Running Head: The Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The Bible was Inspired by God Robert Surface Student # L23603038 Liberty University The Bible is the authoritative source of God’s Word to two hundred and forty seven million people throughout the United States who claim to be Christians. However, to accept the Bible as authoritative we must also accept the answers to more general questions in relationship to the Bible. We will discuss in this paper the question of what it means to say that the Bible is an authority as well as where that authority originates. We will discuss inspiration and the definition of inerrancy. In detail we will discuss the relationship between inspiration and inerrancy.
Biblical Inerrancy — Stephen L. Andrew* [*Editor’s note: Stephen L. Andrew (M.A. George Washington University; M.A. Claremont Graduate University) is pursuing an M.A. in Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he concentrates on Biblical Studies and Theology. He can be reached at steve_andrew@cp.fuller.edu.]
Martin Oderinde Religion 1310:39 September 12, 2012 Christian Scriptures Essay In Placher's analytical essay "Is the Bible True?" he challenges the view of biblical authority that is used by many American Protestants which he defined as "biblical literalism." He strengthens his argument by stating, "We need to understand the genre to understand a text. Reading a text literally is not always reading it faithfully (pg924)." This statement bring us back to the original question, which is the title of his essay, "Is the bible true?".
Theology of mission, however, provides the rails upon which the train should ride.” These rails can be seen in other areas of Biblical study and areas of Christian life. The purpose of this paper is to show how theology of missions is enhanced and solidified by Old and New Testament scriptures, the Nature of God, other aspects of Christian theology and the people who support missions. Old and New Testament Verses that Support Missions Theology When we look to understand the theology of mission as it pertains to scripture, Old Testament and New Testament verses can be found throughout the Bible. The prevailing habit is to look in the New Testament to find scripture that will help Christians explain missions to people who do not know or understand what the word missions means in a Biblical sense. But there is a strong argument in saying that without the Old Testament scripture
Running head: Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity Andrea Reid Liberty University David Entwistle’s book Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Model of Integration (2010) is in regards to the history of faith and science. The perception of whether Christianity and psychology can co-mingle with having different views but both disclosing the same goal and understanding the past and how worldviews and discipline has shaped civilization. As we take this enlightening journey through history of coming full circle we must take a look at Christianity and Psychology and its meaning. “For Christian, Christianity provides a worldview from which to understand the nature of the world and the nature of humanity” (p. 11) and the “Psychology functions as a science only as it uses the scientific method in application to its subject” (p. 41). Entwistle would like his readers to mediate on what appears to be a conflict between psychology and Christianity dating back to 1543 when Nicholaus Copernicus published “De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium” referring to the theory heliocentric and 1612 when Galileo revisited the heliocentric theory before being barred in 1616 of his teachings.
THE THESIS IN CANDIDANCY OF MASTERS OF ARTS IN THEOLOGICAL STUDIES A STUDY OF THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION (SOTERIOLOGY) MENTOR: PROFESSOR REV. ALLEN VANDER POL AUTHOR: JOSTER MACHILINGA JUMBE DATE: 31st AUGUST, 2012 HHK MISSION P.O BOX 626, ZOMBA, MALAWI CENTRAL AFRICA PHONES: +265999159894, +265111955167 E-MAIL:jmjumbe@gmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. Doctrine of Justification 1.1 Definition of the Doctrine of Justification 1.2 Origin of Justification 1.3 Who justifies a sinner? 1.4 How a sinner is justified. 1.
ed., The Leisure Circle Limited, 1985. Using this definition of Symbol, I can assess the role it plays in Religious Language throughout my essay. My choice of Philosopher to base upon my essay is Paul Tillich, and his account on Symbol in Religious Language, and the role that is played by it. Paul Tillich (1886-1965), a twentieth century philosopher and theologian has famously been associated with the use of symbols in relationship to the description to God. Paul Tillich thought that metaphors and symbols help bring understanding about God.
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The Theology of the Emerging Church: Dangers of the Emerging Church Submitted to Dr. L. Kitchens, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course SEMI 500 Introduction to Seminary Studies by Joe De Jesus October 24, 2014 Thesis Statement The purpose of this paper is to first, delineate the dangers of the Emerging Church Movement and how detrimental this new kind of Christianity poses to the church at large. The research paper will be outlined with three main sections and two sub points for the first two main sections. The writer’s research paper on the Dangers of the Emerging Church will begin with a discussion on the nature and history of the Emerging Church. The Postmodern philosophy and the Re-defining of this new Christianity will be the focus of first section of the paper. Then, the writer will point out the main teachings of the Emerging Church proponents, which is the uncertainty of Scripture and the inability to know absolute truth.
The book was split into two parts which both covered ideas and issues that were centered around the New Testament. The first was titled: Part I: The New Testament as Sacred Scripture and the second was titled: Part II: Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture. Within the first part, there were 3 chapters. The first chapter was titled The Problem and Project of New Testament Interpretation, which introduced a lot of what this book was going to be about and a main part of this class, also known as the meaning of meaning. The second chapter was titled The New Testament as Word of God.
(2001). Contemporary Philosophy of Religion: Issues and Approaches. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion,50(1/3), 1-7. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ucc.idm.oclc.org/stable/40020979 Davis, T., 2012. Market Faith.