Subject: are there errors in the bible? |
Bible Note: Hi, Makarios... Your answer is succinct and to the point! When I read the question, I was mindful of the words of one of our old Southern Baptist theologians, John A. Broadus. His writing doesn't get a lot of attention these days, unfortunately. However, he wrote the following back in 1893: "The inspired writers learned many things by observation or inquiry, but they were preserved by the Holy Spirit from error whether in learning or in writing these things... Those who concede errors in the Scriptures as to matter of fact, in order to remove conflict with some scientific opinions of our time, may tell us that they have great satisfaction in being at peace with science. But there are two drawbacks upon such a peace. It is the peace of sheer submission... And it is only a partial and temporary peace. Other scientific men at once make still further demands, tending ever toward the complete abandonment of the supernatural... If we assume that the inspiration of the Bible is only partial where are we to stop? Every man must then select adlibitum what portions of the Bible's teachings he will accept as true." In Him, Doc |