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“Infallible denotes the quality of never deceiving or misleading and so means wholly trustworthy and reliable; inerrant means wholly true. Scripture is termed infallible and inerrant to express the conviction that all its teaching is the utterance of God who cannot lie, whose word, once spoken, abides for ever, and that therefore it may be trusted implicitly.”

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J. I. Packer
J. I. Packer

J. I. Packer is a prominent Christian theologian whose influential writings on Christian doctrine and spirituality have shaped theological discourse. Born on July 22, 1926, Packer has made significant contributions to the field of theology through his extensive scholarly work and theological education. more

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