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“I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.”

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Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu, born on February 26, 1971, is an American singer-songwriter known for her unique musical style and emotive voice. She is regarded as one of the key figures in R&B music of the 1990s. more

“A wrong understanding is interested in precisionism. That is it tries to say that the Bible can't be telling the truth if it says that Jesus was such and such a distance from some place or other and in fact the distance is off by 15% or something like that. There are all kinds of grounded figures and so forth.”

Ifs Trying Kind Facts Jesus Understanding Figures Distance All Kinds Telling The Truth Grounded

Author:D. A. Carson

“The Bible is not interested in precisionism unless the context indicates that precision is particularly important.”

Important Not Interested Precision

Author:D. A. Carson

“I can say that it's 10 miles from my home to Trinity, when in fact that's not quite right, it's off by about 10%, but nobody would say that I'm telling a lie or making a mistake when I rounded off because that's the way we speak and rounded off terms regularly.”

Way I Can Facts Home Lying Speak Term Mistake Miles Making Mistakes Trinity

Author:D. A. Carson

“So there are all kinds of things that grammarian purists would argue are awkward forms of speech and sometimes they are intentional for rhetorical effect and sometimes it's the way people chose to write at the time. Inerrancy isn't interested in any of those kinds of things.”

People Way Writing Kind Sometimes Form Effects Speech Arguing All Kinds Awkward Rhetorical

Author:D. A. Carson

“The truth of the matter is that inerrancy is simply a way of saying that there are no errors that call into question the truthfulness of Scripture wherever Scripture is making truth claims.”

Way Matter Claims Errors Scripture Truthfulness

Author:D. A. Carson

“Not all Scripture is propositional, some of it is asking questions, some of it's rhetorical, but where Scripture is stating something, asserting something, making a truth claim, uttering a proposition that is claiming to be true, it is the truth.”

Claims Asking Scripture Being True Propositions Asking Questions Rhetorical

Author:D. A. Carson

“For example, the Bible does say this is a proposition, "There is no God." But of course the context of Psalm 14:1 enriches it a bit: "the fool has said in his heart, there is no God." So there are contextual constraints and when you finish putting in all the contextual constraints and sophisticated discussions of what inerrancy is and isn't.”

Heart Doe Said Courses Bits Example Fool Discussion Sophisticated Propositions Constraints There Is No God Psalms

Author:D. A. Carson

“Some people say What's the use of the term if it has to be so fully documented and constrained and footnoted and all the rest. My response to that is: there is no theological word that does not have to be similarly footnoted and constrained: justification, spirit, sanctification etc. Any term can be distorted or domesticated or fly off the handle because of another alien philosophical structure that's imposed on the text and so on. Inerrancy is no different from what we find in every other theologically loaded word.”

People Ifs Doe Different Use Spirit Term Philosophical Structure Response Handle Aliens Etc Justification Loaded Theological Sanctification

Author:D. A. Carson

“At the end of the day, in brief summary: inerrancy is interested in the truthfulness of Scripture and it is a powerful way forcing people to think about that reliability that is God-given.”

People Thinking Way Ends Given Powerful Scripture The End Of The Day Truthfulness Reliability Summary

Author:D. A. Carson

“We treat the Bible, not as if it's a magic book that has to be handled like a piece of abracadabra, make sure it's dusted, never put it on the floor, and things like that.”

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Author:D. A. Carson

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