Archive for the ‘Bible’ Category

1st Peter 3:15 commands us to “be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.” The word “answer” is “apologiav” in the Greek and means “defense or a thoughtful defense of the faith.” One of the areas we [...]

A Definition of Inerrancy Wayne Grudem gives a very good definition of inerrancy (the doctrine that there were no errors in the original writning of Scripture): “The inerrancy of Scripture means that Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact” (Systematic Theology, page 90). Ryrie adds to this definition: [...]

There are primarily two views on this subject of who or what was inspired in the inspiration process of writing Scripture. 1. THE AUTHORS WERE INSPIRED TO WRITE THE INSPIRED WORD A. H. Strong wrote, “The inspiration of the Scripture writers” (Systematic Theology, 212, 213). Charles Hodge wrote similarly, “Inspired men the organs of God” [...]

A Biblical view of dual authorship will help answer Grenz’s and Barth’s low view of the Bible. In the first post on inspiration, the origin of inspiration in 2 Timothy 3:16 was discussed. In this post, I will examine the method of inspiration found in 2 Peter 1:20, 21. In verses 20 and 21a Peter [...]

The late Stanley Grenz, a theologian and philosopher in the Emerging church, revealed his low view of Scripture in his Revisioning Evangelical Theology by stating that he believes traditional evangelicalism made two mistakes that need to be revisioned. The first mistake was in emphasizing the Bible as a book of doctrine instead of a book [...]

Attacks against the inspiration of the Bible, the written Word, are similar to the attacks against Jesus Christ, the living Word. Jesus was a good man, but not God, not without sin, the critics say. But just as Jesus claimed to be the sinless Son of God, John 10:30, so does the Bible claim to [...]