By: Jimmy Jividen
$8.99
ISBN # 0892255455
How do you view the Scripture?
Were they written by men or God?
Jimmy Jividen believes that the Scriptures are the "will of God revealed to inspired men who wrote them down." Many theologians have created confusion over the ideas of biblical inspiration and authority. Jividen believes that the average person can understand these topics and set out on a simple yet deliberate and methodical analysis of these concepts.
Is everything in them true?
Can you trust them to be accurate?
How much of what they say is limited by culture?
Are they an authoritative guide for your life?
Are faith in the Scriptures and reason mutually exclusive?
Jividen estab1ishes the case for full acceptance of the Scriptures as inspired and posessing all authority. The implications of this are simple: The Bible is the true and only standard for religious faith and practice.
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||
| FOREWORD | 9 | |
| INTRODUCTION | 11 | |
| 1 | BASIS FOR ACCEPTING INSPIRATION | 13 |
| 2 | A DECISION OF THE WILL | 21 |
| 3 | INSPIRED SCRIPTURES, THE CLAIM OF INSPIRATION | 27 |
| 4 | HOW APOSTLES VIEWED SCRiPTURES | 36 |
| 5 | PURPOSES OF THE SCRIPTURES | 46 |
| 6 | THE AUTHORITY OF THE SCRIPTURES | 55 |
| 7 | THE TRANSMISSION OF THE SCRIPTURES | 65 |
| 8 | SCRIPTURE INTERPRETATION | 74 |
| 9 | METHODS OF INTERPRETATION | 81 |
| 10 | THE RESTORATION PRINCIPLE | 89 |
| 11 | ROAD OF APOSTASY | 101 |
| 12 | THE 1889 DIVISION | 108 |
| 13 | NEW CHALLENGES FACING THE CHURCH | 117 |
| WORKS CITED | 127 |
