Winnsboro, What was Happening, and other links

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• Winnsboro, What was Happening in 1903? -- “Although the city of Winnsboro was already here and thriving in the late 1800s, Winnsboro had accrued more land and property, much of which is where Downtown is located today.”
• The Trinitarian Bible Society and Its Position on Scripture -- “The Trinitarian Bible Society starts with scriptural presuppositions. Their practice of Bible publication arises from their biblical beliefs about the Bible.”
• The Style Of The Long Ending Of Mark -- “...looking at the twelve verses of Mark 15:40-16:4, one finds not just sixteen such words, but twenty to twenty-two, depending on textual variants. This shows that the author knew quite well how to use in a brief passage many new words which he had not previously used.”
• The ESV Study Bible and Mark 16:9-20 -- “As I explained in the survey of Dr. Metzger’s comments...This indicates that the copyists of the only two Greek manuscripts in which Mark ends at 16:8 knew of at least one manuscript, older than the ones they were making, in which the passage was included.”
• St. Paul Methodist, Putnam County, Georgia, circa 1878 -- “The community of Rockville was chosen because it was halfway between the old St. Paul Church and New Hope Church and was built on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Branch, the principal of the academy.”
• Scholarly Myths Perpetuated on Rejecting the Masoretic Text of the OT -- “Prior to the tower of Babel there was one mother tongue created by God. Jehovah divided this original language into many to disunite man’s rebellion (Gen. 11:6-9).”
• Practicing Primitive Christianity in a Progressive World: A Historical Examination of Two Divisions within the Churches of Christ in America -- “This study examines two such issues effecting one of the most conservative of these wings: the break over the requisite number of cups in the communion service, and the still-recent split over the issue of divorce and remarriage.”
• Meteoric Fall -- “An Odessa crater marks the site of a space rock’s collision with Earth.”
• Manuscript Destruction: Manuscripts Lost Since the Reformation Era -- “The following chart documents the destruction of millions of books and manuscripts since the Reformation Era.”
• Make No Bones -- “Barbecue joints in Brenham, a town famous for ice cream, are attracting crowds of their own.”
• Grounded in Mystery -- “Some believe Jacob Brodbeck made the first powered flight in history—but there’s little proof.”
• Gospel Coalition: The “New Calvinism’s” Attack on the Bible and Its Epistemology -- “The Bible is quite clear regarding its supremacy, superiority, and authority in all matters of faith, doctrine, practice, worship, and government.”
• A Pet Project -- “Until then, I’ve got plenty to keep me busy—a finicky, affectionate Isobel, as likely to snuggle up close as she is to turn up her nose.”