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What does "Keep Under" Mean?
I love the KJV. Sometimes, however, it uses terms or phrases that are archaic or otherwise hard to understand. One of those expressions is “keep under.” The expression appears twice: 2 Chronicles 28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there…
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What does "Keep Under" Mean?
I love the KJV. Sometimes, however, it uses terms or phrases that are archaic or otherwise hard to understand. One of those expressions is “keep under.” The expression appears twice: 2 Chronicles 28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there…
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Hugh Martin on the Duty of the Civil Magistrate
A beloved family member recently brought to my attention the following passage from Hugh Martin’s (1822-85) Commentary on Jonah, Chapter 19, on Jonah 3:6-8, 10, pp. 277-81 (1995 Banner of Truth reprinting, but I think the pagination is unchanged from the first edition). The passage is relevant to the issue of whether or not the…
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An Ancient Misquotation
I previously noted a large number of post-Reformation folks misquoting Matthew 23:37 and/or Luke 13:34. Such misquotation is apparently not unique to the modern times. As a friend recently pointed out to me, around the third century (A.D. not B.C.) the author of the first two chapters 4 Esdras wrote: 4 Esdras 1:28-30Thus saith the…
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The Distinction Gets Narrower Again – Further Response to Bryan Cross
In previous posts, we have seen that there is a principled difference between sola scriptura and solo scriptura (link to post), as well as that there is a principled difference between Mathison’s view and the Roman Catholic view with respect to the holder of ultimate interpretive authority (link to post). I. Introduction to Bryan’s Argument…
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Leithart and the SJC of the PCA
The Standing Judicial Commission of the PCA has ruled that the Presbytery of the Northwest (PNW) erred with respect to Peter Leithart: The error made by PNW was twofold. First, PNW erred in judging Leithart’s views “to be not out of accord with the fundamentals of our system of doctrine.” Second, PNW also erred in…
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Principled Distinctions – Again – This Time in a Narrower Category
Tim Troutman (here) and Bryan Cross (here) have each responded to my previous post (here). My previous post pointed out that there is, indeed, a principled distinction between sola scriptura and solo scriptura. Tim and Bryan have both responded, albeit somewhat differently. I. Introduction – Bryan and Tim Respond Bryan and Tim end up with…
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Where in the Golden Rule is That?
Someone (I’d use their name or handle, if they had left one) asked where in “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (sometimes called the “Golden Rule”) did Jesus authorize “religious persecution,” which (one supposes) is the pejorative term that folks these days us to refer to the Reformed position on…
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Living in Sin is not a New Thing
It is, however, remarkable that a fairly new Britney Spears track (that one hears constantly on the radio if one has not glued one’s radio dial to the classical music frequency) about a particular sexual perversion contains the line: “Livin’ in sin is the new thing” as well as the claim that “What we do…
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Radical Two-Kingdoms and the Reformed Confessions
Everyone already knows, I suppose, that the radical, supposedly Lutheran, view of the two kingdoms (R2kT for short) advocated by folks like Darryl Hart is contrary to the 1646 (original edition) Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF1646). In fact, advocates of R2kT typically brag that the American revisions to the Westminster Confession (WCF-AR) removed the language…