Can I Trust the Bible? (Crucial Questions)

by R. C. Sproul

Publisher:

Reformation Trust

, 2009

Overview

There is a common assumption that the Bible is “full” of errors and contradictions, and that its often-unusual people and events render it useless for today. These ideas are fueled by the teachings of scholarly critics, who seem to delight in raising questions about the Bible’s truthfulness and integrity.

But the critics of the Bible are wrong, according to Dr. R. C. Sproul in this Crucial Questions booklet. In fact, he says, there are many solid reasons to trust the Bible. With Jesus, with the apostles and prophets, and with men of God throughout church history, Dr. Sproul affirms a high view of Scripture—that it is inspired of God and therefore inerrant and infallible.

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Key Features

• Foreword by Roger R. Nicole and preface by the author
• Brief commentary on the affirmations and denials of the Chicago Statement

Contents

Top Highlights

“Ultimately, we believe the Bible to be inerrant because it comes from God Himself. It is unthinkable to contemplate that God might be capable of error. Therefore, His Word cannot possibly contain errors. This is our faith—we can trust the Bible because we can trust God.” (Page xii)

“Scripture is inerrant, not in the sense of being absolutely precise by modern standards, but in the sense of making good its claims and achieving that measure of focused truth at which its authors aimed.” (Page xxvi)

“Those who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are called to show the reality of their discipleship by humbly and faithfully obeying God’s written Word. To stray from Scripture in faith or conduct is disloyalty to our Master. Recognition of the total truth and trustworthiness of Holy Scripture is essential to a full grasp and adequate confession of its authority.” (Page xiii)

“The authority of the Bible is based on the fact that it is the written Word of God.” (Page 1)

“inspiration. The church’s part was to discern the canon that God had created, not to devise one of its own.” (Page xxiv)

Product Details

• Title: Can I Trust the Bible?
• Author: R. C. Sproul
• Series: The Crucial Questions Series
• Volume: 2
• Publisher: Reformation Trust
• Print Publication Date: 2009
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Pages: 65
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible › Evidences, authority, etc
• ISBNs: 9781567691825, 156769182X
• Resource ID: LLS:TRUSTBBLSPROUL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:31:30Z

About R. C. Sproul

R. C. Sproul (1939– 2017) was a respected teacher, theologian, pastor. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries in Orlando FL. He was also first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. His radio program, Renewing Your Mind, is still broadcast daily on hundreds of radio stations around the world and can also be heard online.

Sproul held degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, Free University of Amsterdam, and Whitefield Theological Seminary. He taught at several colleges and seminaries including Reformed Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He served as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, in Sanford, Florida. Sproul’s teaching can be heard daily on the “Renewing Your Mind” radio broadcast which plays in over 40 countries.

Sproul wrote over 70 books and articles including the classic The Holiness of God and several theological articles in Tabletalk magazine.