# [HOW DID WE GET THE OLD TESTAMENT TEXT?](https://christianpublishinghouse.co/2017/08/16/how-did-we-get-the-old-testament-text/) [August 16, 2017](https://christianpublishinghouse.co/2017/08/16/how-did-we-get-the-old-testament-text/) [Christian Publishing House](https://christianpublishinghouse.co/author/christianpublishers/) The Old Testament, the inspired Word of God, how was it copied, maintained as to the textual reliability, and handed down throughout the past three thousand years? It should be appreciated that what we possess today is nothing short of […]

# [HOW DO TEXTUAL SCHOLARS BY WAY OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM DETERMINE THE ORIGINAL READING?](https://christianpublishinghouse.co/2017/08/03/how-do-textual-scholars-by-way-of-textual-criticism-determine-the-original-reading/) [August 3, 2017](https://christianpublishinghouse.co/2017/08/03/how-do-textual-scholars-by-way-of-textual-criticism-determine-the-original-reading/) [Christian Publishing House](https://christianpublishinghouse.co/author/christianpublishers/) “Collecting manuscript evidence is a laborious process, but it is straightforward in comparison to the evaluation process. In the collection process, the goal is to gather as much evidence as possible concerning various readings of […]

In the beginning God said let their be light. Then he divided the light from the dark into day and night….later he creates the sun and the moon. A day later he creates the stars in the sky. How did we have light before stars?

Which of the three would you say best fits the process of Sanctification? I ask because I have heard all three answers from different people. To me according to God’s word I understand sanctification as both, immediate and ongoing. What do you say and why?

. Many Evangelicals like to say that if you give up Creation (the Genesis Creation account), you give it all up. Believe what they’re saying is that if you accept the miraculous resurrection of Jesus, you’re bound to accept the miraculous creation ex nihilo. Or, is one of these miracles “bigger” than the other?

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