The Corruption of Inspired Scripture

All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16–17).

In a previous essay I wrote,

The Bible is the Divine/human Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, communicated through and to humans. Just as Jesus Christ is the incarnate, fully-divine/ fully-human Son of God who was tempted in all ways but remains sinless; likewise, the Bible is the inscripturated fully-divine/fully-human book of God that reveals the righteousness of God and the sinfulness of humanity with infallibility.

Let’s flesh this out a bit.

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We believe in the verbal inspiration of the Bible

This is the first statement of the Church of God Declaration of Faith. Earlier creeds began with a statement about God: “I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth”. But like many creeds of the early twentieth century, the Declaration of Faith first establishes the Holy Scripture as the foundation of all theological reflection.

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Postmodern Stories Need to be Judged by God’s Truth

A tongue-in-cheek exercise in postmodern hermeneutics

What is truth? Is there truth? Or, are there many truths? Postmodernism asserts that there is no single truth that should command the attention of humanity. Instead, humanity consists of various tribes, each with its on tribal story, and each story is an equally valid truth. But then again, maybe not. If one’s tribe has been oppressed, its story is given priority.

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