Inerrancy: Meaning and Usage. Arthur Carl Piepkorn produced a terribly useful study of the history of this term back in 1965 ("What Does the Word Inerrancy Mean"? Sept 1965). He pointed out that the word was nowhere to be found in the Confessional literature of the dogmatic tradition of the Lutheran Church. A survey of …
Spurgeon: Where Shall We Find Infallibility?
This is from the last sermon that Charles Spurgeon preached to pastors. For a while Spurgeon had drifted into using the English Revised Version. But then he came to a realization, and he preached this sermon. “Believe in the inspiration of Scripture, and believe it in the most intense sense …. If this book be not …
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What Authority Do You Trust to Give You the Bible?
BB Warfield as well as being an evolutionist introduced to Princeton Seminary biblical text criticism. He did so inspired by Westcott and Hort, who were equally inspired by the German higher critic, Griesbach. Warfield altered his interpretation of the Westminster Confession (1:8) regarding the preservation of the biblical text. He advocated a meaning the Confession …
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B. B Warfield and the Preservation of the Biblical Text!
BB Warfield as well as being an evolutionist introduced to Princeton Seminary biblical text criticism. He did so inspired by Westcott and Hort, who were equally inspired by the German higher critic, Griesbach. Warfield altered his interpretation of the Westminster Confession (1:8) regarding the preservation of the biblical text. He advocated a meaning the Confession …
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Who Hardens Men’s Hearts?
"Why does the minister exhort the congregation not to harden their hearts when in fact the work of redemption is solely one of God's election?" It might indeed seem that if salvation is of grace alone according to God's purpose in election, that it is superfluous to tell people not to harden their hearts: (1) …
One Message, Really?
"With so much discussion about the need for unity in the church, one would think that more people would recognize the value of the A.V. to this end, but instead one hears only of using “the Bible of your choice,” which tends to lead to fragmentation in any group study, rather than to unity. The …
The Making of the English Bible!
"Speaking about the "New English Bible" just published (1970), Gerald Hammond wrote, "Partly the loss of faith in the Hebrew and Greek as the definitive word of God has led to the translators' loss of contact with it, but more responsibility lies in the belief that a modern Bible should aim not to tax its …
