Verbal Inspiration- a Stumbling-Block to the Jews and Foolishness to the Greeks

Authors

Th. Engelder, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

4-1-1942

Document Type

Article

Keywords

st. paul, verbal inspiration, fosdick, st. timothy, christians

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

The moderns have a third grievance against the Bible as God gave it to us. They are scandalized at the many "trivialities" incorporated in it. Those portions of the Bible, they say, which treat of purely secular matters, common household affairs, petty concerns of men, and the like, do not belong to the Word of God. God's Word is too high and holy a thing to have these levicula mixed up with it. It is inconceivable that, when the Holy Ghost inspired the saving Word, He should have bothered about the marital affairs of Isaac and Rebecca. The moderns are complaining that their sense of the fitness of things is outraged when they are asked to believe that it was by divine inspiration that Paul wrote to Timothy about his cloak. And Verbal, Plenary Inspiration, which requires them to believe just that, is an intolerable thing.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Romans 15:4; Exodus 10:26; Matthew 10:30; 2 Timothy 4:13;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Engelder, Th. (1942) "Verbal Inspiration- a Stumbling-Block to the Jews and Foolishness to the Greeks," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 13, Article 20.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol13/iss1/20