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The Master who Bought Them in 2 Peter 2:1
The Apostle Peter, writing 2 Peter 2:1, used the interesting phrase, “the Master who bought them,” to refer to false teachers. Translated in the KJV by, “the Lord that bought them,” this verse has occasionally been brought out as a proof text against the Biblical doctrine of Limited atonement. The Greek word, ἀγοράζω (agorazo), finds…
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Compatibilism / Determinism
In response to my post: When someone doesn’t get you (or more specifically doesn’t understand compatibilism), Valentine’s Day Edition: @aspin3 going by “All for His Glory” responded: Francis, as a compatiblist, what is ONE. Just ONE thing that a full theistic determinist would believe God decreed/determined that you would not agree with? Just one. What…
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KJV Improvement – Satyrs
Satyrs in the Bible? (source of image at right) Isaiah 13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs (וּשְׂעִירִים) shall dance there. Isaiah 34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of…
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Responding to "KJV Today" regarding Revelation 16:5
The anonymous author of the KJV Today is not, I assume, any of the other authors I’ve already responded to when it comes to Revelation 16:5. This author has an article on Revelation 16:5 (link to article). The article was titled “Beza and Revelation 16:5.” I have tried to preserve the substance of the article,…
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Warren McGrew's Outlandish and Slanderous Accusations
Warren McGrew recently obtained a lot of attention by making a bizarre accusation against his theological opponents. Warren states: I just wanted to highlight how that’s the same kind of spirit and mindset that the ancient worshippers of pagan deities would engage in when they would sacrifice their children to Baal. Because as long as…
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Response to Will Kinney on Revelation 16:5
Will Kinney has an article on Revelation 16:5 (link to article). I thought it might be worthwhile to review the arguments and evidence provided by Will Kinney in his article hosted by Nick Sayers: Article: Revelation 16:5 “and shalt be” by Will Kinney Revelation 16:5 “Thou art righteous, O LORD, which art, and wast, AND…
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Responding to Thomas Holland's "Manuscript Evidences" regarding Revelation 16:5
Dr. Thomas Holland wrote the following regarding Revelation 16:5 (source)(cited by Khoo and from there by Moorman): *** Start of Thomas Holland *** Revelation 16:5: And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. The question arises concerning…
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Debate Proposal for Debate with Will Kinney
Here’s an outline of debate proposal for a hoped-for debate with Will Kinney regarding whether (and on what basis) the King James Version (Pure Cambridge Edition, 1900) and Scrivener’s Textus Receptus (1881/94) can be improved. I. Names One of the more difficult questions in translation is how to translate names. When it comes to the…
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Some Arguments that Jesus is YHWH
The Scriptures abundantly teach that Jesus is YHWH. Here are some of the relevant passages, thematically arranged. 1. YHWH the Creator Isa 44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the…
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"Firing Line" Style Debates as an Alternative to Cross-Examination Debates?
I think there is value in the structure of cross-examination heavy academic debates. That format is roughly: 1v1 1AC – First Affirmative Constructive Cross-examination of the Affirmative speaker by the Negative Speaker 1NC – First Negative Constructive Cross-examination of the Negative speaker by the Affirmative Speaker 1NR – First Negative Rebuttal of the Affirmative 1AR…