By Pastor Dave Farmer
Topic #10 Inspiration Part 1 "The Definition of Inspiration" Click Here
Inspiration is the miraculous work of God the Holy Spirit working in the mind of those who were divinely selected to receive God's Holy Revelation. The Bible tell us what it is, but it does not tell us how the Spirit works. Many of the ministries of the Holy Spirit have this similarity. As Jesus says, we see the trees move, but we don't see the wind (John 3:3 ). What we see is the results. The Bible exists, but the mechanics of the Spirit's work is unknown.
Topic #11 Inspiration Part 2 "The Demand For Inspiration" Click Here
Do you know anyone who is perfect? Has there ever been anyone who batted a thousand? Of course not. God took imperfect man and gave to him a perfect revelation and in the process of communication protected its writing by having the Holy Spirit oversee the entire operation.
Topic #12 Inspiration Part 3 "The Defense of Inspiration part 1" Click Here
The Bible is unique in many ways. In the next several articles we will see the amazing unity of the Scripture, the magnitude of its circulation, the veracity of its texts, and the fact of it's survival. It holds the record in so many areas that taken together, they point to the supernatural origin of the Bible.
Topic #13 Inspiration Part 4 "The Defense of Inspiration part 2" Click Here
The Bible holds the record among books in every category where records are kept. It certainly should be in the "Guinness Book Of World Records."
Topic #14 Inspiration Part 5 "The Defense of Inspiration Part 3" Click Here
In this study we look at how archaeology has proven the historical accuracy of the Bible. The people and places in the Bible were not figurative, like in Aesop's fables, but tell the story of real places and real people. Our Bible is reliable and historically accurate!
Topic #15 Inspiration Part 6 "False Theories of Inspiration" Click Here
Satan will not allow something so important as the integrity of Scripture stand without resisting it. He has attempted to twist and distort the truth about the Bible for thousands of years, yet the Word of the Lord endures forever. There are a number of views of inspiration that have been offered to explain how we got our Bibles which are incorrect. Now that we have studied the Biblical Doctrine of Inspiration we can see the defects in their theories.