Kudos to John Hobbins for directing attention to the recent thoughts of others (and back here) on this issue. Read John's post, "Breathing New Life Into the Doctrine of Inerrancy" and follow the links. Editor's note: Content of the blog post is reproduced below, with...
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Responses to Mr. Molina’s Second Reply
Mr. Molina writes: Could this be about how God sees/relates to history? He knows the end from the beginning, doesn't this put Him then at an advantage (obviously, but bear with me) to "pull the strings" as it were of history, events and time, so that what seems like...
Responses to Mr. Molina’s First Reply
I'm posting this due to the length of Mr. Molina's reply. I'll follow this post with his second reply and my responses. See "MSH" for my thoughts. ------- (start of Mr. Molina's statement on inspiration) I believe that God intended to deliver specific, direct...
A Good Reminder About the “Original Text”
Post from the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog. Editor's note: Link's content reproduced below,From Evangelical Textual Criticism: John Updike and the Problem of the Original Text, originally published February 20, 2009. John Updike and the Problem of the Original...
Round Two with John Hobbins and the Bellingham Statement
I really don't like basketball ("ball in Mike's court"), so the boxing metaphor is substituted! Once again, I'm pleased to chat with John and the rest of you in regard to his latest post responding to my comments on his revision of my Bellingham Statement draft. Here...
Hebrews 10:5-7 and Its Quotation of Psalm 40:6-8 (LXX 39:6-8): Another Very Tough Road to Hoe for the Traditional Inspiration View
Someone asked me about this passage this morning, and I thought it was another great illustration of why we need to affirm freedom on the part of the biblical writers, as opposed to God dictating the words to them (audibly or through some sort of mysterious...
Response to John Hobbins’ Thoughts on the Bellingham Statement
What follows is some brief interaction with John Hobbins' post about the Bellingham Statement (second draft as I recall). John wrote, "I happen to think that Mike's view of Scripture is not high enough. He backs away from upholding verbal inspiration." Actually, I...
Guest Blogger: John Hobbins Responds to the Bellingham Statement
John sent me what follows in an email, and I'm thrilled. This is just what I was hoping for. You'll note we have disagreements (perhaps!). John doesn't think my view of Scripture is "high enough." I'll be responding to this soon, as I think part of the disconnect...
The Rest of My Comments on the Chicago Statement
Not much is new in here as far as my thoughts, but I promised I'd complete this by month's end. I'm now going to try and put my "Bellingham Statement" into 4-5 paragraphs and see if I can't get some other biblio-bloggers of note to weigh in on it. Here's the rest of...
God’s Word in Human Words: A Review
I thought this would be of interest to many of you given the inspiration and inerrancy discussion. Kenton Sparks of Eastern recently authored a book entitled, God's Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship. It is illustrative...
Book Recommendation Related to the Inspiration Discussion
Some of the posts on this topic have dealt with the looseness of how NT authors quote / use the OT. I've given a couple of examples, but if you want to see how thorny the issues are, I recommend a recent book on the subject--nay, an entire commentary on this...
The Point of My Exodus 21/ Deuteronomy 15 Illustration
A little while back a commenter to the discussion of inspiration and inerrancy wanted me to put forth examples where something written in Scripture was later changed in Scripture. I provided two examples off the top of my head since I've thought about both again...
Second Follow-Up Reply to Chris
Back to the rest of Chris's reply. This is good stuff since it prompts discussion and brings other examples to the discussion. Chris was questioning me based on three items. The first two I replied to, and subsequently posted. I've posted my response to some follow-up...
Hope You Are Checking the Comments…
Just in case. Here is something I just posted as a reply. I think the questions and my response are useful for others to see. The statements in quotation marks (" ") is NOT mine. >> 1. You wrote: If the Bible indeed employs 'flawed propositions' in order to...
Article IX of the Chicago Statement
I got a bit carried away with Article IX, so I didn't post all the rest of the articles and my responses to them here. Here's Article IX: Article IX. WE AFFIRM that inspiration, though not conferring omniscience, guaranteed true and trustworthy utterance on all...