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“Clouds are an important part of God’s creation, but they also play a significant role in God’s plan of redemption. God uses clouds to draw near to His people, dwell with them, reveal His glory to them, and save them from their enemies.”
The sacraments are God’s visible word. What our ears hear in the new covenant gospel promises, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper portray for our other senses, especially our eyes. We see God’s promises in a symbol form in the sacraments.
“One of the reasons Barrett stated for his shift to Anglicanism was that the Baptist hermeneutic is “modern to the bone.” But is the Baptist hermeneutic truly “individualistic” as Barrett says? I propose not … “
It is not irresponsible to ask those adherents of the Textus Receptus or the Received Text, “Which TR?”
When it came to textual criticism of the Reformation period and scholastic period, they relied heavily upon internal evidence, as their access to and knowledge of the manuscript data was very limited.
“Our subject is something that poses great danger to the unity and well-being of your families and of the church. Very often, it is excused and tolerated, even while it is destroying relationships.”
Are we willing to overturn so much manuscript data and external evidence based on this one strange grammatical rendering which a reasonable answer can be offered? Is the internal evidence for the Comma that strong to undue over 500+ Greek manuscripts, all the versions save some Latin, and much of the church fathers?
Keach interpreted the advent of the printing press and the advancements that followed as a means to pastor his flock and the broader church. Consequently, he became one of the most prolific publishing pastors in the seventeenth century.
The internal argument is one that rests primarily on intrinsic probabilities and grammatical difficulties. It asks the question: If the Comma was excluded, would John the author write with such discordant grammar at 1 John 5:7–8?
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