Ten Things You Should Know about Biblical Inerrancy
What is biblical inerrancy? Why is inerrancy important? Here are ten things you should know about the matter.
What is biblical inerrancy? Why is inerrancy important? Here are ten things you should know about the matter.
This article offers three critical facts that can equip the believer to respond to skeptical claims regarding the Bible's inerrancy: "inerrant" describes the original manuscripts, not the copies; the differences between the manuscripts are real; the New Testament text is highly reliable; and none of the variants affects any doctrine.
This article shows that the only logical consequence of confessing the inerrancy of Scripture is expository preaching. Such preaching is the only method that preserves the purity of Scripture.
Why should you trust the Bible? It is inspired by God through the Holy Spirit, inerrant in its original form, and infallible in all that it teaches. This article explains the importance of the doctrines of inspiration, inerrancy, and infallibility to the believer.
How can we know whether the Bible is the authoritative Word of God? This article shows that the most substantial answer concerns the self-attestation of Scripture. The Bible witnesses internally to its own authority and inerrancy.
This article sounds an alarm regarding the trends that have been taking place in evangelical thinking on the doctrine of Scripture. The author deals with issues like the divinity of Scripture, the agency or instrumentality of man, the infallibility and inerrancy of Scripture, their authority, and their preservation.
Under the leadership of Martin Luther, the doctrine of sola Scriptura became a characteristic of the Reformation. But what did Luther believe about sola Scriptura? This article looks at his perspective on inspiration and inerrancy, to address the question whether or not Luther was the father of neo-orthodoxy.
This second article in a three-part series addresses the issue of inerrancy in the Gospels. Each Gospel reveals an aspect of God's own understanding of the event, and therefore the reader must be very careful with what kind of assumptions he himself may have.
James Montgomery Boice is known for defending the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. This article offers a brief look at his life and how he defended inerrancy.
Liberalism is a matter of authority—the authority of the Bible against the authority of the human mind. It atttacks the doctrine of inerrancy and the sufficiency of scripture. The article explains further.
This article addresses the doctrine of inerrancy, revealing how this is being increasingly rejected and how it can be defended biblically.
This article addresses the doctrine of inerrancy and infallibility, and reveals how these are being increasingly rejected.
Many scholars consider the classic formulations of the doctrine of Scripture to be that of Hodge's and Warfield's. Yet many criticisms have been brought in against their views over the years. Claims have been made that the Dutch Reformed theologians like Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck promoted a “functional” (organic) rather than a “philosophical” (mechanical) method to understand the nature of Scripture.
In this article Peter Enns responds to Greg Beale’s review of his book, Inspiration and Incarnation, on the doctrine of Scripture. Aspects Enns deals with include the understanding of categories like myth and history, inerrancy, and the Incarnational Analogy.
The doctrine of Scripture is essential to the ministry of the Word. To argue this, the article defines the inspiration of Scripture, its authority, its inerrancy, and its sufficiency. Then the article demonstrates how these relate to the preaching of the Word, and how the ministry of the Word must shape the life of the congregation.
How did John Calvin understand the authority of Scripture? Can he be included in modern views on inerrancy? After giving a short description of Calvin's view of the inspiration of Scripture, the author gives a bibliography on literature that is helpful for further research in this area.
What is redaction criticism? Osborne argues that it is a very positive tool for biblical interpretation. The aim of this article is to apply redaction criticism to the Great Commission in Matthew 28:16-20, to work towards a better understanding of the passage. Osborne then wants to apply it for a better understanding of inerrancy.
What method should be used in arriving at the doctrine of inspiration? This article examines the induction approach and the deduction approach and how they phrase the doctrine of inspiration and inerrancy. It calls for a combination of the two methods.
Did John Calvin uphold the doctrine of inerrancy? To answer this question this article turns to Calvin's exposition of 2 Timothy 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:20. Then it comes to summarize Calvin's view on inerrancy.
In this interview Beale reflects on what he sees as some of the contributing factors to what he has called the "erosion" of the belief in the inerrancy of Scripture in evangelicalism.
In this interview Beale articulates some of the consequences of denying the inerrancy of Scripture.
Here the relationship between the nature of scripture and hermeneutics is explained. The article shows the impact that biblical authority and inerrancy have on hermeneutics, and how these should guard the church against over-simplification.
The doctrine of biblical inerrancy is rooted in the nature of God and in the Bible's teaching about itself. This article looks at the doctrine of inerrancy and infallibility in relationship to the original text of Scripture and its copies and the impact it has for Bible interpretation.
This the first article by this author on the principles of textual criticism. In the past, these principles have underminded the divine authorship of scripture through their aim to discover authorial intent. The author appeals for principles which honor the inspiration and inerrancy of scripture and its inerrancy.
Questions around the reliability of the Bible have arisen throughout history. The author of this article maintains that the church must confess the inerrancy, or infallibility of scripture even while she acknowledges its human authorship.
This article shows concern regarding a growing drift away from the past in what it means to be evangelical. The author focuses here on the issues of inerrancy, the position of women in the church, homosexuality, intellectual idolatry, and the influence of consumerism in spreading the gospel.
This article shows that though some may have distorted the meaning of the word inerrant, the inerrancy of Scripture means that the Bible has no errors and is true. This is a good and accurate word to describe the infallible Word of God.
What exactly is meant by the doctrine of the inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture? This author looks specifically at how these doctrines have been understood by prominent theologians of the past, such as B.B. Warfield.