Dave Jenkins is the author of The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age, published recently by G3 Press.
Scripture is reliable, trustworthy, without error, without the possibility of error, and the clear and binding Word for every stage and phase of life. It might seem like that first sentence is a clear summary of what Scripture and the church has taught about Scripture, and you would be right. In the past few decades, we have seen a multi-pronged attack on the Bible, from “progressive” Christianity to New Age, social justice, and attacks on a biblical understanding of gender and sexuality. Additionally, there is the growing influence of the New Apostolic Reformation, and the list seems never to end. Amid these ongoing attacks on the Bible, it must also be said that the statistics on the Bible reveal the problem and how serious it is regarding biblical and theological illiteracy.
Scripture and the Character of God
A recent…