[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by OBW

Inerrancy is a human concept that sounds both viable and necessary. But it is not. The Bible stands as the accurate and true word of God without achieving the level of "inerrancy" that those who use the word mean (and want).
So that is why this thread exists. But it exists without debating the very concept that the scripture is the word of God. Of course, to those who argue for inerrancy, they believe that failing to be inerrant is to fail to be the word of God. Their faith is built on something less than Jesus blood and righteousness.

Great post Mike. If the forum software wasn't malfunctioning I would have placed the above quote in the "Featured Post" module at the top of homepage. What you have stated gets to the heart of three of the most fundamental elements:

That the Bible stands as the accurate and true word of God, and that it does so despite and beyond our feeble, mortal limitations to comprehend just how and why God chose some fallible, sinful and mortal men to record his everlasting, holy Word for us.

That we can debate and maybe even argue a little over some of the "non-essentials" (of which maybe inerrancy could be one such non-essential?) without questioning/challenging/debunking any of the "essentials" of the Christian faith, all of which are related to us clearly and without contradiction in the 66 books of the long-accepted biblical canon.

That in the end, thanks to what God saw fit to record for us in these 66 books, the One who said "'let there be light!' 'has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."(2Cor 4:6) So that we can boldly sing out "my faith is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness!"
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