Awhile ago Andrew McGowan and the view of Scripture he expressed in his book, ‘The Divine Spiration Of Scripture’ caused a bit of ripple in Australian Presbyterianism. Apparently the staff of our theological colleges in Sydney and Melbourne differed in their estimation of McGowan’s work.
Martin Downes provides an interview with Greg Beale on Against Heresies.
The interview is actually an excerpt from Downe’s book ‘Risking The Truth‘.
Beale will be a Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary commencing in 2010.
In the interview, Beale proposes exegetical grounds for understanding the Bible is inspired and inerrant, taking issue with McGowan’s position.
He also seeks to qualify what inerrancy does and does not embrace, while asserting that doing so does not render the doctrine practically worthless.
Read part one here and part two here.
Update: part three is now posted. Beale observes that the spirit of Barth can be observed in some contemporary evangelicals as they state their doctrine of Scripture. He also points out that the modern trend away from systematic theology provides fertile ground for a drift from inerrancy.
Update: If you think this all seems a bit over the top, read this post from the Herald Blogs by Justin Meyers on ‘Meaning, Truth and truth‘.
Meyers: “I wonder in modern church culture if we don’t sometimes, in trying to prove or argue the Bible as “true”, fail to realize that the Bible though often inexact in describing detailed and historical fact, is more about meaning of the story and Truth rather than if the story was true.”
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