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Wed, Oct 19, 2011
Randy Alcorn
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What books on biblical inerrancy do you recommend?

I hear good things about G.K. Beale’s The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism: Responding to New Challenges to Biblical Authority, and I like other things he's done. There's one by Charles Ryrie titled What You Should Know about Inerrancy that's older than Norman Geisler's book Inerrancy. There’s also a really old one on biblical authority by B.B. Warfield, Inspiration and Authority of the Bible, which was a classic in its day. There's a video series by R.C. Sproul called Hath God Said? The Evangelical Theological Society (www.etsjets.org) believes ...

Is the ESV a better choice than the New King James Version?

The ESV was much more thoroughly debated and uses a little better underlying New Testament Greek text.

If it’s true that the English Bibles we have now have some inconsistencies, what does it matter if the ‘original’ manuscripts didn’t?

Question from a reader:

“If it’s true that the English Bibles we have now have some inconsistencies, what does it matter if the ‘original’ manuscripts didn’t? I don’t ask this question rhetorically, but honestly... So, then, if I trust what I have and believe what I read, and work with the text that I have to understand God, etc., more deeply and fully, is it even important what I believe about the original documents?”

But my professors at Fuller don’t oppose inerrancy, just a particular definition of inerrancy. Isn’t this mostly a matter of semantics?

There is far more to this than semantics with the word “inerrancy.” There’s a long and well-documented history involving Fuller and the inerrancy issue that you may not be aware of.

Randy Alcorn’s first response to Fuller statement on inerrancy

May we believe and celebrate the Word of God He has given us, rejoicing that it is worthy to bear all the weight of our trust.

Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

The “Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy” was produced at an international Summit Conference of evangelical leaders, held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago in the fall of 1978.

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What books on biblical inerrancy do you recommend?

Is the ESV a better choice than the New King James Version?

If it’s true that the English Bibles we have now have some inconsistencies, what does it matter if the ‘original’ manuscripts didn’t?

Question from a reader:

But my professors at Fuller don’t oppose inerrancy, just a particular definition of inerrancy. Isn’t this mostly a matter of semantics?

Randy Alcorn’s first response to Fuller statement on inerrancy

Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

Biblical Inerrancy and Fuller Seminary

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