A Home Church Ministry
Posts that deal with various aspects of the Biblical canon, from translation to reliability.
Authority matters. The question of "authority" has divided the Church, "east against west", "Catholic against Orthodox", and "Protestant against Catholic/Orthodox traditions". So unity will always suffer so long as the question of authority remains ambiguous and unclear. I believe the Protestant reformation re-introduced one central truth that was desperately needed within the Church. And that …
This has been a reoccurring conversation I've had with many people over the years. The problem with this idea, when used wrongly, is that it conflates the text itself with our reading of the text, and then treats any challenge as a challenge to Scripture itself. When used this way, the phrase essentially becomes a …
With so much confusion and chaos in the world, people need solid ground to stand upon. Jesus said his word was like a rock upon which we could build our life. But we need to understand what that means. Let's think about that!
I suppose before we answer this question it matters that we think "how" we study our Bibles actually matters. We believe our Bibles are the very words of God, but do we think that how we study our Bibles matters? I think how we study our Bibles matters because I believe that it contains the …
κύριος has a range of meaning from “Lord” (meaning “God”) to “Sir.” Which translation would you choose for Acts 10:4? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Udo1ErsDQ Dr. Mounce examines Cornelius' response to the Angel of the Lord in light of how we should translate the κύριος (kurios). Because of the wide semantic range of this word, it isn't necessary to …
Dr. Kruger's book on the Biblical Canon entitled The Canon Revisited is one of the best books available on the authority and reliability of the Bible; so I am ecstatic that he has released a "lay-level" video series that can be purchased here on DVD or downloadable MP4 format: Lay-Level Origins of the NT Canon …
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