Tuesday, June 30, 2026

How many *sons* of Alpheus were apostles?

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X post: How many *sons* of Alpheus were apostles? Preaching Sunday on the call of Levi in Mark 2:13-17. Spent some time noting the apostle...
Friday, June 12, 2026

The Vision (6.12.26): The Authority of Christ

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  Image: "Knockout" Rose, North Garden, Virginia, June 2026. Note: Devotional taken from last Sunday's sermon on Mark 1:21-34....
Monday, June 08, 2026

Beza's Motto

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  From X Post: The motto of Protestant father Theodore Beza (1519-1605): Plus à me frapper on s'amuse, tant plus de marteaux on y use (...
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Friday, June 05, 2026

The Vision (6.5.26): Come Ye After Me

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  Note: Devotional taken from last Sunday's sermon on Mark 1:16-20. “And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to ...
Friday, May 29, 2026

The Vision (5.29.26): The time is fulfilled

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  Image: Modern view of the Sea of Galilee. Note: Devotion based on last Sunday's sermon on Mark 1:9-15. Mark 1:14   Now after that Joh...

Robert Preus on Seventeenth Century Lutheran Dogmaticians & Textual Variants:

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  From X post: Here is Robert Preus’s description of how the seventeenth century Lutheran dogmaticians handled textual variants: "In t...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

WM 385: REJOINDER to Zachary J. Cole: "Modern" Textual Criticism & the Westminster Divines: PART TWO

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Monday, May 25, 2026

WM 384: Bishop J. C. Ryle on the Woman Taken in Adultery (John 7:53-8:11)

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Friday, May 22, 2026

The Vision (5.22.26): The Beginning of the Gospel (Mark 1:1)

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  Image: British Museum: Lullington (England) Chi Rho, wall plaster painting, 4th century. Note: Devotion based on last Sunday's sermon ...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

John Owen on Inspiration and Uncorrupted Preservation

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  From X Post: John Owen (1616-1683) on why the affirmation of the inspiration of Scripture must also be accompanied by the affirmation of i...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

J. A. Alexander on the Four Gospels

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  From X Post: J. A. Alexander on the four Gospels: "The Gospels, thus viewed, have been likened to four portraits or four landscapes, ...
Monday, May 18, 2026

WM 383: Rejoinder to Zachary J. Cole: "Modern" Textual Criticism & the Westminster Divines: Part One

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  Below is a table of the 16 examples of Westminster divines supposedly using "Modern" Textual Criticism shared by Zachary J. Col...

John Owen on Confessional Bibliology

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From X post: John Owen (1616-1683) articulates Confessional Bibliology: "The sum of what I am pleading for... is, That as the Scripture...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Commendation: Zanchi's Commentary on Philippians

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Edited X Post: Last Sunday completed a short expositional sermon series through Philippians (18 sermons). One of my reading companions throu...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Zanchi Defends the Traditional Reading of Philippians 4:13

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From X post: Zanchi defends the traditional reading of Philippians 4:13 ("I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me....
Monday, May 11, 2026

The Vision (5.8.26): All Things Through Christ

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  Note: Devotion taken from sermon on Sunday, March 3, 2026 . “ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13...
Tuesday, May 05, 2026

WM 382: Discussion with James Snapp, Jr.: "Hot Takes" on Wallace & Trobisch, 2 Peter 3:10, & Revelation 20:5

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  Links: www.jamessnappjr.com www.thetextofthegospels.com

Zanchi: "For our lives... is like a wheel...."

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From X post: Zanchi on Philippians 4:12 ("I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound..."): "For our lives—or our ...
Saturday, May 02, 2026

The Vision (5.1.26): The Battle for the Mind (Philippians 4:8)

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  Image: Rhododendron, North Garden, Virginia, May 2026. Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on Philippians 4:7-9. When a la...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

WM 381: The Bibliology of Bishop J. C. Ryle (1816-1900)

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