By Norman L. Geisler
The booklet is split up into 4 significant parts,
Part one: suggestion of the Bible
Part : Canonization of the Bible
Part 3: Transmission of the Bible
Part 4: Translation of the Bible
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Here again the physical and the spiritual dimensions of the truth go hand-in-hand so that to deny the biological reality is to deny the spiritual truth. (c) The same is true of Christ’s crucifixion. It is not merely physical blood that saves, but “without the shedding of [physical] blood there is no forgiveness” (Heb. 9:22). Likewise, Adam’s existence and fall cannot be a myth. If there were no literal Adam and actual fall, then the spiritual teaching about inherited sin and eventual or physical death (Rom.
But is not always correct on historical matters. They say the Bible can always be relied on in the spiritual domain, but not always in the scientific area. ”17 This position is inadequate for several reasons. Inspiration includes everything the Bible teaches. 1. The Bible teaches only truth (John 17:17), but it contains some lies, for example, Satan’s lie (Gen. 3:4; cf. John 8:44) and Rahab’s lie (Josh. 2:4). Inspiration covers the Bible fully and completely in the sense that it records accurately and truthfully even the lies and errors of sinful beings.
Graham Scroggie, Know Your Bible, 1:96. 3:9, as it cites Job 5:13. Proverbs This book is introduced as “The proverbs of Solomon” (1:1). ” (22:20–21). It will be remembered that Solomon’s wisdom was God-given for that very purpose—to help his people (cf. ). Proverbs 25 and following are “proverbs of Solomon which . . Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed” (25:1) but are nonetheless Solomon’s. Proverbs 30 and 31 each claim in the first verse to be an “oracle,” or “utterance” (NKJV) from God (cf.