Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
Thank you for your wonderful website. It is definitely a wealth of information. I recently joined the WELS and have found it to be everything that I thought it would be. I have als...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
I recently was engaged in a discussion in our church regarding the inspiration of Scripture. Another member as well as the Pastor took the position that the work of inspiration is ...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
I have been talking a lot to my boyfriend about religion. He is non-demomination Christian, and we disagree on infant baptism. I pointed out the many scripture passages that talk a...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
The Protestant Bible has been shorted seven books in the Old Testament. Why is that?
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
If WELS and ELS believes in the inerrancy of Scripture why do they teach the ten commandments different from what is written in the Bible as they were given to Moses? Specifically ...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
I have a question regarding missing verses in the NIV: - John 5:4,
- Matthew 17:21, 18:11, 23:14
- Mark 7:16, 9:44, 9:46, 11:26, 15:28
- Luke 17:36, 23:17<...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
Please give as much info as possible on the Apocrypha. In our bible study, one woman had a friend who stated, in a book that did not make it into the bible, that Jesus killed a man...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
What is a prophecy? What is the difference of prophecy before 100 AD, and prophecy after (the Book of Revelation)? What is a revelation? What is the difference of a revelation be...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
How do we answer those who say that the story of Moses (put in a basket in the river, gave God's law to the Israelites etc.) is just a fictitious story based on Hammurabi of Babylo...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (05):
In one of your answers to a question about the difference between Jesus' lineages in Matthew and Luke you stated that Luke's lineage is through Mary and Matthew's is through Joseph...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
A friend of mine emailed me this when we were debating the Protestant foundational tenet of Sola Scriptura. It seems to make a lot of sense, so I was wondering what flaws there are...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
A few of the problems are considered here. First the Bible itself states that not everything important to the Christian faith is recorded in it. For example, not everything that ...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
I had much to write you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink; I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face. [3 John 13-14]
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
Also St. Paul instructs Timothy on how to orally pass on the teachings of the faith: ...what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
St. Paul even commands (2 Thess. 3:6) the Thessalonian Christians to follow the oral Traditions of the Apostles: So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which yo...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
These commands promoting Oral Tradition would be quite strange, if only the Bible were needed to pass on the entire Christian faith. A second problem with the "Bible Alone" teachin...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
A third problem with the "Bible Alone" teaching is proper understanding of critical Bible passages. Most Protestant Christians promote personal interpretation of the Bible, i.e. an...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
At least prophecies in the Bible are not a matter of personal interpretation. These prophesies must be properly interpreted by "men moved by the Holy Spirit" since the Holy Spirit ...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
Finally the Bible does not call itself the bulwark of the truth; however, St. Paul does make reference to the Church in those terms: ...the household of God, which is the Church ...
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Bible - Inspiration/Inerrancy (06):
The Protestant teaching that the Bible is the sole spiritual authority--sola scriptura --is nowhere to be found in the Bible. St. Paul wrote to Timothy that Scripture is "useful" (...
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