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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?”

The objection made by Dr. Van Kleeck that caused Dr. White to bristle perhaps the most was Dr. Van Kleeck’s observation that White’s argument was wholly secular being void of any Scriptural support. After listening to the debate, we understand how adamant White is about the priority of manuscript evidence and how essential, in hisContinue reading “Brief Observations on the Authority of Scripture Debate with Dr. White”

Here we have another oldie but a goodie. In this recording Dr. Letis discusses a brief history of the Greek and Latin Bible, Bible Landlords, and the rise of the English Standard Version. Take a listen.

Is “being nice” a Christian virtue? And who is the arbitrator of what “being nice” looks like? My Dad had little formal training, but he read his Bible and grounded me in orthodox Christian theology. My Dad never told me to believe something he was teaching just because he said so. He allowed me toContinue reading “Being a “nice” Christian”

Gaslighting is being told that what is conspicuous is not at all what is happening. A reporter standing in front of a burning building and saying that the riot occurring before your eyes is “mostly peaceful” is an attempt at gaslighting. Gaslighting is a methodology of authoritarian regimes to cause people to question what theyContinue reading “The Gaslighting of the American Church”