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

Authors

Th. Engelder, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

10-1-1942

Document Type

Article

Keywords

verbal inspiration, scripture, legalistic, christian faith, moderns, inerrant, theology, atomistic

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

The indignation of the moderns reaches white heat when they are asked to receive every word of Scripture as inerrant and authoritative. If Verbal Inspiration means that every word of Scripture must be received as God's word, with unquestioning faith and obedience - and it means just that- they will have none of it. That is their strongest objection to Verbal Inspiration, and they express their abhorrence of it with the frightful word legalistic.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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 64.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol13/iss1/64