The Way Matt Sees It

What is biblical inerrancy? Biblical inerrancy is the Christian doctrine that the Bible is “without error or fault in all its teaching.”   This idea flows from biblical inspiration; God inspired the authors of the Bible because it is God’s Word, or revelation, to humanity. I’ve been thinking about this topic for a little while now.   My friend attends Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where most of the professors don’t believe in Biblical inerrancy.   For me (and many others), this has always been a fundamental doctrine of Christianity.   This is the book we teach from, preach from, and use as a basis for morality and essentially everything the Christian lives by. However I think my hiccup has been with differentiating between inerrancy with infallibility; from doing some further research and thinking on the subject, I think that these should be defined in the same way.   Instead of taking inerrancy to mean that scripture is free from all factual err...

THE TENSION OF BIBLICAL INERRANCY | AN “IN-HOUSE” DEBATE I have believed my entire life that the Bible is inspired by God, infallible (true in all it teaches), and inerrant (totally free from all errors).  Recently, I have begun to think critically about this belief.  I have not abandoned it by any means, but rather have to ask the question, “Why should I believe this?” Recently I’ve done a lot of thinking on this subject.  A friend of mine is attending Pittsburg Theological Seminary, where a majority of professors do not hold to inerrancy, infallibility and even inerrancy.  It’s caused him (and vicariously through him, me) to ask, “Why preach from it?”  “What’s the point?” “What separates this book from any other?” For more of my thoughts, see my previous blog post here: http://thewaymattseesit.blogspot.com/2014/10/my-thoughts-on-biblical-inerrancy.html I would like to reiterate that Biblical inspiration/infallibility/inerrancy is not...

While there is so much to say on this subject, I’m not necessarily making a case for anything.   Thinking about Biblical inerrancy, infallibility and inspiration have always been concepts for me to wrestle with, as they should be with most Christians.   Here are my recent thoughts on the subject: DEFINE THE TERMS These are the definitions I am using:             Inerrancy: The Bible is totally free from all errors; factual, historical, theological, etc.             Infallibility: The Bible is totally true in all things that it teaches. Inspiration: The Bible is God’s Word to humanity, as He has divinely inspired the authors. Growing up in church, I have always believed in all three.   Christians love to say things like, “The Bible is true and trustworthy,” and “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” ...