inerrancy – Grace Evangelical Society

A Novel Argument Against Inerrancy

January 27, 2023 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Timothy 3:16, inerrancy, Inspiration

Kathryn Wright shared with me an interesting argument against inerrancy: I heard something today and thought it might make a good blog topic for you. It was on inerrancy. The argument was regarding 2 Tim 3:16. Taking the concept of inspiration as God-breathed, this is connected to Genesis and the Lord breathing life into Adam.

The Importance of an Error-Free Bible

June 19, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Bibliology, inerrancy, Titus 1:2; 2 Timothy 3:16, Verbal plenary inspiration

Today I received a very brief question: Thank you for your amazing discussions! Would you please discuss how we know that the Bible is inerrant, and why it is so important that it is inerrant? I will answer those in reverse order. First, why is it so important that the Bible is inerrant (without error)?

Three Books for a Student about to Enter College

June 11, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Darwinism, Free Grace Theology, inerrancy, Postmodernity, Romans 12:2

A pastor gave me an interesting challenge: Greetings! I am a pastor in a free grace church in PA. I have received your magazine for many years. My question: we have a high school student graduating now and going on to a secular college in the fall. She is a believer and has had a

The Effects of Reading the Bible Four Days a Week

February 21, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Bible reading, inerrancy, spiritual disciplines, spiritual practices

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness (2 Tim 3:16). How important is it to read your Bible on a regular basis? In 2009, the Center for Biblical Engagement issued a report that concluded that people who read the Bible at

The Bible and the Fundamental of the Fundamentals

January 31, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - bible, Bibliology, inerrancy, Norman Geisler

Our upcoming National Conference (register here) will be on the Great Doctrines of the Bible. I will be speaking on the Bible (i.e., Bibliology). How important is the doctrine of the Bible to the rest of theology? More specifically, how important is the doctrine of Biblical inerrancy to the rest of systematic theology? Here’s a

KJV Is Inspired Says Dr. Shelton Smith in Sword of the Lord

January 2, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Timothy 3:16-17, inerrancy, Inspiration, KJV translation, the 1769 KJV

In the Dec 27, 2019, issue of Sword of the Lord, Dr. Shelton Smith says that the King James Version is inspired and inerrant. The title of his article is “Can You Tell Me about the King James Bible?” Under a heading entitled, “Is the King James Bible Inspired, Inerrant, and Infallible?” he answers, “Yes!

The Total Accuracy of the Gospel Accounts

November 25, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Historical accuracy of the Gospels, inerrancy, John 14:26

In the Fall 2019 issue of DTS Magazine, I was quite interested to see an article by Drs. Darrell Bock and Benjamin Simpson, entitled, “Minding the Gap: Orality, Memory, & the Gospels” (pp. 8-11). The gap alluded to in the title is the time between Jesus’ ministry and the writing of the Gospels, thirty years

Why GES Praised Dr. Norman Geisler

September 13, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Dr. Norman Geisler, Effective ministry, Free Grace Theology, inerrancy

Here is an email I received: Is there a reason why Dr. Norman Geisler is featured and lionized in the latest Grace in Focus Magazine? In my exchanges with him, he opposed GES soteriology. His website clearly articulates a repentance view. Lots more could be said. Perhaps I’m not understanding something here? While our ministry

A Brief Review of Craig Blomberg’s The Historical Reliability of the New Testament

October 23, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Craig Blomberg, Historical Reliability of the New Testament, inerrancy

The Historical Reliability of the New Testament. By Craig Blomberg. Nashville, TN: B & H Academic, Lexham Press, 2016. 783 pp. Paper, $39.99. I wrote a September 25, 2018, blog (see here) about a JETS review of this book. At the time I had not yet read it. Now that I have, I want to

When Errors in the Bible Are Not Really Errors

September 25, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Blomberg, ETS, Historicity of the Gospels, inerrancy, Thucydides

Today I read the June 2018 issue of JETS, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. ETS was started in 1949 to promote the truth that the Bible has no errors in it. I graduated from seminary in 1982. At that time there were two views regarding errors in the Bible: 1) there are no errors