“We Need a Better View of Inspiration” – Part 3
inerrancy
We Need a Better View of Inspiration, Part 2
“We Need a Better View of Inspiration” – Part 2
We Need a Better View of Inspiration, Part 1
“We Need a Better View of Inspiration” – Part 1
Evangelical Textual Criticism Blog Discusses Inerrancy and Textual Criticism
Good discussion, and some equally good thoughts scattered through the comments. Inerrancy and Textual Criticism
Dan Wallace Reviews “Defining Inerrancy” by Holding and Peters
This is a worthwhile review of what sounds like a worthwhile book. Readers know that I have long contended that any discussion of inerrancy requires serious discussion of the definitional problems. This book shows a keen awareness of that initial task. Wallace writes:...
Inerrancy, Adam and ETS
It’s been two weeks since I attended the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (held this year in Baltimore). The theme this year was inerrancy. I know it’s a tired subject for many, but it’s still quite current within ETS, due in no...
Survey on “What Troubles You About Inspiration?” And a Rant
Thanks to all of you (nearly 50) who responded to my survey. It’s still open so that others can chime in. I’ll be using these thoughts as fodder for my trip to Nashville this week, as its goal is to experiment with creating some content / teaching videos...
The Errancy and Inerrancy Problem Illustrated: The Case of Genesis 48:21-22
I was recently received a question about inerrancy from a student in my MEMRA institute. Readers here know I’ve spent a lot of time on that subject (see the archived page). My short answer was that the difficulty in talking about inerrancy and errancy is...
Paul and Jesus: Their Use of the Old Testament
I will return to Amos 9 in the next post, but I came across these two articles on the web recently and wanted to make them part of the discussion / your consideration. One is on Paul’s use of the OT (it draws on the next article) and the other is on how Jesus...
The OT Cited in the NT: Peter’s (Luke’s) Use of Psalm 16:8-11 in Acts 2:24-28
I’ve decided to open with this oft-debated passage. It’s a good one, in that it introduces the sorts of issues that make this phenomenon important. Here is a PDF of the primary texts involved, along with commentary from Beale and Carson’s edited...
The Cosmology of Genesis 1 and the Old Testament’s Pre-Scientific Worldview
Naked Bible readers will remember I got into this issue several times during the discussion on inerrancy. It’s current again for me for two reasons. One is N.T. Wright has chimed in on the subject in this video, which I offer for the curious (I’m not...
Bart Ehrman On Coast to Coast AM Tomorrow Night
In case you like late-night talk radio, you might want to tune in. The C2C site has a list of affiliates by state to catch the show. I’ve been on C2C many times. The host for this one will be Ian Punnett. Ian is a seminary grad (went to both Univ of Chicago Div...
For Those Who Don’t Like the Bellingham Statement’s Articulation of Inspiration
If you don’t like the way I’ve described inspiration, notably: (1) my denial that God gave the words to each writer and (2) the subsequent notion that humans are the immediate source of Scripture while God is the ultimate source (and so BOTH are sources),...
John Hobbins’ Thoughts on the Revised Bellingham Statement
John Hobbins has once again added helpful commentary on the Bellingham Statement. I hope more will chime in, especially academically-trained bibliobloggers who have expressed concerns over inspiration and inerrancy. Editor's note: content of the link produced below,...
Another Proposed Bellingham Statement (Last One?)
Here goes another crack at a statement on inspiration and inerrancy (both!). I think what follows constitutes something that I hope readers will circulate. I’m not sure about the order things are addressed, so please pay attention to that. I have some modest...