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s it comes from a god who cannot lie let him who has my word speak my word in truth jeremiah 23 28 to question the inerrancy of scripture inevitably leads to weak and confusing preaching with disastrous consequences john h munro senior pastor calvary church charlotte nc world wide bible teacher of back to the bible the inerrancy of holy scripture is the watershed theological issue in the church today as it has been in every generation since the rise of modern secularism and rationalistic biblical criticism every single denomination theological seminary and christian college that has departed from it has begun an inexorable decline and loss of biblical witness the saving gospel itself cannot be sustained apart from a trustworthy scripture any other position displays appalling naïveté and ignorance of the history of the modern church both in europe and in america john warwick montgomery distinguished research professor of philosophy concordia university director international academy of apologetics i have never quite understood the tendency of so many christians to pick and choose from holy scripture biblical inerrancy was not only affirmed unambiguously by jesus christ but is foundational to our firm reliance on god s promises and revelations contained in the bible it seems to me that an attitude of dismissiveness toward inerrancy amounts to intellectual and theological laziness and is ultimately destructive to the faith david limbaugh attorney author and social commentator the bible provides the foundational beliefs of christianity biblical inerrancy properly understood affirms scripture s accuracy in every area it addresses god s word records the history of humanity the teachings of our savior numerous fulfilled prophecies and the principles of our faith despite numerous attacks by skeptics and opponents its words continue to stand true and change lives today john ankerberg founder and president of the john ankerberg show both the incarnation of jesus and the inspiration of the bible as products of the holy spirit can and must be without error or we have challenged the ability and impugned the character of almighty god to do what his word says he did 2 tim 3 16 2 pet 1 20 21 1 cor 2 9 16 if an omnipotent god by his spirit can take a human agent and conceive his perfect son that same omnipotent god can use human agents through whom his spirit can communicate his mind to humanity though the holy scriptures mark l bailey president of dallas theological seminary the inerrancy of scripture is an essential and not optional doctrine for the church otherwise we are cast on a raging sea of subjectivism with a high priesthood of scholars who assume the position of god telling what we should and should not believe paige patterson president of southwestern baptist theological seminary inerrancy is nothing less than the affirmation that the bible as the word of god written is totally true and totally trustworthy when the bible speaks god speaks this is the bible s own testimony about itself and it is the historic faith of the christian church al mohler president of southern baptist theological seminary the inerrant scripture is our fixed north star by which we can be led by god to a saving knowledge of him and his plan and purpose for our lives once you surrender the objective infallible inerrant nature of god s revelation of himself to us all you are left with is each interpreter s subjective autobiographical idiosyncratic god who may bear little or no resemblance to the one true immutable god with whom we must all deal ultimately richard land president of southern evangelical seminary the inerrancy of the bible seeks to represent the claims of the biblical text that all it says is true and accords with the actual and the real in life and history as it was intended by the writers of scripture the total truthfulness of scripture is claimed because this is what scripture teaches and without it we are left to our own devices to try to figure who god is and what he has said walter c kaiser jr president emeritus gordon conwell theological seminary the doctrine of inerrancy is ultimately an issue of christology jesus clearly affirmed the complete truthfulness and reliability of scripture matthew 5 17 18 luke 24 25 27 john 10 35 17 17 make this abundantly clear to live under his lordship is to hold his view of the word of god daniel l akin president of southeastern baptist theological seminary i believe inspiration guarantees the accuracy of every word in the original language therefore we should study every word translate it properly and understand its meaning and live by it i also believe that inspiration means the holy spirit breathed his presence into every word of scriptures therefore we ought to read it daily memorize it meditate on it and let the life of the spirit control our life elmer l towns co founder of liberty university i m thankful for this website dedicated to the inerrancy of scripture which is the bedrock of our faith at a time when subtle attacks against the bible continue even from those who profess to believe it it is refreshing to know that there are fine scholars who are able to respond to these challenges with thoughtful arguments and an appreciation for logic i hope that it has a wide spread impact in these confusing times erwin w lutzer senior pastor of the moody church chicago il inerrancy is the fundamental of the fundamentals only divinely inspired and inerrant scripture guarantees the truth and authority of the doctrines that flow from them only then can the church rest assured that when the bible speaks god speaks joseph m holden president of veritas evangelical seminary the importance of inerrancy generates from the very perfections of the character of god himself who cannot lie to say that his word errs or is imperfect is to blaspheme god himself who is the author of his word david farnell senior professor of new testament at the master s seminary jesus said to nicodemus if i tell you of earthly things and you do not believe how will you believe if i tell you of heavenly things if we cannot trust the word of god in earthly matters matters that we can verify or falsify because they are down here with us how can we trust the word of god when it speaks of heavenly and spiritual matters matters that we cannot verify or falsify because we have not ascended to heaven thomas a howe professor of bible and biblical languages at southern evangelical seminary methodologically and strategically the axiom of inerrancy is both an article of faith and a guideline of biblical interpretation to safeguard the belief that in all the inspired texts whatever their literary genre and style god still speaks his mind to humanity through the agency of human writers culminating in the communication of errorless cognitive propositional revelation william c roach adjunct faculty at southeastern baptist theological seminary without inerrancy there is no clear and final word from god if there is ambiguity in what god said then the burning conviction of what he said is not as imperative grant c richison vice president of advancing indigenous missions inerrancy is entailed in our understanding of inspiration and without it divine promises would give no assurance and divine commands would require no obedience bruce little senior professor of philosophy and director of the francis a schaeffer collection at southeastern baptist theological seminary there is a real sense in which inerrancy is the most important doctrine of the bible for every other major and minor doctrine is derived from that one source whether it be the trinity the deity of christ or salvation by faith alone in christ alone inerrancy is taught throughout the bible but the words of psalm 19 7 powerfully crystallize the teaching the law of the lord is perfect forrest s weiland professor of biblical studies at veritas evangelical seminary there is no greater encouragement to the evangelist proclaimer or teacher of god s word than to know that the bible they use is totally trustworthy reliable and inerrant such truth is as wind to the sailing ship i the lord speak the truth isaiah 45 19 phil roberts international director for theological education global ministries foundation the inerrancy of the holy scripture in the old testament and new testament is the foundation for the sole authority in all theology and in obedience to the faith ross rhoads chaplain billy graham evangelistic association the importance of holding to the inerrancy of holy scripture is that it focuses the authority on the divinely inspired scriptures of the old and new testaments and not on the fallible human judgment that decides which parts should be accepted as the word of god and which parts should be rejected both inductive evidence and deductive theological entailment provide unequivocal support for that conclusion mark hanna professor of philosophy and religion veritas evangelical seminary john calvin once said our faith in doctrine is not established until we have a perfect conviction that god is the author of scripture let us be clear it is only because the bible is inerrant that we can trust what it says about god jesus christ the gospel of salvation and all other doctrines ron rhodes president of reasoning from the scriptures ministries the basis of our evangelical faith is an inerrant bible grounded in real history once evangelicals begin to deny inerrancy and remove biblical miracles from space time history reducing them to mere metaphors then these interpreters cease to be evangelical phil fernandes founder and president of the institute of biblical defense inerrancy is the epistemological rationale for all theological knowledge a sublime first principle without its ground and defense fallen man is left as both arbiter and judge of what god hath really said inerrancy is grounded in the nature and character of god god cannot err therefore god s breathed out word in the original autographs cannot err kenny rhodes president scofield seminary ca there are certain foundational beliefs for life and godliness one of those is believing as true what the bible claims of itself god speaks and what he says is true the scripture is the expression of that truth and it s messages are true elliott johnson professor of bible at dallas theological seminary no one defended the inerrancy of the scriptures more than jesus he quoted biblical passages in responding to his disciples mt 16 21 his critics mt 22 and the devil himself mt 4 4 7 10 he referred to almost every controversial story in the old testament including noah jonah elijah elisha isaiah and daniel he emphasized technical details of interpretation ps 110 1 and dared to claim the entire old testament message was all about him lk 24 44 we are ultimately left with one of two choices poor dumb jesus or poor dumb scholars i ll stick with jesus every time ed hindson dean and distinguished professor of religion liberty school of religion unless the bible is free of error the christian faith is minimized to an intriguing phase in human moral development that reduction carries christological salvific even eternal consequence further the epistemological conviction and missiological confidence needed to reach spiritually lost people and especially those who hold to the inerrancy of their own scriptures are rendered vacuous at best and void at worst ramesh richard president of reach ministries and professor at dallas theological seminary only by holding fast to the actuality that god has revealed himself without error in all matters that the bible affirms can we avoid substituting the uncertainty of human inventiveness for the assurance of salvation win corduan past president of the international society of christian apologetics to forsake the inerrancy of scripture is to snuff humanity s only candle of truth inerrancy is the ship s rudder the traveler s compass the lamp to our feet and light to our path ray comfort founder president of living waters publications because it is self evident that god does not superintend error doctrinal inerrancy is axiomatic further on the pragmatic side of the issue my 45 years of examining biblical texts in the light of archaeology and history and vice versa have given me unequivocal confidence in the bible s inductive inerrancy i e i have yet to identify anything in it that i would consider to be in error in my mind an errant scripture is an affront to logic science and faith steven collins dean distinguished professor of archaeology college of archaeology biblical history trinity southwest university both the written word and christ the living word embraced the total inerrancy of the word of god christ s statement in matthew 5 17 18 and in a number of other passages claim inerrancy for the entire old testament and he promised the ministry of the holy spirit in the work of new testament inspiration john 14 26 15 26 27 robert p lightner professor emeritus of systematic theology adjunct professor of theological studies dallas theological seminary if the doctrine of inerrancy is not true then the scriptures become an untrustworthy document to claim that it is inerrant in areas of faith and practice but errant in other areas is simply a self contained contradiction furthermore it is now the interpreter who determines what in the bible is true and what is not and therefore it all becomes subjective and the scriptures become just another holy book but not a reliable document inerrancy provides the believer an objective standard that enables him to determine truth from error in all subjects the bible addresses arnold fruchtenbaum founder and director ariel ministries adjunct professor of old testament veritas evangelical seminary since the basis for the authority of scripture is its nature as divine revelation if this revelation can be claimed to be errant through comparison with the limited data from history archaeology science and the like it cannot maintain its status as divine revelation and becomes simply a man made message consequently if scripture is not totally inerrant with reference to the things of this world it has no authority to command men in the world of men and has no claim above any other religious texts produced by mankind randall price distinguished research professor executive director center for judaic studies liberty university the bible is the word of god god cannot err therefore the bible cannot err if the bible errs then either in some sense it is not the word of god or in some sense god can err the logic is undeniable richard howe professor of philosophy some doubt whether inerrancy makes a practical difference the difference it makes is this without it authority is inevitably transferred from the text to the expert whether it be the critic the scholar the pastor or the individual for now someone other than the apostles and prophets has to tell you what to believe donald t 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