Tag: inspiration

• Are the Right Books in the New Testament?

  

  “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10:27) Introduction In this post I will complete my comments on the New Testament Canon by answering two questions: (1) Why are the 27 books in our New Testament Canon the right books?(2) Why was there a need for a New…

  Matthew Jones

  November 13, 2025

  Canon, Exploring the New Testament, inspiration, Word Focus

  Apostle, Apostolic Authority, Canon, Hear, inspiration, Obedience, Obey, Orthodoxy

• Inerrant Language (Part 2)

  

  Jesus answered and said to them, “The healthy don’t need a doctor, but the sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:31-32) Introduction Inerrancy is the belief that the Bible is without error in all it teaches. To state it another way, the Bible tells the truth…

  Matthew Jones

  October 23, 2025

  Exploring the New Testament, Inerrancy, inspiration, Word Focus

  Free Quotations, Inerrancy, inspiration, μετάνοια, Repentance

• Inerrant Language (Part 1)

  

  Then very early in the morning on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb at sunrise. (Mark 16:2) Introduction In the previous post I commented on inerrancy which is the belief that the Bible is without error in all it teaches. To state it another way, the Bible tells the truth…

  Matthew Jones

  October 16, 2025

  Exploring the New Testament, Gospel of Mark, Inerrancy, inspiration, Word Focus

  Approximations, Figures of Speech, four corners of the earth, Hyperbole, Inerrancy, inspiration, Language of Appearance, Phenomenological Language

• Inerrancy

  

  For prophecy was never borne to us by means of human will. Rather, men being borne along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. (2 Peter 1:21) Definition As applied to the Bible, inerrancy means that the Bible is without error in all it teaches, or alternatively, the Bible tells the truth about whatever it…

  Matthew Jones

  October 9, 2025

  2 Peter, Exploring the New Testament, Inerrancy, inspiration, Word Focus

  autograph, Inerrancy, inspiration

• Inspiration

  

  Every scripture is God-breathed and beneficial for teaching, for exposing wrongdoing, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the person of God may be fully competent, being equipped to accomplish every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) Definition Inspiration is the method that God used to record His revelation in written form in the Bible.…

  Matthew Jones

  October 2, 2025

  2 Timothy, Exploring the New Testament, inspiration, Word Focus

  bible, God breathed, inspiration, plenary, theopneustos

• The Bible is Sufficient

  

  Every scripture is God-breathed and beneficial for teaching, for exposing wrongdoing, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the person of God may be fully competent, being equipped to accomplish every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) Above is a picture of my snow blower. It came with an operator’s manual to help me know…

  Matthew Jones

  September 11, 2025

  Exploring the New Testament, inspiration, Sufficiency, Word Focus

  bible, christianity, faith, god, God breathed, inspiration, Jesus, Sufficiency, theopneustos