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Those following Standard Sacred Text have noted that our defense is modeled after the Apostle Paul’s instruction to the church in Corinth in 1 Cor. 2 with special reference to verse 14. There are essentially only two methods of argumentation not only for the Biblical text but for all things considered – the Spiritual, orContinue reading “The Beggarly Borrowing of the Critical Method or Don’t Bring a Football to a Baseball Game”

Because Christ is immutable and eternal, he is “able to save us to the uttermost”  — “uttrermost,” παντελές –made up of two words “all” and “end” or “perfection”– Christ is able to save “completely to the end,” to the uttermost. Vine: the neuter of the adjective panteles, “complete, perfect,” used with eis to (“unto the”),Continue reading “Hebrew 7:25, “he is able to save to the uttermost.””

           [This excerpt is taken from A Primer for the Public Preaching of the Song of Songs (Manassas, VA: Outskirts Press, 2015), 12-13, 43-47.] The Song was in circulation within both the religious and popular contexts of Israeli life. Pope writes, “In the Hebrew Bible the Song of Songs is placed among the Writings, ketubim, followingContinue reading “The Canonicity of the Song of Songs”

            Henry VIII, in 1530, demanded that Tyndale be brought to England and punished for sedition for publishing the Bible in English. In 1535, while in Antwerp, Belgium, Tyndale was the writing his final revision of the Bible that would form the foundation for later translations. During that time Romanist Henry Phillips, also an EnglishmanContinue reading “The End of Henry Phillips, the betrayer of William Tyndale”

When lecturing on the superiority of the King James Bible at a Midwest Bible College, I was invited to the home of one of the Theology Professors. Our conversation was casual but lead around to questions on the subjectivity of the mind, the proper analysis of Scripture, and finally the certainty of saving faith. AsContinue reading “99% Sure You’re Saved”

Andrew Willet wrote that if Scripture were not self-interpreting everyone would have to carry “the Pope around in his pocket” for reference before a clear rendering of the text could be made. Anyone pretending to know the mind of God better than himself would also gladly take on the responsibility of being the new “PopeContinue reading “Pretending to Know the Mind of God Better Than Himself — John Wilson (1588-1677)”

             When God entered the covenant with Abram (Gen. 12:1-3), God Himself promised to accomplish the content of His declaration contained in the future, “I will.” “I will” as the manifestation of God’s good pleasure (eudokia) manifests itself in history by the exercise of the gifts of faith and repentance; elements reciprocated to theContinue reading “The Word, the Spirit, and Moving the Will to Believe”

Turning again to Francis Antony Knittel, New Criticisms on the Celebrated Text, 1 John 5:7, and the Translators Preface written by William Evanson we receive a glimpse into late 18th criticism of the Textus Receptus’ inclusion of 1 John 5:7. Note that in Evanson’s estimation, the attack upon the reading was driven by heterodox theologicalContinue reading “1 John 5:7, the 1514 Complutension Polyglot, and its Detractors”

In his defense of 1 John 5:7 and the necessity of teaching the Doctrine of the Trinity for the spiritual well-being of Christianity, Knittel strikes upon a practical issue of pastors who violate their consciences by not preaching what they know to be the word of God for fear of scholarly censorship. The same criticalContinue reading “Francis Antony Knittel, 1785: A Reprimand of Scholar-pleasing Pastors”

Mark Ward’s main argument against the use of the KJV is that it contains False Friends. In making this argument Dr. Ward chose 50 of these so called False Friends and explained why he thought they were False Friends. In this video right around the 3:30-4:00 mark Ward explains that he and one of hisContinue reading “1,362 / 783,137 = 0.00174”