Bibliology

What we believe concerning the Bible

We believe that the Bible is the written revelation of God, and the sixty-six books of the Bible constitute the plenary (entire) Word, inspired (God-breathed) by the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 2:7-14; II Peter 1:20-21; II Timothy 3:16).

We believe that the Word of God is an objective (Ex. 17:14), propositional revelation (I Thess. 2:13), verbally inspired in every word (II Tim. 3:16) in the original documents, inerrant (without error) in everything to which it speaks (Isa. 30:8), and infallible, teaching no error (II Tim. 3:1617).

We believe that it constitutes the only infallible rule of faith and practice (Mt. 5:18, John 10:35b, 16:13, 17:17, I Cor. 2:13, II Tim. 3:15-17, II Peter 3:15-16, Heb. 4:12).

We believe that God gave His written Word by a process of dual authorship in which the Holy Spirit so superintended the human authors that, through their individual personalities and writing styles, they composed and recorded God's Word to man (II Peter 1:20-21).

We believe that, while there may be several applications to a passage, there is only one true interpretation, and it is to be found in the diligent application of the grammatical-historical method of interpretation.