Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
For some Christians, a strong doctrine of inerrancy is essential to have any trust in the Bible. A good example of this is The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. Part of the preface to that statement states: The following Statement affirms this inerrancy of Scripture afresh, making clear our understanding of it and warning against … Read More “Inerrancy and the Trustworthiness of Scripture” »
The Bible is scripture for Christians and the Qur’an is scripture for Muslims. There are things that they have in common but there are also some significant differences. Here are seven differences between the Bible and the Qur’an. The Qur’an is only considered to be authoritative in the original Arabic. Muslims do not even refer … Read More “7 Differences Between the Bible and the Qur’an” »
The inerrancy of Scripture is one of the most controversial doctrines among Evangelicals. How one responds to inerrancy often determines whether one is employed at certain seminaries or a member in certain scholarly societies. But what does inerrancy mean and at what point was Scripture inspired? Even the strongest on errancy will admit that errors have … Read More “The Lost World of Scripture – Review” »
I’m going to put this one out for discussion. What do you think of this view of Scripture? “The main difficulty seems to me not the question whether the Bible is ‘inspired’, but what exactly we mean by this. Our ancestors, I take it, believed that the Holy Spirit either just replaced the minds of … Read More “C.S. Lewis on Inspiration and Inerrancy” »
