Category: Inerrancy

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Pelagius meets Marcion

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I watched for some awful reason the Soteriology101 podcast and figure I could add a few words. I’m not going to comment on what has already been addressed but to certain comments that weren’t addressed. Flowers starts the podcast by doing damage control to explain why he is talking to Andy Stanley. Of course, he has to mention the fact that Andy Stanley is stuffing cash into his pockets. Leighton goes on to call the opponents of Andy Stanley the “theology police” and by implication states that those that are critical of Andy are not practicing the principle of charity. … Continue reading Pelagius meets Marcion

Inerrancy, Reliability of the OT and NT, Tyler VelaLeave a comment

Can we trust the Old Testament?

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The question of New Testament reliability often is stressed, but the New Testament often calls on the Old Testament for its validation. So, we are committed to defending the historicity of the Old Testament as well. Here are some links:   Dr. Peter J. Williams: Can the Old Testament be Trusted Historically? The Old Testament and Jesus Ted Wright: The Archaeological and Historical Reliability of the Old Testament Josh McDowell: Old Testament: Significance of Dead Sea Scrolls Old Testament: Dead Sea Scrolls’ Contribution Old Testament: Traditions Verify Dr. Darrell Bock: Validating Genesis Archaeology and the Bible Recent Archaeological Finds Dr. James Hoffmeier: … Continue reading Can we trust the Old Testament?

apologetics, Inerrancy, Presuppositionalism, Steve Hays, theologyLeave a comment

Reductionist Christianity

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It is commonplace for an apologist of the non-reformed camp to maintain that inerrancy is not essential to apologetics. This is because they are arguing for something called “Mere Christianity”. This they believe reduces to the Gospel. I think that is ironic as they usually don’t even argue for that as they don’t include the issue of works salvation as a corruption of the Gospel. They collaborate with Catholics and Eastern Orthodox. It seems that “mere Christianity” doesn’t seem to even account for what Paul thought was essential to the Gospel. The other point presented is to distinguish between theology … Continue reading Reductionist Christianity

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Two Books

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I have for a long time held a hatred for the metaphor of the “two books” that those who consider themselves scientifically enlightened use as some sort of theological point. It usually is a ploy to undermine the inerrancy and authority of scripture. I have talked about it here. I wish to share Steve Hays’ thoughts on the issue: “God gave humanity two primary sources of revelation about himself: the world that he created and the Scripture that he inspired. These are also known as the Book of Nature and the Book of Scripture…God is a God of truth. As the author of … Continue reading Two Books

Ancient Near East, apologetics, Articles, Blogs, Cosmology, Flat Earth, hermeneutics, Inerrancy, Jason Engwer, LiberalismLeave a comment

Flattening out the Facts

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A few nights ago I was in an argument with a friend that has given up inerrancy to force a Flat Earth cosmology into the text. He assumes a universal background continued into the early church and sticks to his talking points. I just deny the existence of any universal agreement on anything. He ignores evidence to the contrary and acts as if those ANE worldviews have no political reasons. Jason Engwer has done a masterful job in showing this is naive. He was responding to John Loftus and it shows liberals and atheist feed off each other. The liberal … Continue reading Flattening out the Facts

Ancient Near East, Cosmology, Dr. Vern Poythress, Flat Earth, InerrancyLeave a comment

Universal Background?

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The idea that it is the universal background of the OT that the world was Flat and had a metal dome isn’t universally accepted. Dr. Vern Poythress in his book (P. 96) “Redeeming Science” gave his thoughts on this issue: 8 Sometimes it is said that the language in the Bible arises against the background of ancient “cosmology” that postulated underlying waters, then solid earth, then a solid “firmament” dome for the sky, then the sea above the firmament (Paul H. Seely, “The Firmament and the Water Above. Part I: The Meaning of raqia‘ in Gen 1:6-8,” Westminster Theological Journal … Continue reading Universal Background?

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The triple-decker universe

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The common claim that the entire ANE all believed in a Three Tiered Cosmology and that it is even thought in our own Bible is a common annoying claim. Those who present such ideas miss the simplest observations to maintain their narrative. Steve Hays once wrote: Critics of the Bible like to belabor the triple-decker universe. This overlooks a number of considerations. 1.The Bible employs a double-decker formula (e.g. Gen 2:4) as well as triple-decker formula (e.g. Exod 20:4). Given this stylistic variety, there is no reason to privilege the triple-decker formula over and above the double-decker formula. Continue reading The triple-decker universe