What Is Inerrancy?

What else comes from Chicago besides hotdogs and deep-dish pizza? Back in 1978 in the Windy City, 268 evangelical scholars signed on the line to affirm their belief in the doctrine of inerrancy. Inerrancy means the Bible is free from error.1 They called the document they signed the “Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy.” I’ll spare…

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Sola Scriptura – Conclusion

The Bible is fully sufficient for the salvation of man and the development of the believer into full maturity (2 Tim 3:16–17). Through the assimilated Word of God, each man and woman who belongs to God is to be “fully equipped” by the Holy Spirit so that they may know either in precept or in…

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Inerrancy and Fundamentalism

Don Johnson The other day, in “Is the Doctrine of Inerrancy a Fundamentalist Invention?” Justin Taylor posted a link to an article by John D. Woodbridge entitled: “Evangelical Self-Identity and the Doctrine of Biblical Inerrancy.” Taylor briefly summarizes Woodbridge’s conclusion, answering the question of his title in the negative. Woodbridge makes the case that the…

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Comments on – The Divine Unity of Holy Scripture

Don Johnson In “The Divine Unity of Holy Scripture,” Frank M. Goodchild begins with a line that is a touchstone for fundamentalism: “I accept the Bible unmutilated.” On the whole, the message is a rallying cry for the Bible, the source of all we know for certain about God and the world he created. In…

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Baptist Fundamentals: The Divine Unity of Holy Scripture

Frank M. Goodchild, D. D. Pastor, Central Baptist Church, New York City “I accept the Bible unmutilated.” That was part of the statement I made thirty-two years ago to the council that examined me for ordination. Some who were present that afternoon did not like the statement. I am not sure that they would like…

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The Heavens Declare

George Mulfinger Have you ever tried to count the stars? Jeremiah wrote: “the host of heaven cannot be numbered.” The science of astronomy has given us much interesting information about the universe in which we live-the earth and its moon, the planets and their moons, the stars, and the sun. These findings should enhance the…

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Inerrancy–an interview with Vern Poythress

Eclectic Web – special edition In this excursion into eclectica, we will focus on just one issue: inerrancy. Perhaps no issue is more important to Fundamentalism than the inerrancy of the Bible. We can’t say enough about it. The last two days, Books at a Glance has published an interview with Vern Poythress, a man who…

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Around the Web–10/17/12

A few interesting stories from around the web… The Problem with Pastors as Rock Stars Ed Stetzer has an interesting article on the ‘rock star’ pastor. I don’t always agree with Stetzer, but I think he touches on something that can happen in a church regardless of size. In addition to his solutions, I might…

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Around the Web–9/19/12

Schaap charged, signs plea agreement: Former Indiana pastor charged, signs federal plea deal in relationship with teen (HT: Sharper Iron) Middle East Tension: An Unserious President In Seriously Perilous Times Newsweek: Muslim Rage & The Last Gasp of Islamic Hate Der Spiegel gives extensive background information: Muslim Protests Show Limits of Free Speech Spiritual Life:…

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