All Scripture Is Inspired by God?

[magepunk]

The idea that words have no inherent meaning was mind blowing to me when I first heard you mention it. And it makes so much sense!

[harlankilmon]

Thank you for being you, Dan. I simply have no more energy to pursue these conversations for any direct benefit to myself, and am grateful beyond words that you are young, able, and committed to this. You just make my days. (And relief that someone is carrying this torch so well.)

[triman]

Listened to the podcast today on a long bike ride. You mentioned people saying they have found healing in your message. I have also found freedom. Freedom from fear, freedom from denial, freedom from theological contortionism trying to make univocality and inerrancy work.

[haileybalmer]

I'm not a Christian, but I do find Christianity fascinating. I grew up in the church, hearing a lot of misinformation and a lot of things that seemed to contradict each other. It's refreshing to hear a scholarly voice on the matter. I love Religion for Breakfast, but he doesn't do a very good job of discussing modern interpretations of The Bible contrasted with the original intent. I really appreciate you filling in some gaps.

[jonathansmiddy]

I'm sending this to grandma wish me luck!

[chevrsh]

It is so important and welcoming to HEAR facts to form an informative message.

[denzilbelgium]

I love you Dan! Well, I love your videos. Especially these short ones that deal with one specific question each. Really well thought-out, to the point, clear and strong. Keep 'em coming!

[MalekMagicianPR]

This is something that I've asked myself many times when I was a believer. What is this author referring to when he says all scripture if it wasn't compiled yet? Now I know. Thank you so much!

[toniacollinske]

thanks, Dan. It was such a shock to me when I found out decades ago that, nope, Moses didn't write the first chapters of the Bible. Ever since then, I've been fascinated hearing what others have learned, such as yourself. It's amazing that most people know so little about one of the most important things in our lives. This video was wonderfully concise.

[fre]

I like all this but I disagree about the Jewish canon. You said it wasn't established till the 4th/5th/6th centuries, which i think is a reference to the Talmudic canon list in Baba Bathra 14b (which counts 24 works). Isn't there decent evidence from Josephus and various Christian authors like Origen that Hellenistic Jews were using a 22 book canon that had very similar contents but in a different order (going back to the 1st century)? There is a saying in the Gospel of Thomas "24 prophets spoke in Israel" and I have wondered if that's an early reference to the 24 book version as well.

[JoeSiegfried]

Let’s assume for a second that this was written by Paul the apostle, this is traditional teaching. He very obviously was NOT referring to his own letters, and we really don’t know exactly which writings the author was talking about. This actually renders the verse irrelevent to today, there is no sufficient context anymore to give it meaning.

[Afundementalright]

I am writing a book inspired by you. Thank you for touching on the intent of the authors and compilers of the Bible. That is the most crucial element.

[CarJosJosafat]

I love your videos... Thanks a Lot for your work. 🎉

[nedsantos]

Thank you, Dan, again for pointing out the facts.

[jingleberainbow]

This is the topic that started my schism. That story is long. But basically the term “Divine Intervention” is a catch all to explain everything. God intervened and guided the disciples hand, thus the literal word. God intervened with regards to Noah, and the platypus, and physically placed it on Australia. This argument was with my sister, who is a minister. We were taught in Sunday school that the biblical stories were to be used as reflections, not literal. But she changed her views. This was about 30 years ago. I didn’t realize what changed. But it was the beginning of Christian nationalism. The whole foundation shifted and I no longer fit. The church left me.

[johngreenhow]

THANK YOU! I’m going to download this to show to people who keep quoting 2nd Timothy to me. I’m tired of repeating myself!

[HellaJ]

You are doing fantastic work! Keep it up

[Chalisque]

The question I think of is that, when Paul wrote "All Scripture is God-breathed", did he consider the letter he was writing to be scripture?

[Ken_Scaletta]

It really doesn't even say "Scripture, " it just says "graphas" which means "writings." The idea of canonical "scripture" didn't even exist yet, but people in antiquity still had a reverence for writing in general and thought it had a certain power. That phrase is praising a medium, not a specific body of work. It's like someone saying "All movies are great." This is "All books are great."

[RosieRoserules]

I grew up in a Baptist children's home and they sent me to a Baptist college, Belmont and Nashville. As a 17-year-old freshman I was required to take Old testament history where I learned about all the books that were taken out of the Bible and so forth and how they don't even know who wrote most of it. I had a great teacher