Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy 19

What do Christians mean when they say the Bible is inerrant? The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy tells us what leading inerrantist mean by inerrancy. I’ll be posting a section of this statement each week until I’ve posted the whole thing.

You can read previously posted sections of this statement in by clicking here. After a preface and a short statement, the Chicago Statement contains a section called Articles of Affirmation and Denial.

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Article XVII.

We affirm that the Holy Spirit bears witness to the Scriptures, assuring believers of the truthfulness of God’s written Word.

We deny that this witness of the Holy Spirit operates in isolation from or against Scripture.

Round the Sphere Again: Gospel Truth

The Loving Thing
is to spread the good news. John Piper’s newest book, Jesus: The Only Way to God, uses the Bible to answer these three three questions:

1. Is there an eternal hell of conscious torment to be rescued from? Answer: Yes (Chapter 2).
2. Is the death and resurrection of Christ essential for that rescue? Answer: Yes (Chapter 3).
3. And do people need to hear this good news and believe it in order to be rescued? Answer: Yes (Chapters 4-7).

If You’re Gonna Spread It
you gotta know it. (HT: Justin Taylor)

What is the Gospel? from Southern Seminary on Vimeo.

Sunday's Hymn

Day by Day

Day by day, and with each passing moment,
Strength I find, to meet my trials here;
Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
He whose heart is kind beyond all measure
Gives unto each day what He deems best—
Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.

Every day, the Lord Himself is near me
With a special mercy for each hour;
All my cares He fain would bear, and cheer me,
He whose Name is Counselor and Power;
The protection of His child and treasure
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
“As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”
This the pledge to me He made.

Help me then, in every tribulation
So to trust Thy promises, O Lord,
That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation
Offered me within Thy holy Word.
Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
E’er to take, as from a father’s hand,
One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
Till I reach the promised land.

—Kar­o­lina W. San­dell-Berg

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• What Is Prayer? at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 24, 2010 at The Thirsty Theologian
• How Firm a Foundation at Whatever Is Good
• By Grace I’m Saved at Field Stone Cottage
• The God of Abraham Praise at Hiraeth
• Holy Spirit, Truth Divine at Conjubilant with Song
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon: Some Thoughts on Persecution at Pyromaniacs
• Heart Aflame - June 13, 2010 at The Upward Call
• Rejoice the Lord Is King at Whatever Things

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.