Biblical Inerrancy: What Does It Even Mean?

Biblical inerrancy is extremely important, but how do Christians define it today? In this clip from his online course, 'Jesus vs. The Culture', Frank shares some of the various views held by Christian scholars regarding inerrancy and gives one example of when it's best to avoid the topic.

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#BiblicalInerrancy #Theolgy #apologetics

[PridelessChickz]

My testimony: After being an atheist for 8+ years, and "married" to another female, I got the urge one day to say out loud "IF there is an Almighty God that does NOT wish us pain or sorrow, please bring me truth, I wish to know you exist". Then God immediately started bringing me the answers I had been searching 8-11 YEARS for! I witnessed Him take control of my internet and the rest of my reality; He first proved to me that demons exist (I called them "interdimensional beings"), then He proved His own existence when He didn't have to, which I later found to be Jesus Christ. As soon as I found Jesus at the end of 2020, He IMMEDIATELY took away my transgenderism, bisexuality, depression, daily suicide attempts, self harm, bulimia and anorexia; and He did this all without me asking Him to, because THAT'S how merciful and loving He is! Praise God!

[sorrowinchrist]

Praise God was talking about this for days with someone trying to explain it and Praise God now cross examine talking about it. Seem this is a very important topic cause you get people like Andy who change things around and everyone is okay with it.

This is surely a miracle from God to see this old topic resurface just days after i been blue in a face stressing it to someone and they wont even listen.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[gi]

Awesome CE, God bless your amazing work

[NewCreationInChrist]

Our goal as followers of Jesus is to approach Scripture reverently and prayerfully, and when we find something we do not understand, we pray harder, study more, and if the answer still eludes us humbly acknowledge our own limitations in the face of the perfect Word of God.

[thebumblebeemovie]

I think what inerrancy is about is there isn’t a lack of connection to one another. Not everything that happened in the past we will fully know or understand, but we can make the best guesses based on the documented evidences and historical evidences of it. The same is true with the Bible, when we find two spots that seem contradictory, we can best understand what the authors are actually saying by looking at the historical contexts: what culture was this in? Who is the author? Who are the audiences? How does this relate to the gospel? How does it relate to God’s known character throughout the rest of the Bible? What time period was this in? Etc. It’s all about how they connect to one another and how they reveal God’s character. Throughout the entire Bible there is the same singular theme that is evident: Our need for a savior, God’s grace, the promise of the savior, and the fulfillment of the promise through Jesus.

[NewCreationInChrist]

The Bible judges us, not vice versa.
Hebrews 4:12
“For the word of God judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart”

[almuel]

I'm a christian but I'm sure that Biblical Inerrancy isn't true. I know we like to believe that the Bible was written with the aid of the Holy Spirit and all that but we have no definite proof of it and it isn't in God's nature to do something like that. Remember the Tower of Babel, Jonah and so many more instances where God was amused by the blunders of man. He didn't expect his prophets to be perfect beings and carry out divine actions—he let them do his work through their own selves and God accepted them mistakes and all (I'm not talking about their sins, that of course God hated).

Also remember the Bible that we have today came to be only in the 4th century when the Council of Nicea came together. Scripture was all over the place before that and even the council couldn't distinguish right from wrong when adding books into the Bible.

So we shouldn't bothered about a mere book but instead focus our eyes towards God.

[Mavors]

The fact that they officially defined and promoted biblical inerrancy in Chicago in 1978 talks a lot about the unimportance of the doctrine of biblical inerrancy through the history of Christianity.

[texasskygirl]

You can't cherry pick the Bible to fit the current culture like so many so called churches do today. People take scripture out of context and then try to mold it to fit whatever narrative. Study. Study . Study. If you dont understand something, talk to other believers. Bible study is so important. Either all of it is true or none of it. If none of it is true, then their would be no need for a Saviour. The Bible is God's love letter to us. Once we are saved, we are given the gift of the Holy Spirit who guides us in discernment.

[jonyivre]

This is proof that the whole book is inspired by the Holy Spirit.

[brucedavenport]

If you have a problem with the innerancy of Scripture, you need to pray for and receive the Holy Spirit. God dwelling in you will clarify your understanding!

[adroberson]

The book of james is for the people that will be in the 7 years of tribulation, which is the context of chapter 1

[Believe_the_Bible]

FOUR QUESTIONS TO ASK TO UNDERSTAND OUR BIBLE:

When we read and study our bible rightly divided (II Tim 2:15) there are at least 4 questions we should ask, to help get a better understanding of its context.

1. Who is talking?

2. Who is being talked to?

3. What is being said?

4. Can I put myself in this text as being the one being talked to or about?

Then, the key is to NOT insert yourself into a passage that you don’t belong in, one that is NOT talking to or about you. If we do, our doctrine will not be correct.

Example: You may think you need to sell all you have or keep the law as Jesus taught in the 4 gospel books. And so you should do these things if you were obeying the words of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. But those two things are not requirements for us today as it was for the Jews under the law to go into their earthly kingdom. We are to listen to Jesus' last words by the person who saw and spoke to Him last for the updated new information Jesus gave to him for us today - that would be Paul. Romans – Philemon. ALL scripture is FOR us but not ALL scripture is written to and about us.

[frankc-kq]

One God! One book the Bible!
“All scripture inspired by God!”

[NewCreationInChrist]

The Bible’s message must be taken as a whole. It is not a mixture of doctrine that we are free to select from. Many people like the verses that say God loves them, but they dislike the verses that say God will judge sinners.

[festushaggen]

Innerency is most obvious by what the Bible says about human behavior. People never have been or will be good.

[somerandom]

Biblical inerrancy means that the particular version of the bible you happen to read doesn't have any errors. We just ignore all the other versions, and past iterations, and current errors.

[incredulouspasta]

I'm curious why any Christian holds the doctrine of inerrancy? What is it based on? How do you know that the Bible is inerrant?

[louispittman]

What "works" did the thief on the cross perform?🤔answer: NONE!!! Faith through GRACE alone!!! Praise God!

[macmac]

Inerrancy - exemption from error
Error - a mistake.
the state or condition of being wrong in conduct or judgment.

You needed to have a meeting over what that word means to try and change it to fit the bible? No, makeup a new word and stop trying to twist other words meaning to fit your narrative. And when I am talking to christians and they say the bible is inerrant, they mean it has no errors, no mistakes.