Revelation, Inspiration, and Infallibility (12) What the Bible Says about the Bible: The Unique Witness of the Gospel Accounts and Acts (1)
This article examines what the Bible teaches about itself, particularly focusing on the doctrine of Holy Scripture and its divine inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy. Cammenga argues that the uniqueness and authority of Christianity rests fundamentally on possessing a uniquely holy book—the Word of God in the words of men—and demonstrates this through Christ's own view of Scripture as the final authority. This resource defends the Reformed understanding of biblical authority against modern criticism and reductionist views of Scripture.
Previous article in this series: October 1, 2014, p. 10. Introduction If the Bible is not an altogether unique book, both as far as its contents and its authority are concerned, then the Christian Scriptures are reduced to what its critics, whether outside of Christianity or apostates from Christianity, allege: a merely human book, intended to solve merely human problems, flawed by human foibles, and suffering from the delusion that it is something more. If Christianity is to make good on any...
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