For this long-overdue contribution to our series on Francis Upham’s “Thoughts on the Holy Gospels,” we jump ahead to chapter eight, which speaks to the “Inspiration of the Gospels.” What most intrigued me about this chapter was his alignment with others who were writing on Inspiration—by which they also meant…
I have asserted that the writings of the apostles were immediately recognized as Scripture (e.g., 1 Tim. 5:18; 2 Pet. 3:15–16; 2 Tim. 3:16). And further, that Galatians refers to something like Matthew’s Gospel, which was “previously written” prior to Paul’s first visit to Galatia. Here is my translation of…