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...
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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...
Getting New Readers Caught Up on the Inspiration Discussion — and Resuming That Discussion
First, let me direct your attention to something I've added to the blog just below the blog's name and tag-line: a page entitled "Naked Bible's Inspiration Discussion." For those who are new to this blog, we're in a discussion on inspiration -- why, in the Naked...
Another Whack at Bellingham Statement 1
Here's the text of the original Bellingham Statement 1. I affirm that the Bible is revelation from God produced in writing through the agency of human authors. This agency involved human authors writing on the basis of their own abilities, education, styles,...
Accounting for Rare Instances of Dictation (Response)
I'm back - with thanks to all of you for your patience and input on the first of what will be many statements for the "Bellingham Statement" on inspiration and inerrancy. I think I can manage my schedule now - which means posting at least once a week on each of my...
Bellingham Statement 1
In no particular order, what I'm going to do in the ensuing posts is to write out statements of affirmation and denial and hope that readers critique the language in careful, constructive ways. Naturally, after we get a bunch of these posted it may become clear how to...
One Last Illustrative Problem for Inerrancy and its Literary-Critical Solution
One more item to throw out for illustrative purposes. After this, I'm going back to inspiration and begin to produce my own statement (I'm calling it "The Bellingham Statement" since I work in Bellingham, WA). Posts will be much shorter, as my goal is to produce...
Another Consideration for Inerrancy: The NT Author’s Quotation of (or Alteration of) the OT
In three previous posts I sketched out three principles I think are important to keep in mind for an accurate and honest statement of inerrancy. I list them here for review: 1. Taking the Bible on its own terms. 2. The idea of divine accommodation. 3. Distinguishing...