Apologetics “Boot Camp” Carey Roesel And James Patrick Holding Getting Ready to Fight the Battle for Your Faith.

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

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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

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