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What we do have is the original wording of the NT manuscripts. No two manuscripts agree completely. In fact, we have more than 100% of the manuscripts. Dan Wallace told me that he sees it that we actually have 103% and what needs to be done is to remove the extra 3%. As far as altered texts...

This is part of the New Covenant, per Ezekiel... "And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful...

The preponderance of evidence is that Mark 16:9 to 20 was not found in the original manuscripts. Most translations put this text in small letters and brackets around the verses. Whatever you want to argue/discuss about signs/miracles/languages, you certainly do not want to base any argument...

I am sorry but I am drawing a blank, where is the reference to this?

Deborah_: Can you point me in the direction of a book that argues polygamy was common in Crete?

another scholarly response.

Good scholarly response. you have just demonstrated why you are a babe in Christ. I think i will ignore you from now on. You are not trained in Theology. I don't mean to belittle you, but you appear to be in this discussion unarmed. Best of luck to you.

James 2:24 is not talking about eternal salvation. See a few verses earlier where James said that Abraham was justified/vindicated by his works of offering up Isaac. This should help you see what James is saying how he does not contradict Paul. See Rom 4.6 And if Abraham were justified (eternal...

Would you mind providing me with 2 passages that imply works goes with faith for salvation?

I can assure you that this is hog wash. If you are serious, why have you not given your money to a needy secular charity? I use to say to anyone who teaches something similar to your random thoughts to send your money to me, but I quickly changed that because for the last 25 years not one...

Yes, Kruger has more information and more refined comments. Many will not like him since he is a Reformed Theologian. He is worth the read. I should probably refine my statement that the Scriptures are self-authenticating because the Word of God is made alive by the Spirit. The Spirit...

It was written either 95 or 96 AD. It was one of the canonical books that was written in the first century but finally accepted later on. But all NT books were written in the first century. It was written by the Apostle John and he would have let his entourage know it was authorized for the...

See Dr. Michael Kruger on the Canon Revisited. You would be surprise how much evidence there is for each book. The apostles chose the books that were sacred. 22 of the 27 books were accepted as those the apostles authorized in the first century. Then, the remaining books were put to the test to...

Why don't you list a few doctrines that were contradictions for you before you accepted the Sovereign Grace. I would be curious what stumped you. If you can, give the answer that Sovereign Grace gives that resolves the contradiction.

I think it wiser to say that the Spirit more so works in our lives through the study of the Word. If you are really serious what you need to do is to get under the teaching of a good pastor/teacher. Get commentaries of godly men who teach on this very doctrine you are taking about. It takes...

If we use the definitions that Calvinists use for TULIP, I am happy to say I reject all 5 points.

It may be interesting for you, but it is not even close to being biblical.

Here are some miscellaneous notes from the OT class i took in college 1 Chron 20.5 (correct reading) And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. Lets put the two words...

Talk about wandering off the subject! (I am not smarter than everyone else.) Where in hades did that come from. All you can do is be a parrot and write what others say. You are not able to seriously work with the Greek text. You misapply John 16.13 without knowing it. The promise there is to the...

The Greek root of apostasia in the New Testament (NT) is from the words apo meaning "away" and stasis meaning "to stand," so its literal meaning is "a standing away" or "departure". Dr. Andy Woods interprets this as a physical departure or "rapture" that precedes the Antichrist, a view supported...