Randy Alcorn's Blog: inerrancy

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Wed, Jul 08, 2009
Randy Alcorn
Doctrine and Theology
bible, errors, francis schaeffer, gods word, inerrancy, inspiration, question and answer, randy alcorn, thomas jefferson, truth

Question and Answer of the Week: Is the Bible inerrant?

I believe in the inspiration and authority of Scripture, but I don't think this means I have to believe in inerrancy. The Bible isn't meant to be a textbook, and we don't need to believe in the details of the creation account, and the first man and woman in the garden, or about Jonah being swallowed by a whale. The Bible contains parables and metaphors. Do I really have believe it has to be correct in all the little details to be God's Word?

Usually when people say they believe the Bible contains errors, I ask ...

Fri, Aug 10, 2012
Randy Alcorn
Books, Doctrine and Theology
90 minutes in heaven, after-death experience, bible, burpo, doctrine, don piper, heaven, heaven is for real, inerrancy, mary neal, near-death experience, supernatural, theology, to heaven and back

Dialogue with Publisher About Mary Neal’s To Heaven and Back

Bible and pen In the previous blog I expressed concerns about some doctrines in the new bestselling book To Heaven and Back, by Mary Neal. This is my second and last article on this subject. It’s lengthy, but I think it’s important and I don’t want to drag it out with several shorter articles.