Answering Bible Difficulties

Don Stewart  •  The Bible is God’s trustworthy revelation of Himself to humanity. Historically, Christians have believed that His Word is true in all that it teaches. However, believers do recognize that the Bible does contain a number of difficulties. This book concerns the subject of Bible difficulties as well as the doctrine of the inerrancy, or trustworthiness, of Scripture.

Question 1 What Is The Doctrine Of Biblical Inerrancy?
Question 2 What Are Some Important Clarifications To The Doctrine Of Inerrancy?
Question 3 Does The Bible Testify To Its Own Inerrancy?
Question 4 In What Sense Is The Bible Perfect?
Question 5 What Is The Difference Between The Inerrancy Of Scripture And The Infallibility Of Scripture?
Question 6 What Are The Consequences When The Doctrine Of Inerrancy Is Rejected?
Question 7 Can The Scripture Be Trustworthy If It Makes Mistakes In Scientific And Historical Statements? (Limited Inerrancy)
Question 8 Why Do Some Christians Believe The Bible Contains Errors?
Question 9 What Is The Difference Between A Difficulty And A Contradiction?
Question 10 Why Should The Subject Of Bible Difficulties Be Discussed?
Question 11 What Are The Various Ways In Which Believers Approach Difficulties In Scripture?
Question 12 What Type Of Difficulties Do We Find In Scripture?
Question 13 How Should Specific Difficulties In Scripture Be Evaluated?
Question 14 What Specific Objections Have Been Made Against The Inerrancy Or Trustworthiness Of Scripture?
Question 15 Aren’t There Examples Of Demonstrable Errors In The Bible?
Question 16 Would The Discovery Of One Small Error Cause Everything In Scripture To Be Rejected?
Question 17 Does The Doctrine Of Inerrancy Mean That Everything In Scripture Should Be Understood Literally?
Question 18 Did Certain Bible Doctrines Change Through Time?
Question 19 Did Paul Make A Distinction Between His Words And The Lord’s Words? (1 Corinthians 7:12)
Question 20 Since The Term Inerrancy Means Exact Scientific Precision, Does The Bible Really Teach Inerrancy?
Question 21 Are There Grammatical Errors In Scripture?
Question 22 Did God Accommodate Himself To The Ignorance Of The Times? (The Accommodation Theory)
Question 23 How Can The Bible Be Inerrant Since Human Beings Are Not?
Question 24 Don’t The Missing Autographs Of Scripture Disprove Inerrancy?
Question 25 What About The Mistakes In The Various Copies Of The Biblical Manuscripts?
Question 26 Have The Discoveries Of Modern Science Shown That The Bible Contains Scientific Errors?
Question 27 Why Don’t The New Testament Writers Quote The Old Testament Word For Word?
Question 28 Does Inerrancy Cause Worship Of The Bible? (Bibliolatry)
Question 29 Aren’t There Too Many Qualifications To The Definition Of Inerrancy?
Question 30 Aren’t Many Statements Of The Scripture Outside The Realm Of Being Inerrant?
Question 31 Since All Bible Translations Are Imperfect How Can We Speak Of An Inerrant Bible?
Question 32 Did Jesus Believe The Scriptures Were Without Error?

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