apologetics “boot camp” carey roesel and james patrick holding getting ready to fight the...
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Apologetics “Boot Camp”
Carey RoeselAnd
James Patrick Holding
http://www.tektonics.org
Getting Ready to Fight the Battle for
Your Faith
Four Errors About Inerrancy
God is Not a Dictator
My OTHER website….http://www.tektoonics.com
SORRY! The real ones couldn’t make it. So….
The Chicago Statement
No….it’s not about “deep dish pizza”…
The Chicago Statement is the main statement of doctrine which describes inerrancy.
Please…hold thematches until we’re finished…thank you.
Myth #1: Inspiration Equals
Dictation
“The mode of divine inspiration remains largely a mystery to us.” – Chicago Statement, Article 7
Did God control every single stroke of the pen?
Myth #1: Inspiration Equals
DictationInspiration is NOT:
• God controlling the pen personally• God giving dictation word for word
Inspiration IS:
God using the natural abilities of His human instruments to get the results He wants
Myth #2: We Are the Standard
“[God] utilized the distinctive personalities and literary styles of the writers whom He had chosen and prepared.” -Chicago Statement, Article 8
Do we assume our meaning
and values – or look for theirs?
Myth #2: We Are the Standard
When reading the Bible, DO NOT:
• Assume your values onto the text• Automatically conclude that something you don’t understand is wrong or “nonsense”, etc.
When reading the Bible, DO:
• Seek out answers from qualified sources to questions that are raised in your reading• Try to find out what it meant to the people who first wrote and read it• Judge the text by THEIR standards
The Abomination That Causes
Misinformation
Myth #3: Inerrancy Means Covering
Every Possible Misinterpretation“Duh…the
Bible is not clear. Must be God’s
fault.”
1 Kings 9:26 (King James Version) And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-
Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
1 Kings 9:26 (Picky Atheist Version) And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-
Geber, which is beside Eloth, which was on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom, at the time I wrote this. In the year which will be numbered 2008 (according to a system to be invented by some people called Romans) Ezion-geber will not be by the Red sea any
more because the water will recede.
Myth #4: Inerrancy Means Inerrant
Copies
[Inspiration] applies only to the autographic text of Scripture... – Chicago Statement, Article 10
Myth #4: Inerrancy Means Inerrant
Copies“But why DIDN’T God keep the copies inerrant?”
• It would lead to “bibliolatry” (historical note: RELICS!)• It would lead to restricted access to the Bible
