A Basic Understanding of the Confessional Text, and other links

The posting of links does not constitute an endorsement of the sites linked, and not necessarily even agreement with the specific posts linked.

• A Basic Understanding of the Confessional Text Position -- “The letter of Scripture has been preserved, without any corruption, in the original tongue.”
• A Confession of Faith -- “...this new orthodoxy is grounded in a false vision, and when false visions are enforced by the coercive power of the state, they invariably become tyrannical.”
• Did Trump destroy evangelical Christianity? – Greg Sheridan -- “There are three wrong ways for Christians to respond to a culture going mad: go to total war with it; surrender to it totally, thereby offering no ethical challenge; or retreat from it into a tight ghetto.”
• IRS denies tax-exempt status to Christian nonprofit group because ‘the Bible’s teachings are typically affiliated with the Republican Party’ -- “Specifically, you educate Christians on what the Bible says in areas where they can be instrumental including the areas of sanctity of life, the definition of marriage, biblical justice, freedom of speech, defense, and borders and immigration, U.S. and Israel relations.”
• Is the KJV Too Archaic for Use? -- “One of the chief objections to our continued use of the KJV is its archaic language.”
• Recollections from a Fireman’s Daughter -- “We always left our keys in the floorboard of our cars so dad could easily jump in and race to town. This habit caused a bit of grief in my first year away at college as I often locked my keys in my car.”
• Recommended non-Ruckmanite literature in defense of the KJV or Textus Receptus -- “All these books and pamphlets in some manner defend the KJV or Textus Receptus, or some aspect about them.”
• Robertus Stephanus’ Greek New Testament editions online -- “The famous printer Robertus Stephanus (Robert Estienne) published four editions of the Greek New Testament. All of these can be found online, though quality and access differs.”
• SATAN – The First Critic of God’s Word -- “‘Has God indeed said?’ The critic begins with this simple question. This question is one from unbelief and it is meant to sow seeds of unbelief.”
• Should We Read the Bible Critically or Confessionally? Two New Resources -- “Mapping out the two competing approaches to the text is essential to understanding the academic landscape (and how to survive it).”
• The Battle for the Bible -- “This means that the Scriptures must be received by faith as the Word of God. There is a lot of misunderstanding on this point. We do not prove that the Scriptures are the Word of God.”
• Van Bruggen and Bible Translations--Ignored or Forgotten? -- “A final thing to note in Van Bruggen’s popular work is his positive attitude towards the King James Version. Van Bruggen’s conclusions are surprising, especially for our day and age where there is virtually no end to the reverent negative view on the KJV.”
• What’s in the Water? — Combatting Superstition and Sentimentalism with Scripture (Part 1) -- “Perhaps a greater vulnerability for regular church-going folks would be sentimentalism. If your understanding of baptism is largely shaped by your experience with baptism and the people involved, then this may be the case for you.”
• What’s in the Water?: Baptism as a Sign of the New Covenant (Part 2) -- “To baptize infants is to misunderstand more than the sign, but the nature of the new covenant and the people it creates. Circumcision and baptism are both covenant signs, but baptism is the sign of a new and better covenant.”
• What’s in the Water?: Baptism as a Sign of Addition (Part 3) -- “The Word led to baptism, which led to a defined worshiping community, and as people were baptized, they were “added” to that community. That’s what Luke is teaching us.”
• 10 Victorian Cemetery Traditions -- “Death was a common part of the Victorian world. There were epidemics and sickness. Families had more children and many of them died young. It wasn’t uncommon for families to lose as many as half of their children before they reached adulthood.”