This fallacy is essentially the same as the last fallacy we viewed, the motivational ad hominem. Circumstantial:A Circumstantial Ad Hominem is one in which some irrelevant personal circumstance surrounding the opponent is offered as evidence against the opponent’s position. This fallacy is often introduced by phrases such as: “Of course, that’s what you’d expect him ...
Today’s evangelicalism has a very short memory. The problems of only a century ago are being rehashed each day, it seems. Among those issues is the source, nature, and authority of Scripture. For the last couple of days I’ve been involved in a discussion regarding theopneustos, or “given by inspiration of God.” Dr. B.B. ...
First of all, I was taken to task for this post, because I supposedly was using men’s words to establish a doctrine of Scripture. That’s silly. I was discussing the lexical meaning of theopneustos. Second, I was told I should check Thayer, as though Thayer would tell me something different. Well, I immediately thought, “Jason, ...
The Inspiration of The New Testament Is the New Testament given by inspiration of God? That is the question, is it not? Is God the source of the New Testament Scriptures? Is the New Testament the Word of God? If we let the New Testament speak for itself, we shall find that it presents ...
I’m glad I’m not alone in resisting parallelomania. Leithart doesn’t seem to like comparing Genesis and Gilgamesh or Enuma Elish. Note his statement (emphasis mine): The fact that both Babylonians and Hebrews look up and see a blue dome above them (which is what I see too!) pales in comparison with the radical difference between ...
What does the Bible teach on the subject? If our Lord and his Apostles declare the Old Testament to be the Word of God; that its authors spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost; that what they said, the Spirit said; if they refer to the facts and to the very words of ...
The common doctrine of the Christian Church is, that God has at sundry times and in divers manners spoken to the children of men; that what eye hath not seen, or ear heard, what never could have entered into the heart of man, God has revealed by his Spirit to those whom He selected to ...
B.B. Warfield, in his book “The Inspiration And Authority of The Bible, “wrote a chapter on the meaning of the phrase “given by inspiration of God” that was a little above fifty pages in length. After taking an extensive look at the Greek word “θεόπνευστος,” he concluded by saying, What is ‘theopneustos’ is ‘God-breathed,’ produced ...
I’m not sure who Russ over at “Thinking in Christ” is, but he’s spot on about the discussion of origins. There is truly very little Christian charity involved in the discussion. It is more so an issue of ad hominem attacks which are sadly lacking even in logical coherence. this is the level of ...
I contend that it does. Consider the following posts: The Inspiration of The Scriptures Part One (To Be Continued) The Testimony of Jesus And The Synoptics Regarding The Word of God Jesus, John, And The Scriptures The Apostolic View Of The Scriptures The Bible: Special Revelation B.B. Warfield: Scripture Says, God Says Presuppositions And Inerrancy ...
