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    Does Inerrancy Matter?
    Does Inerrancy Matter?
    Does Inerrancy Matter?
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    Does Inerrancy Matter?

    By James Boice

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    James Montgomery Boice addresses the importance of affirming biblical inerrancy. He explains what it means, why it should be believed (the Bible teaches inerrancy, Jesus taught it, the church has always believed it, and God's character requires it), and how to address objections to the doctrine (inerrancy is not important, the idea is not biblical, the doctrine is divisive, it is refuted by modern scholarship, it requires arguing in circles, and is a matter on which we can withhold judgment). A basic bibliography rounds out the contents of this booklet.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlliance of Confessing Evangelicals
    Release dateSep 25, 2013
    ISBN9780985288679
    Does Inerrancy Matter?
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    James Boice

    James Boice was born in California in 1982, raised in northern Virginia, and currently lives near Boston. He is the author of MVP and Who Killed The Fonz?

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      Book preview

      Does Inerrancy Matter? - James Boice

      International Council on Biblical Inerrancy

      Does Inerrancy Matter?

      James Montgomery Boice

      Preface by J.I. Packard

      600 Eden Road • Lancaster • Pennsylvania 17601

      All Scripture is taken from the New International Version, unless otherwise noted. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved

      © 1979 by the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy

      Revised 2018 by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

      This publication may be duplicated in its entirety and without edit, including this full disclaimer, for personal, small group, non- commercial use. No more than 200 copies may be made. No electronic use beyond email is permitted. Any use other than those listed herein are forbidden without prior written permission from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. All rights reserved.

      SWJMB011

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      Table of Contents

      Preface by J.I. Packer

      A Place to Stand

      What Inerrancy Means

      Why Believe in Inerrancy

      1. The Bible Teaches Inerrancy

      2. Jesus Affirmed Inerrancy

      3. The Church Has Believed in Inerrancy

      4. God’s Character Demands Inerrancy

      Are There Errors?

      Meeting Objections

      1. Inerrancy is Not Important

      2. Inerrancy is Not Biblical

      3. Inerrancy is Divisive

      4. Inerrancy is Refuted by Modern Scholarship

      5. Inerrancy Means Arguing in Circles

      6. Inerrancy is a Matter on Which I Can Withhold Judgment

      Conclusion

      A Select Bibliography

      About the Author

      About the Alliance

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      Preface

      by J.I. Packer

      I am not fond of the word inerrancy. It is negative in form, and I like to sound positive. It is often thought to imply that one sees believing the Bible, especially its details, as mattering more than faith in Christ the Savior, and that is not my view. It is taken by many as enshrining the claim that one can prove Scripture true against all comers and resolve all apparent discrepancies of detail at the drop of a hat, and I know that is more than I can do.

      But the word is one I need. Any word, as we know, can become a weasel word through having some of its meaning rubbed off, and this has happened to all my preferred terms for telling the world my beliefs about the Bible. I hear folk declare Scripture inspired (which in theology means God-given) and in the next breath say that it misleads us from time to time. They call it infallible and authoritative, meaning only that in experience its impact on us, and the commitments to which it urges us, will keep us in God’s way, not that all it tells us is true. This is not enough for me. I want

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