180), came to grips with the gnostic challenge. He not only emphasized the “threefold cord” (a reference to Ecclesiastes 4:12) of apostolic scripture, apostolic rule of faith, and apostolic succession by which the continuity of the church is preserved, but also grasped the Pauline gospel ...
15) refer to particular writings or to a collection of books, they at least show the existence of a number of written documents the authority of which was generally accepted as supreme. The nature of this authority may be inferred from a number of other passages. According to Deut., xxxi,...
The indifference which the Church has manifested toward sound Scripture doctrine in recent days is probably the chief cause of the uncertainty and of the internal dissension with which she is faced. Ignorance concerning the nature of the doctrine of inspiration, or want of clear views concerning it...
Nevertheless, it is important to recognize the wide variance regarding what constitutes Scripture’s clarity, as that fact itself reflects the very same type of irreconcilable divergence one finds in reference to all of Protestantism and its many manifestations. Though the word perspicuity is not we...
Here we need to note that Mark 12:38–44 ends with a reference to the widow’s devotion to God. She put inthe whole of her life (or “livelihood”)(My translation of ἔβαλεν ὅλοντὸν βίοναὐτῆς.) ...
Again in another instance, He saith: “Woe unto those who, with their own hands, transcribe the Book corruptly, and then say: ‘This is from God,’ that they may sell it for some mean price.” This verse was revealed with reference to the divines and leaders of the Jewish Faith. Thes...
Yet, this concept of everlasting is different than the reference to God as being eternal, as in post # 117. We found that in our earlier post, God is spoken of as alwayshaving been, not necessarily as One who would always be. Moses was speaking in the previous passage of God’s depen...
Below is a ranked listing of the major religions and the estimated number of followers according to Encyclopedia Britannica. I am including Atheists as a religion. Like some religions listed below, they do not believe in any god but have a belief system and faith in their philosophy and worl...
We also try to fit our experiences into our current frame of reference. When we hear that a mild-mannered neighbor has been arrested for assault, we’re astonished. We never saw anything to indicate he was capable of raising a hand to someone. We try to make sense of his behavior by ...
The prophetic word (reference to the old testament) should be heeded until the lights start to come on about Jesus! Many of the problems with appreciating and following the books from Genesis to Malachi are the words “old” and “new” ...