Update

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Dear Reader,

As you have noticed, I have posted significantly less in the last year. I have thought of starting the blog and YouTube channel up again, but I often think that most of the conversation has been discussed at length. If I were to re-launch, I would want to have an idea of what direction I want to take the content. That being said, I wanted to ask my audience what you all want to see. What questions or conversation topics would you like to see covered? If you have been following my blog since the beginning, you know that the main focus of my blog is the theological and philosophical approach rather than looking at individual variants, and I’d like to stay in that lane. That being said, feel free to comment on this post and let me know what you want to see, and if there’s enough demand, I may do a series on the blog and on YouTube.

Thank you all for your support over the years, I appreciate all of you. As always, may the Lord bless you, and keep you.

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24 thoughts on “Update”

  1. It’s not exactly a topic folks need to interact with super regularly. Once a person makes up his mind about it, the only thing left is to enjoy his choice, and not look down on others who make a different choice.

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  2. This might be somewhat unhelpful, but here goes. I don’t have a ton of specific ideas to recommend, just give me more!! Haha! I have greatly missed the YouTube content especially, and would love to see it come back. On a note that might actually be helpful, don’t worry about being too repetitive. The arguments never go away and there will always be material to react to, if nothing else. With the rise of CBGM, the ECM, the inevitable future editions of the CT, and the surety of more and more Bible translations, the discussion never stops, and there will always be new people to reach. Just my opinion, but I would encourage you to bring back regular blog posts and YouTube videos if you were considering it. God bless, brother!

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  3. I would be very interested in discussing a rebuttal to the critical text in a concise pamphlet length or novella that includes all the key points including the fact that it’s father and mother had a very low view of scripture, were heretics, and lied about their purpose until it was too late to correct, if possible.

    James Pitts SDG <>< John 3:36 ><>

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  4. I’d love to see you active again, your previous work was a great blessing to me. Detailed treatment of particular variants isn’t as useful as dealing with the issues associated with modern textual criticism and God’s promises to preserve His words from a Scriptural perspective. Also of interest would be a positive argument for a Scriptural bibliology that includes preservation and certainty relative to the words of God.

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  5. Hi Taylor, 

    A series showing the progressive influence of the CT on individual denominations would be helpful. 

    E.g. How the CT changed the Church of England from 1880 to the present. For “Church of England “, you could substitute Southern Baptist, PCUSA, PCA, OPC, Dutch Reformed, etc depending on your level of expertise in those denominations or movements. Or you could zero in on seminaries like Dallas/Westminster/Fuller etc. 

    Likewise the flip side could be attempted, the preserving influence of the TR on various groups over the last 150 years.

    Depends if you have an interest in one area or not… Just a suggestion. 

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  6. I would greatly appreciate if you could show how Sola Scriptura is attacked by so called Protestants when they claim that the Word of God has contradictions or paradoxes that can never be solved. Or by other faux-Protestants that claim the reading of the Bible alone will lead to heresy.

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  7. Be encouraged dear Brother as you are a gifted writer and speaker and your writings are excellent and easily accessible for the average Christian confused by it all, yet convinced that something is very seriously amiss. There must be a book in there somewhere and to be honest it is the average Christian that still needs to be reached. The man who has limited knowledge via the likes of James White and thinks KJVO is now cranky Reformed believers following some cult of Ruckman and Riplinger. Yes it is that bad, but that is all they have!

    There’s probably 100 chapters entitled ‘The problem with …’ and everything including White and Riplinger! 

    The recommencing of your YouTube channel would be greatly appreciated as so beneficial to point other too. Why not still include interviews with other Received Text men including Jeff Riddle and also with Pastors on particular subjects also.

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  8. I would love to see more arguments that deconstruct the argument of needing multiple translations in addition to what you have already done. I really love your style.

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  9. Well, one topic you might want to investigate is David Daniel’s book “Is the worlds oldest Bible a fake?” It makes an interesting case that Codex Siniticus was actually faked in the 19th century. An examination in depth of that claim and perhaps a look at Vaticanus which has had so much influence on modern textual criticism might be a good avenue to pursue.

    John

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  10. I am happy and thankful for everything you have done thus far. It’s unique in the “academical world.” 

    At the same time I keep on reading works from people like Beale and Carson who have not come to the same conclusions as you have.

    Besides that, the value of the LXX is always nagging back in my mind. If this is X then why is Y more logical?

    You already have discussed most of the important issues in this area that exists.

    Regards,

    Some dude in Sweden

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  11. is there some value in writing about the LXX(s)/Septuagent(s)/Greek translations of the OT and the quoting of OT verses in the NT?

    progression to a final form of text: are we there? could there be another? is it not possible? is it scriptural?

    the incredibleness of un-designed coincidences and the relation to Bible validity – and are they lost in modern translations?

    let’s grade Scrivener honestly

    how does purification happen? can we see it happen? or recognize it if it hit us in the face? recognize in scripture and in history?

    will we be better of, will Christianity advance to a better place, if we keep retranslating and modernizing speech as we move farther from the source text age?

    also, to build upon an aforementioned comment above about repetition- it is never dull to restate or revamp an old argument.

    grace and peace.

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  12. what about these LXX(s)/Septuagint(s)/Greek translations of the OT that supposedly shew up in the New?

    Should italics be retained in the AV or should be one font, or a better explanation of the rules on how it is used be developed and communicated?

    Grading FHA Scrivener honestly and his effort to create the last GNT TR and his “list”

    (i posted some of these yesterday but the blog ate them up and not sure where it landed – trying to remember my topics)

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  13. also, as Paul said:

    “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.”
    Philippians 3:1

    I would not worry about being repetitive as you get back into the groove. grace and peace.

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  14. I’d like to see you interact with Bryan Ross’ proposal that both sides of the textual debate have made an unwarranted assumption that preservation requires verbatim identicality due to an overreaching correlation with inspiration that is not supported by the Scripture itself based on Scripture’s use of the perfect passive construction with “It is written” without verbatim quotes of itself.

    I’d also like to see you interact with Bryan Ross’ material on how the Bible teaches us about preservation (beyond the usual proof texts) enabling us to respond using the Scripture to Critical Text proponents’ assertions that the Bible doesn’t tell us the “how” of preservation.

    And then I’d like to see you develop basic and intermediate courses in defending the preservation of Scripture biblically and theologically, to which a link could be dropped in replies to people in the TR camp on the internet who are using lousy arguments for the TR.

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  15. I like your posts and videos – much needed and appreciated
    I would not worry if you feel you might be repeating some things, it can only be for the good

    Phl 3:1 “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.”

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  16. Hey, brother. I think I recommended this way back in the Patreon days. I would love to see an article/video discussing Arthur Pink’s comments on the authenticity of the pericopae adulterae in his commentary on John. It’s a great section before his commentary of the actual passage. Pink was not a “TR guy”, but his view is much more logically, theologically, and faith based than the modern CT exegete. It’s just a great showcase of how secular and agnostic the modern CT enterprise has become, and it’s also a great showcase on how far even believing critical text scholars have fallen on the issue.

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  17. Hello Taylor DeSoto. I’d like to share my story with your blog in a brief manner because I resonated deeply with the questions you raised in your history with the Critical Text. Some time ago, I began studying exegesis and bought a book to delve into the subject called “Elements of Biblical Exegesis” by Michael J. Gorman. In this book, he mentions that the KJV (which was the translation I primarily used as it’s based on the Textus Receptus) was deemed unacceptable for exegesis due to its reliance on very poor manuscripts. This led me to explore Textual Criticism. I studied for a while, was fascinated by the erudition of those defending critical texts, and ended up purchasing the Novum Testamentum Graece Nestle-Aland 28th edition. As I continued studying and comparing versions with this Greek text, I learned from Daniel B. Wallace that there were a few variants considered both “significant” (altering the meaning intended by the author) and “viable” (plausible alternatives). It was then that I realized if I couldn’t assert the inerrancy of these specific passages, I couldn’t claim that this NT was the Word of God. At best, it CONTAINED the Word of God. This shattered my faith and confidence in the biblical text entirely. I even questioned whether I could trust the texts where critics were most certain, fearing the discovery of older manuscripts with variants contradicting the current text. After researching and seeking answers, I stumbled upon defenders of the TR, but none could persuade me. The academic arguments of supporters of the critical text always seemed more compelling. However, seeing you, along with a few other TR advocates I found in my research, demonstrate that it’s possible, at the very least, to raise valid questions in favor of the TR and against the arguments of Daniel Wallace and James White, has given me renewed hope. Your writings, even the older ones, have given me great strength to fight for the inspiration and inerrancy of the preserved biblical text. Thank you very much for your work. May God greatly bless you.

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  18. One perspective to be considered is:

    Why is the OT not under attack to the same extent by the text critics?

    Jesus and the Apostles had the same “problem” in their day. No one had originals. Did they have hundreds of different translations of Moses or David to compare? I can’t remember ever reading about the “problem” by any NT writer.

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