Covenant Reformed News – March 2003, Volume IX, Issue 11
This article defends the doctrine of biblical inerrancy against modern critiques from evolution and higher criticism, arguing that Jesus Christ Himself affirmed the inbreakability of Scripture in John 10:35. The author contends that inerrancy is neither intellectually untenable nor spiritually unnecessary for Christian faith and practice, using Christ's own use of Scripture in theological debate as foundational evidence.
Unbreakable Scripture (1) So far we have seen that God’s hammer (Jer. 23:29), the “more sure word” of Scripture (II Peter 1:19), has its origin in God and not man (II Peter 1:21) for it is God-breathed (II Tim. 3:16). Because Scripture is God-breathed, it has certain perfections or characteristics, one of which is inerrancy. The inerrancy of Scripture has been a battleground between conservatives and liberals for the last 150 years. Controversies have raged in churches, missions, theological...