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Some might be thinking that it’s unfair to hold Carson’s 1979 offering to contemporary “standards” as if Carson’s writing is reminiscent of your local weatherman’s forecast. No one holds the meteorologist liable for erroneous forecasts, except in sever circumstances, due to the always fluctuating conditions of seasonal weather. But Carson, who received his Ph.D. fromContinue reading “Carson’s Calamity”

After being taught by my dad that the Bible was God’s Word, as he was taught, and indeed, as the Christian tradition believed for centuries, in 1974, after HS graduation I went off to the Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit PA, to begin my preparation for the ministry. In my innocent idealism I actuallyContinue reading “D.A. Carson and his throw-away line on why we should be glad we don’t have the autographs”

This book is written within a radically historic framework while claiming adherence to an orthodox doctrine of Scripture. For 128 pages no reference is made to the role of the Holy Spirit/Covenant keeper/Scripture dynamic (Isa. 59:21, etc.) or to the exegesis of passages historically cited in favor of providential preservation. For the purposes of thisContinue reading “The State of the Bible Version Issue in 1979 and its Current Irrelevance Drawn from The King James Version Debate: A Plea for Realism by D.A. Carson.”

The following quote can be found in my Westminster class notes[pp. 4-5] found here and particularly the ST 101 – Introduction to Systematic Theology notes. As a reminder, come the end of the semester those notes will be replaced with new notes from different classes sometime in January. Blessings. ______________________________ The historic conviction of theContinue reading “Faith and the Principium of Theology”

I want to thank Dr. Van Kleeck for inviting me to contribute to the posts on Stand Sacred Text. The goal of the blog, written by Dr. Van Kleeck, is stated in the sub-title, “Belief in Scripture to Change the World.” It is not enough to make a cogent and convincing argument for a standardContinue reading “What Another Year Will Bring SST”

“Ralph Venning (c.1622-1674) was an English nonconformist Christian. The son of Francis and Joan Venning, he was born in Devon, perhaps at Kingsteignton, about 1621. He was the first convert of George Hughes, the puritan vicar of Tavistock. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was admitted as a sizar on 1 AprilContinue reading “Venning contra White”

Verse 5. Every word of God is pure: he is a shield] Albeit all the sacred sentences contained in this blessed book are pure, precious and profitable, yet as one star in heaven outshineth another, so doth one Proverb another, and this is among the rest, velut inter stellas luna minores, and eminent sentence oftenContinue reading “Considering Corrupt and Corrupting the Scriptures by John Trapp, 1650, on Proverbs 30:5-6”

“Amandus Polanus (1561-1610) wrote extensively on the doctrine of Scripture against the famed Roman Catholic apologist, Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621). His refutation of Bellarmine spanned nearly 800 pages in his Syntagma Theologiae (Hanover, 1610, pp. 95-831). Polanus was a German Reformed theologian who spent much of his academic career teaching in Basel, Switzerland. Historians, such as Richard Muller,Continue reading “Amandus Polanus, 1600, Arguing for the Long Ending of the Lord’s Prayer”

We at Standard Sacred Text do not see historic, orthodox, theological precommitments as a liability to a sound defense of the Faith and Scripture. Indeed, consistent Christianity demands the Lordship of Christ through the Word and Spirit in every part of life, including research and writing. Dr. White’s presentation reminds us that there are ChristianContinue reading “Trust me, I’m a Text Critic”

John Calvin (1509-1564) wrote his Institutes (1559) in the early orthodox period (1565-1640) of the Protestant Reformation. His work was taken up by the great apologist William Whitaker (1548-1595) in A Disputation of Holy Scripture Against the papists especially Bellarmine and Stapleton (1588). According to Wayne Spear, Whitaker was quoted more frequently than any otherContinue reading “What is the Role of the Holy Spirit in Dr. White’s Apologetic?”