Years ago, R.C. Sproul gathered with church leaders in Chicago to defend the inerrancy of Scripture. Today, Stephen Nichols and Nathan W. Bingham discuss why Christians must continue to uphold God’s Word as our perfect foundation for truth. Request the Reformation Study Bible for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3884/donate Meet Today’s Teacher: Stephen Nichols is president of Reformation Bible College, chief academic officer for Ligonier Ministries, and a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow. He is host of the podcasts 5 Minutes in Church History and Open Book. He is author of many books, including Peace, A Time for Confidence, and R.C. Sproul: A Life. He is coeditor of The Legacy of Luther and general editor of the Church History Study Bible. Meet the Host: Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children. Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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Today on Renewing Your Mind, a special conversation with Stephen Nichols on a vital topic.
Every word and all of the words are the Word of God. And because this is God, who is true and who does not err, it is inerrant. It is without error. And therefore, it is entirely trustworthy.
The Word of God and the authority of God's Word have been under attack from the earliest pages of the Bible as we read of the serpent in Genesis 3, asking Eve, did God actually say? And these attacks have continued in every generation, including in the 20th century.
And today on Renewing Your Mind, we'll learn more about what we believe concerning the Bible's authority and what a group of theologians did, including R.C. Sproul, to respond to those attacks in the 1970s. Welcome to Renewing Your Mind. I'm Nathan W. Bingham and I'm glad you're joining us today.
Stephen Nichols is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and he's also the president of Reformation Bible College. I was traveling with him and while in Chicago, we used that as an opportunity to sit down and discuss a vital topic on a significant event in church history that took place in that city. But before you hear that discussion, to help place the Word of God into the hands of more people,
along with trusted notes and commentary until midnight tonight. You can request your very own copy of the Reformation Study Bible with your donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org. I'll be sure to remind you of this offer and tell you more about that study Bible at the end of today's episode. So here's my conversation with Stephen Nichols.
Dr. Nichols, when we think back to 2015, when we released the revised and expanded edition of the Reformation Study Bible, I remember Dr. Sproul saying that although we call it the Reformation Study Bible, what he wanted to see was a Bible study reformation. Why is it so important for us to not only read the Bible, but to study the Bible?
You know, I remember when he said that, Nathan, and I thought it was a great statement. I remember seeing something he had said back in the early 70s that said, you know, it's very important to read the Bible, of course. But then he writes next to it, we must study. And I think he underlined study two or three times. We must study the Bible.
So for decades, at the beginning of Ligonier and in the final years of Dr. Sproul's life, he was stressing Bible study. And there's one reason why we read this book, why we study it, why we put so much effort to understand it, why we at Ligonier spend so much time producing resources to help people understand God's Word, is because it is the Word of God. It is holy.
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