The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1964

piration of the Scripture. 2. Tlz e l1zspiratio11 of tl1e Scripture. Dr. Carnell in hi book, Tlze Case for Ortl1odox Theology, said: "Orthodoxy s intramural debate on inspiration in no way disturbs the truth of the go pel, and to think it does is cul tic.' ' So to Dr. Carnell, if one desire to re-open the study of the ubject of Inspiration, he in no way di turb its truth. In most ca es this may be .true, but a one cite the statements of the ew Evangelical, we find that the opposite i the ca e. a. The Call for re-examination. I. Christian Life, March 1956, p. 19, Dr. Wilbur Smith said: "I believe that mo t con ervative theologians today agree that the whole ubject of Biblical in piration need reinvestigation." Address given II. Presidential addres given at the Seventh General Meeting of the Mid– western Section of the Evangelical Theological Society, May 4, 1962, Moody Bible Institute, given by Dr. John C . Whitcomb, Jr. Professor of Old Testament, Grace Theological Seminar y, Winona Lake, Indiana on Biblical Inerrancy and the Double– R evelation Theory, p. 1. In this paper given by Dr. Whitcomb, he s tates on page one why this type of thinking r egarding inspiration is prevalant to– d a)' . ''1 udging from the number of re– cent controver sies in evangelical circles concerning the full implica– t ions of the doctrine of verbal in– spira tion , ther e seem s to be little like– lihood that the E vangelical Theologi– ca l ocie ty 1s a bout to enter into a per1od of triumpha nt and undisturbed peace and acceptance in the Protest– ant world with r egard to it doc trinal st atement tha t ' the Bible alone, and the Bible in its entire ty, is the W ord of od wr itten , and ther efor e in– errant in the a utogr aphs.' "For exa11plc, so111e have asserted tl1a1 the very possibi lity of a verbally i11erra1 t rcve la tio1 has been r ender ed t111te11al)le by rccc11t st ud ies in tt1c field of li11gtii 1ics. Others arc c la in1- i1g Ll1at tllt! Bible co11tai ns l1 is tor ical errors whic l1 can l)e CXJJlai11cd 0 11 the basis of i11 J>ire.d and ll1erefore ac- urate quo tatio11s fro 111 no1-i11sJ)ired and erro 11eoL1 ot1r ce ~ ... tl1t1 , 111 r11 y e, 1 angelic al J1ave l)eer1 led to bel ie\'~ tl iat ,,erbal i11erra IlC) ' is 11 \;rely a l111- n1an tl1eor)', a11 l tl1erefor is n e ith~r ......... ... e.11 tial 1 trt1e }1ri ti, nj t)' n r TH OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST legitimate as a tandard and test of orthodoxy.' Dr. Robert Ketcham III. The reaction of Dr. Robert Ketcham regarding the type of re– inve tigation that the New Evangeli– cals are eeking to promote, was seen in a mimeographed ,article entitled, ''A New Peril in the Last Days." In thi article he outline what he feel they mean by this term: ' J. It (re-investigation of inspira– tion) could take the form of further clarifying and olidifying our doc– trinal comprehen ion to withstand recent theological innovation uch a N ea-Orthodoxy. 2. Or, i.t could be a re-examination of the validity of the hi toric doctrine of verbal in piration. The New Evangelical is not en– deavoring to subs tantiate and clari– fy the doctrine of in piration, but in– tead i eeking to determine in what en e it can be accepted by the 'modern mind. ' " b . Startling statements with re– pect ,to verbal in piration. I. Eternity, March 1959, p. 40, Dr. Bernard Ramm in reviewing J. I. Packer 's book, Fitndamentalisni and the word of God, m.ade thi s tartling s tatement: I find myself disagreeing with the basic thesis of ,the book. It represents a puri t approaoh to the i sue: name– ly, if a theologian does not hold to a certain view of Scripture, then all i lo t. . . Because Packer build hi case on a single foundation, he has trouble in really analyzing somebody who has orthodox conviction ( at least in ,part) but doe not hold to plenary, verbal in pir,ation. Thus, he i quick to call them either liberal or hovering close to liberali m... For the ame rea on he clra tically under – e timate neo-oruhodoxy , failing to see that even apart from a theory of verbal , plenary in piration it take the Bible with great eriou n e ." 11. E ter,zity, Nov. 1958, pp. 18, 19 The Bible Evangelist Who Believes and Preaches: • The Old Book • The Precious Blood • The New Birth • The Blessed Hope Rev. Le land G. Arntz Evange listic and Pulpit Supply Ministry RR# 3, Hudsonville, Michigan Gospe l trac ts en titl e d " Birthday and Death· day" and " Dea th Is My Shepherd?" are available upon request . Billy Graham makes t h is s tatement in a letter to the editor : "I do not beli eve t hat the ground of our fellowship i to be the in er– rancy of Scripture but, r ather , the ground of our fellowship is to be the deity of our Lord J esus Christ. I myself hold to th e verb al inspiration viewpoint; I think that any o ther position i fraught with d anger. How– ever, many of the leading evangeli– cals, and even Fundamentali ts when pinned down do not hold to the verbal inspiration of Scripture. I have accepted my position by faith [ Yet I know devout men of God ... ·who Jo not hold to this particular theory of in piration. " III . Cleveland Plai,i D ealer, Oc t. , 1962, Dr . Bill Graham aid in an wer to a que tion regarding hi per ona l view of the New Engli sh Bible: ' '... I have found the ew Engli h Bible very h elpful . . . Per onally, I have copie of practically every modern tran la tion. . . They a ll con– tain the Word of God. 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