Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy 10

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 VIII.

We affirm that God in His work of inspiration utilized the distinctive personalities and literary styles of the writers whom He had chosen and prepared.

We deny that God, in causing these writers to use the very words that He chose, overrode their personalities.

Sunday's Hymn

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne; 
Hark! how the heav’nly anthem drowns all music but its own: 
Awake my soul and sing of Him who died for thee, 
And hail Him as thy matchless King through all eternity.

Crown Him the Lord of love; behold His hands and side, 
Rich wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified: 
No angel in the sky can fully bear that sight, 
But downwards bends his burning eye at mysteries so bright.

Crown Him the Lord of peace; whose pow’r a scepter sways 
From pole to pole, that wars may cease, absorbed in prayer and praise: 
His reign shall know no end; and round His pierced feet 
Fair flow’rs of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet.

Crown Him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time; 
Creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime: 
All hail, Redeemer, hail! for Thou hast died for me: 
Thy praise shall never, never fail, throughout eternity.

—Matthew Bridges, Godfrey Thring

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

• Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayer at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 15, 2010 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior at Whatever Is Good
• Father, I Know That All My Life at Field Stone Cottage
• God Has Spoken By the Prophets at Whatever Things
• Heart Aflame - April 11, 2010 at The Upward Call
• Joy Dispels Our Sorrow at Conjubilant With Song
• Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim at Hiraeth

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 emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.

Round the Sphere Again

Discussing the terms…

Two from the Don
Have you, like me, wondered what it the difference is, exactly, between  the unintentional and intentional sins in Leviticus? D. A. Carson explains what the distinction might be. In the same post, he also explains why all sin is, at its foundation, idolatry. (For the Love of God)

Several years ago I did a series of posts on the attributes of God. The hardest attribute for me to define was holiness. D. A. Carson describes the word holy like this:

At its core, holy is almost an adjective corresponding to the noun God. God is God; God is holy. He is unique; there is no other. Then, derivatively, that which belongs exclusively to him is designated holy.

Read the whole post. (For the Love of God)

The Work of One
John Hendryx (Reformation Theology) explains the concept of monergism.

On Elders’ Children
Exactly what quality is it that Paul requires of elders’ children in Titus 1:6? Bill Mounce examines the translation issues  at Koinonia.