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Bishop Edward Wetenhall, 1636-1713, unknown to many, was held in such high esteem that he was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. The inscription reads: “Here lie buried the remains of the Right Reverend Father in Christ Edward Wetenhall D.D. Bishop first of Cork for 20 years, then of Kilmore and Ardagh forContinue reading “Bishop Edward Wetenhall, 1636-1713, and the Importance of Theological Catechizing in the Home.”

When lecturing on the superiority at a Midwest Bible College, I was invited to the home of one of the Theology Professors. Our conversation was casual but lead around to questions on the subjectivity of the mind, the proper analysis of Scripture, and finally the certainty of saving faith. As we worked through the content,Continue reading “99% Sure You’re Saved”

            The Song was in circulation within both the religious and popular contexts of Israeli life. Pope writes, “In the Hebrew Bible the Song of Songs is placed among the Writings, ketubim, following Job as Five Scrolls (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther). This order corresponds to the sequence of their use in theContinue reading “The Canonicity of the Song of Songs”

Because Christ is immutable and eternal, he is “able to save us to the uttermost”  — “uttrermost,” panteleV –made up of two words “all” and “end” or “perfection”– Christ is able to save “completely to the end,” to the uttermost. Vine: the neuter of the adjective panteles, “complete, perfect,” used with eis to (“unto the”),Continue reading “Hebrew 7:25, “he is able to save to the uttermost.””

Those following Standard Sacred Text have noted that that our defense is modeled after the Apostle Paul’s instruction to the church in Corinth in 1 Cor. 2 with special reference to verse 14. There are essentially only two methods of argumentation not only for the Biblical text but for all things considered – the Spiritual,Continue reading “The Beggarly Borrowing of the Critical Method or Don’t Bring a Football to a Baseball Game”

Edward Stillingfleet was a British theologian and scholar, considered an outstanding preacher as well as a strong polemical writer defending Protestantism. In his work Origines Sacrae he argues for the truth of Scripture in history. What he published in 1680 rings true for us today. Must the extent of God’s omnipotent power “pass the scrutinyContinue reading “If you say the evidence doesn’t support the promises of God, you are misinterpreting the evidence”

Doing research on volume 3 of the Standard Sacred Text series, A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text, I have been reading through many pages of 16th and 17th Protestant theologies. On a personal level, the Christ-centeredness and biblical consistency of their arguments is a refreshment to my soul. I told my family thatContinue reading “John Wollebius, 1660, The Abridgement of Christian Divinity and who determines the Scriptures are the Scriptures.”

The Controversy: How Does Scripture Prove Itself to be the Word of God? It is well known, that this question hath been much disputed between us, and our Adversaries, for many years, and that two things especially have been insisted on by them, to prove the Scripture no competent Rule of Faith, viz. the obscurity,Continue reading “Thomas Ford, 1667, Scripture’s Self-Evidence: a 17th century answer to a 21st century question”

Clement of Alexandria (153-217?): The Stromata, or Miscellanies For we have, as the source of teaching, the Lord, both by the prophets, the Gospels, and the blessed apostles, “in divers manners and at sundry times,” leading from the beginning of knowledge to the end. But if one should suppose that another origin was required, thenContinue reading “First Principles, the voice of the Lord in Scripture, and learning the truth”

John Rodgers, a staunch disciple, and friend of William Tyndale edited the Matthew’s Bible under the pseudonym of Thomas Matthew in the hope that his work would not be immediately recognized as that of Tyndale.[1] Tyndale’s martyrdom cut short his translation of the Old Testament completing the Pentateuch and Joshua through 2 Chronicles.[2] For theContinue reading “The Matthews Bible 1537, (1549) and Psalm 12:6-7”