What the Bible Says, 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.

• What the Bible Says, God Says: B. B. Warfield’s Doctrine of Scripture -- “Unfortunately, the author too easily accepts Warfield’s premise that his ‘originals only’ view was not an innovation.”
• The Rainbow Belongs To God, Not A Sinful Sexual Culture -- “God introduced the rainbow in Genesis 9. It was a part of a promise He made. A whole twisted movement hijacked it.”
• The Plague of “Narcigesis” -- “This is the act of interpretation where the meaning of the text is not only forced into the text, but is centered around the listener or teacher/preacher.”
• Texas Baptists Offer Lessons to Southern Baptists on Female Pastors -- “Here is an interesting development in the debate over female pastors among Baptists.”
• Should I Leave My Critical Text Church? Answered by Christian McShaffrey -- “Christian love bids us to remain united insofar as it is possible, but because it is not always possible, an additional option is then added.”
• Objective Truth Is One Thing, But Objective Moral Truth Is Another -- “If we can provide evidence that objective truth claims such as these are a reality in our universe, we must eventually account for such objective, transcendent moral laws.”
• N-A in 2018 and W-H in 1881: How Similar? -- “None of the currently popular hand-editions of the Greek NT takes us beyond Westcott-Hort in any substantive way as far as textual character is concerned.”
• McGrath on the Personality of Calvin -- “Though McGrath is very much admiring of Calvin's achievement, this work is not hagiography.”
• Luther and Melanchthon -- “In my personal affairs I am less resolute in battle, while you are more stouthearted. In matters of the common weal you are the way I am in my personal affairs.”
• Letis on Warfield, Infallibility, and Innerancy -- “...it was under Warfield’s influence that conservative Reformed and evangelical Christians began to speak of the ‘inerrancy’ of the Bible rather than the ‘infallibility’ of the Bible.”
• Legalism and Scripture: We’re All Legalists -- “Jesus didn’t charge the Pharisees with being too scrupulous about the law. He condemned them for disregarding the law in favor of their traditions.”
• Intentionally Smaller Congregations: A Divine Design? -- “Smaller churches have strategic divinely-designed size advantages.” (video)
• How Church Membership is Misunderstood, Misapplied, and Abused -- “We’re not lords; we’re servants. We’re not owners; we’re stewards. We’re not cattle drivers; we’re shepherds.”
• Churches Cooperating in Discipline -- “The first step my own church takes to cooperate with other churches in discipline is to ask everyone joining the church, have you ever been disciplined from a local church?”
• Big Government -- “The G.I. Bill, enacted in 1944, put higher education, job training, and home ownership within the reach of millions of World War II veterans.”
• Answering Some Twitter Claims About the Text Issue -- “Has Nestle-Aland abandoned Westcott & Hort’s methodology?...Nestle-Aland has modified the Westcott & Hort method of textual criticism, but they still largely agree with that method.”
• A Definition of “Woke” -- “a shorthand to describe someone who...”
• 105 Verses in the Critical Greek Text of the New Testament Without Any Manuscript Support -- “These notes by Dr. Maurice Robinson detail 105 places in the Critical Greek Text of the New Testament where the complete verse reading is not to be found in any Greek manuscript.”