Revelation, Inspiration, and Infallibility (11): What Jesus Says About the Bible
This article, part of an ongoing series by Ronald Cammenga, defends the historic Reformed doctrine of biblical inspiration and infallibility by examining Jesus' own view and use of Scripture. Cammenga carefully distinguishes true inspiration (theopneustos—the origin and nature of Scripture) from the modern, erroneous notion that the Bible is merely an "inspiring" book, and he demonstrates that both Old and New Testaments claim to be the authoritative, inspired Word of God.
Previous article in this series: September 1, 2014, p. 465. Introduction Over the last century or so, there have been scholars who argued that Scripture is "inspired" in the sense that it contains an inspiring message and is a book that can inspire us. But this is a fundamental shift from what the church historically has taught about Scripture. This is in fact a denial of the historic teaching of the Christian church regarding Scripture's inspiration. The Greek word theopneustos is the word...
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