Inspiration, Infallibility, and Inerrancy
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Does the Bible contain any errors in what it teaches? Today, R.C. Sproul defends the inspiration, inerrancy, and infallibility of sacred Scripture.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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| 0:00.0 | The Bible's inspired, therefore it's infallible, and it's infallible, therefore it is inerrant, |
| 0:07.9 | it is inerrant, therefore it is altogether true and trustworthy. |
| 0:18.9 | The Bible is altogether true and trustworthy, as you heard R.C. Sprold just say, it's inspired, |
| 0:26.3 | infallible and inerrant. What do those theological words mean? Why is it important that you and I get them right? |
| 0:34.0 | You're listening to Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:39.5 | If you'd like to go back and revisit some of this week's messages, |
| 0:43.6 | or do a deeper dive on this topic with the help of the study guide. |
| 0:47.5 | You can request this week's resource bundle when you give a donation of any amount at |
| 0:52.3 | renewingyourmind.org. But respond today as this offer |
| 0:56.5 | ends tomorrow. There are those who reject terms like inerrancy, others who misunderstand what we |
| 1:03.3 | mean when we say that the Bible is the inspired word of God. Getting the definitions correct is not |
| 1:09.8 | merely an academic exercise. It is to uphold truth. And when we |
| 1:14.3 | know the Bible to be altogether true and trustworthy, as Christians we can have a confidence to follow |
| 1:20.6 | God's word every day in the big things and the small. Here's Dr. Sprole as we continue this week-long study in his series, Hath God Said. |
| 1:33.4 | Anytime the subject of the authority of Scripture is raised and people engage in discussions about it, |
| 1:42.1 | there are three pivotal concepts that inform the conversation. |
| 1:49.3 | And those concepts, I'll write on the board and then we'll take some time to define them. |
| 1:54.7 | They include the concept of inspiration, the concept of infallibility, and the concept of inerrancy. |
| 2:08.3 | Now, before I go into a development of these concepts here, I'd like you to just think within |
| 2:15.6 | the quiet chambers of your own mind. |
| 2:19.3 | What are your personal reactions to these concepts? |
| 2:24.0 | What do you think of when you hear the word inspiration? |
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