Bibliology
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Friday, November 7th, 2008Here we go again. I want to rehearse a few things from the previous two statements.
In statements 1 and 2 I wrote:
“. . . the usual process of inspiration meant that the words of the text were given to the authors by God. Instead, human beings were, for the most part, the immediate source of [...]
Moving to Bellingham Statement 2
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Just so you don’t need to go back and look, Bellingham Statement 1 (the revised version) went like this:
I affirm that the Bible is revelation from God produced in writing through the agency of human authors. Although there are instances in the biblical record where God apparently dictated what would become part of the biblical [...]
Another Whack at Bellingham Statement 1
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008Here’s the text of the original Bellingham Statement 1.
I affirm that the Bible is revelation from God produced in writing through the agency of human authors. This agency involved human authors writing on the basis of their own abilities, education, styles, worldview, backgrounds, and idiosyncrasies. I deny that the writing of the Bible required encounters [...]
Accounting for Rare Instances of Dictation (Response)
Saturday, October 11th, 2008I’m back - with thanks to all of you for your patience and input on the first of what will be many statements for the “Bellingham Statement” on inspiration and inerrancy. I think I can manage my schedule now - which means posting at least once a week on each of my blogs. Here’s the [...]
Bellingham Statement 1
Thursday, September 25th, 2008In no particular order, what I’m going to do in the ensuing posts is to write out statements of affirmation and denial and hope that readers critique the language in careful, constructive ways. Naturally, after we get a bunch of these posted it may become clear how to group them or “mix and match” them [...]
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