Newsletters: Textual Variants, Following God, and Letting God Take the Heat

The guys had some interesting newsletters in May:

Textual Variants: It���s the Nature, Not the Number, That Matters by Tim Barnett: ���A textual variant is any place among the manuscripts in which there is variation in wording, including word order, omission or addition of words, even spelling differences. Most scholars put the number of variants for the New Testament at around 400,000. This is a staggering number when coupled with the fact that there are only about 138,000 words in the Greek New Testament. That means there are almost three variants per word. Do you feel the weight of this challenge? You should. No other document from the ancient world has this many textual variants. Yet, I believe that the New Testament is the most reliable document from antiquity. How can this be?��� (Read more.)


God Will Not Call You into Something He Has Already Called You Out Of by Brett Kunkle: ���I always tell students that loving people well means telling them the truth, even if it upsets them.... Truth-telling is an important way to love people. The Apostle John instructs, ���Let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth��� (1 John 3:18).... As I worked up the courage to speak, I was reminded of Francis Schaeffer���s words: ���Truth carries with it confrontation. Truth demands confrontation; loving confrontation, but confrontation nevertheless.������ (Read more.)


Letting God Take the Heat by Alan Shlemon: ���Over the last decade as a Stand to Reason speaker, I���ve been yelled at, cursed at, and even threatened. Somehow, though, I haven���t yelled back, cursed back, or threatened anyone. In fact, I respond to such attacks in a rather calm way. How do I keep my cool? Here���s my secret: I let God take the heat.��� (Read more.)

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