Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy 9

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 VII.

We affirm that inspiration was the work in which God by His Spirit, through human writers, gave us His Word. The origin of Scripture is divine. The mode of divine inspiration remains largely a mystery to us.

We deny that inspiration can be reduced to human insight, or to heightened states of consciousness of any kind.

My Desktop Photo 96

Photo by Andrew Stark
(click on photo for larger view)

Last night youngest son dragged me out of bed at 2AM to see a spectacular show of northern lights. We stood on the upper deck and watched as the quick-dancing, shooting sort of aurora, with large swaths of violet along with the more usual green, covered the whole sky. It was like watching a silent fire works show. We forgot where we were and what time it was and oohed and awed loud enough to wake the neighbor dog who woke the neighbor just in time to see the tail end of the show.

I remember once when I was a teenager, my friends and I lay on the grass of a baseball field on a hot Minnesota summer night, looking up at a sky full of red northern lights. That show and last night’s would be the top two of my life so far.

All this is to explain why I’m posting this photo my son took a few years ago even though it’s not the right shape for a desktop photo and I think I’ve posted it before. If you have complaints, leave them in the comments.

Update on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 12:01AM by rebecca

I guess I should explain that no northern lights look quite like this photo. They are very difficult to photograph, and they are never as large or brilliant in real life as they look in this photo, which was done with a very slow shutter speed—maybe even time lapse. Still, they are very cool. You really should come see them.

Sunday's Hymn

See, What A Morning

See, what a morning, gloriously bright,
With the dawning of hope in Jerusalem;
Folded the grave-clothes, tomb filled with light,
As the angels announce, “Christ is risen!”
See God’s salvation plan,
Wrought in love, borne in pain, paid in sacrifice,
Fulfilled in Christ, the Man,
For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead!

See Mary weeping, “Where is He laid?”
As in sorrow she turns from the empty tomb;
Hears a voice speaking, calling her name;
It’s the Master, the Lord raised to life again!
The voice that spans the years,
Speaking life, stirring hope, bringing peace to us,
Will sound till He appears,
For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead!

One with the Father, Ancient of Days,
Through the Spirit who clothes faith with certainty.
Honor and blessing, glory and praise
To the King crowned with pow’r and authority!
And we are raised with Him,
Death is dead, love has won, Christ has conquered;
And we shall reign with Him,
For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead! 

—Words and Music by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, Copyright © 2003 Kingsway Thankyou Music

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

• We Welcome Glad Easter at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 14, 2010 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Christ the Lord Is Risen Today! at Whatever Is Good
• How Calm and Beautiful the Morn at Field Stone Cottage
• Christ is Risen! Hallelujah! at Whatever Things
• Christ the Lord is Risen Today! at The Upward Call
• Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! at Conjubilant With Song
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: What the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ means to me
• Sing, My Tongue, How Glorious Battle 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.