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Warfield’s Redefinition of Inspiration
In Warfield’s writings, then, “in-spired” became “ex-spired”, breathed out. No longer referring to both the divine origin and the divine quality or nature of the Scriptures, he now taught that inspiration meant only the divine origin. He believed his own redefinition, and began to write that his definition was what the Scriptural writers had in mind. Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Warfield, Inspiration, ISBE, Scripture, theopneustos
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The Scriptures — Inspired or Expired?
The Bible in your hand is inspired, “given by inspiration of God.” The word theopneustos belongs to you when you read the Bible, to your pastor when he preaches it, and to all of us as we live it. “That Book in Your Hand” came from God, and it is and will continue to be a God-thing in character and quality, God-breathed, divine in nature. Living, life-giving, and life-changing, we read it, study it, believe it, and obey it. Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Timothy 3:16, Arthur Pink, Benjamin Warfield, Biblical autographs, breathed out, Inspiration, Scripture, theology, theopneustos
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“Given by Inspiration” — the Connotations of theopneustos
Those who translated theopneustos for hundreds of years using the words “inspired” or “inspiration” weren’t just making stuff up. There was a very real basis in the connotations of the breath of God for the translational choice they made. Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Peter 1:23, 2 Timothy 3:16, Arthur Pink, Benjamin Warfield, connotations, Hebrews 4:12, Inspiration, Living Word, Scripture, theopneustos
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