Do We Still Have God’s Words? The Preservation of Scripture (Part 3)

Part 1 of this series explored several observations that imply the preservation of Scripture. Part 2 examined several biblical texts that assume and expect its preservation. One final point remains to be developed. THE HISTORY OF SCRIPTURE DISPLAYS THE MEANS OF PRESERVATION It’s common—and correct—to specify that the doctrine of inspiration refers to the original…

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What Is the Preservation of Scripture?

Has God preserved a fixed master copy of the Scriptures? God has preserved His written Word. We have the Bible. But He has done so providentially, not miraculously. Once upon a time, there were two brothers who printed a Greek New Testament in 1633. They wrote in the preface a bit of good advertising. Their…

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What is Loyalty to the Word?

By Kevin Schaal This article first appeared in FrontLine • May/June 2008. It accompanies the 2008 FBFI resolution, “Loyalty to God and His Word: Resolution Affirming the Biblical View of Inspiration, Texts, and Translation” attached to the end of this article. The article also appears here. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. One of…

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