Bibliology: Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible To say that the Bible has authority is to say that the Bible is from God‚ because God is authority. Because the Bible goes about directing your attention to God‚ we can imply that it is reverencing any authority found in its pages to a supreme authority giver. With any authority given it must begin with God‚ for he is his own authority. This is found when he makes a covenant with Abraham in the Old Testament. No other name is of greater authority
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Bibliology: Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The Christian Church believes the Bible is inspired and inerrant. This means that God is the one who moved through the writers to communicate to us the words which God wanted us to hear. This inspiration‚ however‚ is not a dictation‚ but a movement of God ’s Holy Spirit through the writer‚ utilizing the personality and style of the writer. Paul said‚ “All scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Tim.3:16)‚ he was
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Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The Bible is a collection of books‚ inspired by God‚ to be used as God’s revelation of Himself to us. It is God’s doorway to declare his authority over his people. Authority of the Bible is established and/or comes from its own claims. The Old Testament uses the phrase “This is what the Lord says” enough times to give any reader the understanding that it is the word of God. Because the Bible is viewed as God’s Word it is the final word concerning all issues
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and Section Number: Theo 201 B21 Short Essay on Inerrancy and Inspiration The authority of the Bible is something that has been discussed by many people and for thousands of years. Our generation has a problem about authority. In church and in state we use the word ‘authority’ in different ways‚ some positive‚ and some negative. We use it in secular senses. We say of a great footballer that he stamped his authority on the game. (Wright) The Bible itself teaches about God and His dealing with human
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THEO201_D10_201230 Short Essay #1 Short Essay on Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible is a critical topic to our Christian faith. If we are to understand the Bible and its commands on how to live and be saved through faith‚ we need to be sure that we know how the Bible was written and whether or not the Bible is authoritative. To say that the Bible has authority is to claim that the Bible is the very word of God. The Bible is the revelation of the Creator to His
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Short Essay #1 Short Essay on Inerrancy and Inspiration As Christians and servants of the most High God we take a presuppositional stance in the belief that the Bible is the inspired word of God and that gives it authority. The Bible stands as the foundation for many of mankind’s spiritual attempts to seek God through the Bible or his attempts to create a religion through misinterpretation of scripture and in some cases plagiarizing it. When we examine the Bible we read 66 books with a consistent
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RESEARCH PAPER Inerrancy of Scripture: Authority by Inspiration THEO 525 LUO (spring 2012) Systematic Theology I Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Jacqueline M. Jones (ID# 24515464) March 9‚ 2012 Thesis Statement The divine inspiration of Scripture guarantees its inerrancy and authority. Table of Contents [ No table of contents entries found. ] Introduction Introduction Under the doctrine of biblical inerrancy‚ in what sense is the Bible authoritative? This is a question that has plagued
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The word "inerrancy" as defined in the dictionary means "that which does not err or is free from errors." The term "Biblical Inerrancy" is frequently used by the conservative and fundamentalist Christian religions‚ which specifically claims that the scriptures as written in the Holy Bible to be authentic‚ factual and entirely absent of any errors. For centuries the biblical stories of the Creation‚ Adam and Eve‚ Noah and The Flood‚ Tower of Babel along with others were believed by Hebrews and Christians
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Bibliology: Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible What does it mean to the say the Bible has authority? To answer that we first need to understand what authority is. Authority is defined as the power to enforce laws‚ exact obedience‚ command‚ determine‚ or judge (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language‚ Fifth Edition). In the case of words spoken or written they are said to have authority when they are determined to be accurate and can be trusted as truth (Elwell 153). As Christians
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Essay on Inerrancy and Inspiration Upon sitting down to read and study the Bible‚ one needs to have several questions answered before one can begin to allow the Scripture to have an impact on one’s life. These questions should address the authority of the Bible (which will also address the author of the Bible)‚ the inspiration of the Bible‚ and the inerrancy of the Bible. The first question stated above is the most important question to answer before one can begin to take what the Bible says and
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