Craig Blomberg’s new book reveals that there is a resurgence of neo-evangelical theology. Here’s an examination of his book and how his view of Scripture is incompatible with the historic view of inerrancy.
Some have theorized that a liberal-over-literal style of reporting history by Roman biographers influenced Matthew in the writing of his biographical gospel of Jesus. This Roman Influence Theory (RIT) has been applied to four, six, or nine of the nine unusual events reported by Matthew in Mt. 27:45-54. This theory can be tested by examining the thirty or more refences made by ancient Roman writers to these contested events. In thirty such references, every interpretation of these events was literal, factual, and historical. No known ancient Romans show any awareness of or support for the RIT.
Contemporary Evangelical NT Genre Criticism: Opening Pandora’s Box? By Joseph M. Holden President of Veritas Evangelical Seminary Perhaps I should have titled my first article (“ICBI is Not for the Birds”) addressing Michael Bird et al critical approach to Scripture – “ICBI is not for the Mocking Birds.” After reading Bird’s response, one wonders what article he actually read and whether neo-evangelical critics take seriously...
Can We Still Believe in the Bible? The real answer to the question posed by Craig Blomberg’s book title is: Yes, we can believe in the general reliability of the Bible, but No we do not believe in its inerrancy, at least not in the sense meant by the framers of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy.
The Zondervan general editor of the Counterpoint series, Stanley Gundry, together with his chosen editors, J. Merrick and Stephen Garrett, have produced a provocative book on Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy (2013). The five scholar participants are Albert Mohler, Peter Enns, Kevin Vanhoozer, Michael Bird, and John Franke. This Counterpoints series has produced many stimulating dialogues on various topics, and they no doubt intended to do the same on this controversial topic of inerrancy.
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF DONALD HAGNER’S “TEN GUIDELINES FOR EVANGELICAL SCHOLARSHIP” By F. David Farnell and Norman L. Geisler[1] The International Council Statements on Biblical Inerrancy (1978) and Hermeneutics (1982) presented evidenced a long, protracted struggle by evangelicals against decades of critical, liberal scholarships attacks on the integrity of Old and New Testament. Now the Scripture, as well as these documents, are again...
