Category Archives: Bibliology

What the Bible is, and how we got it.

The Meaning of Theopneustos

Posted on 18 February, 2012 by Jon Gleason

Paul was describing a spiritual vitality, living and life-giving, which is not at all limited to the original autographs but exists even in accurate translations. Continue reading →

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Warfield’s Redefinition of Inspiration

Posted on 17 February, 2012 by Jon Gleason

In Warfield’s writings, then, “in-spired” became “ex-spired”, breathed out. No longer referring to both the divine origin and the divine quality or nature of the Scriptures, he now taught that inspiration meant only the divine origin. He believed his own redefinition, and began to write that his definition was what the Scriptural writers had in mind. Continue reading →

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Rightly Dividing and Perspicuity — Plain, but Not Always Easy

Posted on 17 February, 2012 by Jon Gleason

Right interpretation is not always easy. It is sometimes hard to figure out the plain / normal meaning of the text of Scripture. Right interpretation is always possible. We merely have to figure out the plain / normal meaning of the text of Scripture.
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Rightly Dividing and Perspicuity — Responsibility and Possibility

Posted on 15 February, 2012 by Jon Gleason

■To say it is impossible to understand His Word would be to say that God’s Word will not accomplish that which He pleased.
■To say God’s Word will not accomplish that which He pleased is to say Isaiah 55:11 is not true.
■To say Isaiah 55:11 is not true is to say that God is either dumber than you or less honest than you.
■To make either of those claims is to show just how rebellious and foolish you are. Continue reading →

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The “Pericope Adulterae” and the Oldest Manuscripts

Posted on 10 February, 2012 by Jon Gleason

“Oldest is best” becomes problematic when “oldest” is a moving target and the new “oldest” doesn’t agree with the previous “oldest.” It makes your previous “oldest is best” assertion look pretty silly, and makes one wonder what the next “oldest” they discover is going to say…. Continue reading →

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Is the Oldest Manuscript Really Best?

Posted on 30 January, 2012 by Jon Gleason

Our “oldest manuscripts” survived because they weren’t accurate, so believers didn’t want to use them. They were sloppy work by careless scribes, and no one wanted to copy from them. Continue reading →

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Not Like Any Other Book

Posted on 26 January, 2012 by Jon Gleason

Despite my appreciation for the ministry of these godly men in my life, my confidence in the rules of New Testament Textual Criticism as a reliable guide to identifying the true text of Scripture began to crumble. Continue reading →

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