Vital Issues in the Inerrancy Debate Quotes

“The simple truth is that if a man does not believe that God has spoken a sure and certain word, then when he enters the pulpit and gives a sermon, the very best that he has to offer is a moral platitude of some variety, calling on human beings to a more noble existence; but even then he cannot be sure that what he says is true. The”
― F David Farnell, Vital Issues in the Inerrancy Debate

“one should no more give up on the inerrancy (of God’s special revelation) because of the difficulties he finds in explaining its consistency than he should give up on the study of nature (God’s general revelation) because of the difficulties he finds in it.”
― F David Farnell, Vital Issues in the Inerrancy Debate

“The apostolic fathers are the generation of believers who had personal contact with Jesus’ twelve apostles (ca. AD 70–ca. 150). We have many of their writings which can help to shed light on what the early church believed. In these writings, many references can be found which speak to the fact that these early church fathers believed in the inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy of Scripture. While they did not specifically use these terms (they would be developed much later), it is clear that they believed what they teach.”
― F David Farnell, Vital Issues in the Inerrancy Debate

“As evangelicals we recognize that no extra-biblical statements or creeds are infallible. Only the Bible is infallible. Nonetheless,”
― F David Farnell, Vital Issues in the Inerrancy Debate