Category: Scripture

Often a book comes along that you realize early on in reading it that this will be a game-changer. Such is Regarding Jesus. Not that it will shake the academic world or end up on Oprah’s list of ‘must read books.’ But for the believer in Jesus Christ, this will become a close friend that…
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At various times in our own lives, and even more so when we read up on the history of the world, we are tempted to think of the so-called super-power civilizations. For example, Rome was called the eternal city. Augustine, who was already witnessing the shifting foundations, put that notion to bed in his mammoth…
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For the authentic Christian faith, belief in the complete Bible is axiomatic. The famous slogan made at the time of the Reformation in the sixteenth century affirmed Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone). But a similar slogan has not caught on as much, Tota Scriptura (All Scripture). While many today are functionally working with a “canon within a canon,” biblical…
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This brief article is written to advocate why we should prefer the underlying Hebrew and Greek texts that have been preserved by the Lord according to His promise for any English and other language translations. The Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Greek (textus receptus) Ecclesiastical or Received Text are those which are superior and preserved…
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In today’s highly competitive publishing market, one thing remains a surety of making a windfall: Bible production. It has been estimated that every year since the printing revolution began with Gutenberg’s press, the Bible has been a best seller. So, maybe it isn’t religious purity but an economic pleroma that has driven the production and…
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The Bible is a book. It has many manifestations in many versions and is produced on differing materials. The book in and of itself is not the important aspect of the Bible; the Word is! I ask my children to try to take care of the Bibles we own, and we understand that if we…
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“The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to…
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For Christians in today’s world, the issue of authority has been heightened once again. The evangelical cause suffered blows in the 1920s while the moderates and fundamentalists fought over evolution and other matters. At the core of this dispute was the question of an ultimate standard of authority. Modernists at the time were strong on…
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Oh, send out Your light and your truth (Psalm 43:3). This is the earnest prayer of a true disciple. Even in the midst of troubled times, which is evident from reading the two Psalms together (Pss. 42-43). They were surely a unit as can be seen by the refrain: “Why are you cast down .…
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