Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Reliability of Scripture

Lectures and readings in English.

1. 1. Lectures Listen, outline, and take notes on the following lectures:

   • Why We Trust Our Bible 1-20 Piper, Blomberg, & Mounce 20 h Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Piper, Blomberg, & Mounce (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Evidence for Inerrancy Stephen J. Wellum 1 h Broken link Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Stephen J. Wellum (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • How Do We Know the Bible is True? Brian Edwards 35 min Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Brian Edwards (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Why We Believe the Bible 1-5 John Piper 4 h Broken link Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): John Piper (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Trusting the Old Testament Russell Fuller 1 h Broken link Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Russell Fuller (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • The Truth about the Bible and Archaeology Brian Edwards 1 h 7 min Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Brian Edwards (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Scripture, Archaeology, and Miracles Dr. E.J. Young 1 h Broken link Doctrinal
   • Authority of Scripture: Are there errors in the Bible? Dr. E.J. Young 42 min Open source Doctrinal
   • Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch Dr. E.J. Young 51 min Open source Doctrinal
   • The Historicity of Genesis Drs. Collins and Barrs 4.5 h Broken link Doctrinal
   • Unity of Isaiah Dr. E.J. Young 54 min Open source Doctrinal
   • Authorship of Daniel and the Psalms Dr. E.J. Young 53 min Open source Doctrinal
   • Inerrancy and the Problem of Harmonization in the Old Testament Dr. Tremper Longman 58 min Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Tremper Longman (subscription not established).
   • Trusting the New Testament William Cook 1 h Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 Broken link Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): William Cook (subscription not established).
   • Reliability of the New Testament 1, 2, and 3 Dr. Douglas Groothuis 2 h Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Douglas Groothuis (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • The Canonization of the New Testament 1-4 Dr. Michael Kruger 5.5 h Broken link Doctrinal
   • Origins of the New Testament Canon Dr. Michael Kruger 4 h Broken link Doctrinal
   • The Implications of Inerrancy for Biblical Sufficiency Dr. John Street 1 h Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): John Street (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Where is Jesus in All This? A Review of the Work of the Jesus Seminar Ben Witherington 1 h Broken link Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Ben Witherington (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Inerrancy and Church History 100-1800AD Dr. Carl Trueman 1 h 6 min Open source Doctrinal
   • Inerrancy and Church History 1800 to Present Dr. Jeffrey Jue 1 h 26 min Open source Doctrinal

   Total: 54.5 hours

2. 2. Reading Read and provide chapter summaries:

   • The Books of the Old and New Testaments proved to be Canonical, and their Verbal Inspiration Maintained and Established Robert Haldane 222 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Robert Haldane (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • The Evidence and Authority of Divine Revelation vols. 1 and 2 Robert Haldane 1060 pp. Doctrinal Under review No link: find it in a library or bookstore. Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Robert Haldane (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • The Infallible Truth and Divine Authority of the Holy Scriptures James Bannerman 595 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • Supreme Authority J. Norval Geldenhuys 136 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • The Bible Under Trial James Orr 344 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): James Orr (subscription not established).
   • Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions Vol. 1 Ken Ham 172 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Ken Ham (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions Vol. 2 Ken Ham 172 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Ken Ham (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).

   Total: 2,701 pages

3. 3. Assignment Write a 40 page paper defending the reliability of Scripture.

   Open the assignment

Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.