The Bible came to us from God himself for a specific purpose.

For our edification, for our reproof, for our correction, for our instruction,

that we may be fully equipped to be men and women of God.

But the crisis in our day is not simply over the issue of whether the Bible is infallible,

or inherent, or inspired.

The crisis in our day is what's in it?

Welcome to the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

In our most recent state of theology survey, we ask people to respond to a number of statements,

and here's one of them.

The Bible, like all sacred writings, contains helpful accounts of ancient myths,

but is not literally true.

53% agreed with that statement.

It seems like scripture is attacked from all sides these days.

Its origin is questioned, so is its trustworthiness.

So we can readily see why people question its authority.

Today, R.C. Sproul shows us how to defend the Bible,

and reminds us where its authority lies.

A few years ago, I was lecturing at the Philadelphia Conference on Reform Theology

in Philadelphia, and the topic for that session was the authority of scripture.

And after the evening service where I had lectured on the subject of biblical authority,

I was delighted to see, coming up to me afterwards, a friend whom I hadn't seen

since we were in college together many years before.

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