Reforming Fundamentalism<\/b><\/p>\n
The end result of all of this is sadly illustrated in the book, Reforming Fundamentalism, by George A. Marsden, which informs that 85% of the students in one of America\u2019s largest evangelical seminaries stated that they do not believe in the inerrancy of Scripture. Beyond that, a poll of 10,000 U.S.A. clergymen (of whom 74% replied) by sociologist Jeffrey Hadden in 1987 clearly reveals the effects of this significant change of belief through the passage of time. When asked if they believed that the Scriptures are the inspired and inerrant Word of God in faith, history, and secular matters:<\/p>\n
\u2022 95% of Episcopalians said \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 87% of Methodists said \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 82% of Presbyterians said \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 77% of American Lutherans said \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 67% of American Baptists said \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
This sad commentary speaks for itself.<\/p>\n
The Gideon, January, 1994, pp. 12-13<\/p>\n
Resources<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Bib. Sac., v. 136, #541, p. 16 (Ryrie)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bib. Sac., v. 137, #548, p. 327 (Geisler)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Gleason Archer, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, introduction<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Inerrancy of the Bible, J. Witmer, in Walvoord: A Tribute,<\/p>\n
\u2022 Donald Campbell, ed., Moody, 1982, p. 113.<\/p>\n
Biblical <\/p>\n
\u201cA communication can be in error only if it fails to live up to the intention of its author…if they fulfill this intention we regard them as inerrant.\u201d The purpose of biblical writers was, \u201cto report the happenings and meanings of the redemptive acts of God in history so that men might be made wise unto salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel Fuller, \u201cThe Nature of Biblical Inerrancy,\u201d Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, XXIV (June, 1972), p. 47<\/p>\n
Grade A<\/b><\/p>\n
Imagine a family-owned sausage factory. The head is a very scrupulous, clean, proper man. One day as he is walking in the plant, he notices that as a son is dumping in pork, a piece falls on the floor. Does he throw it away, or back into the machine? He throws it away. The sausage that is produced is labeled \u201cGrade A\u201d and sent to market. Across the street is a corporately- owned and operated sausage factory. The floors are dirty, the machines are seldom washed. A supervisor sees a worker spill a piece of pork on the floor. Does he throw it away? No. He puts it back into the machine. The supervisor is happy. It too is labeled \u201cGrade A\u201d and sent to market. Both products nourish you, but which would you want to eat?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if the human authors put a little dirt in with the rest of God\u2019s Word. We can still preach the Bible and people will get saved and grow.\u201d When the son takes over the first factory, he will likely follow in the father\u2019s tradition, but when the worker takes over for the supervisor, things can only get worse.<\/p>\n
Dr. C. Ryrie, Biblical Introduction, Dallas Theological Seminary, Fall, 1978<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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