial nuances between our two positions. To reiterate, we agree “that the original documents written at the hand of Moses or David or Paul or John have been lost to the attrition of time and use.” https://standardsacredtext.com/2022/04/01/places-where-we-agree-with-our-opposing-interlocutors-part-1/Continue reading “Is the Meaning of Original, Original?”

NUANCE Noun 1. a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression or sound. We don’t live in a world of nuance. We live in a world of extremes. Political punditry on the evening news boils down to “Those conservatives are bigots” or “Those liberals are insane.” You have to either be for Ukraine orContinue reading “Places Where We Agree: The Need For Nuance (Part 2)”