Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy: Audio Lectures

28 Lessons on the Spectrum of Evangelical Positions

By: R. Albert Mohler Jr., Peter E. Enns, Michael F. Bird, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, John R. Franke, Stanley N. Gundry, James R.A. Merrick - editor, Stephen M. Garrett - editor

Narrated by: R. Albert Mohler, Peter Enns, Michael F. Bird, Kevin Vanhoozer, John Franker

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook’s direct narration of a book’s text, Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy: Audio Lectures include high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.

There is little doubt that the inerrancy of the Bible is a current and often contentious topic among evangelicals. Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy: Audio Lectures showcases the spectrum of evangelical positions on inerrancy and facilitates understanding of these perspectives, particularly where and why they diverge.

Each main lesson in Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy: Audio Lectures considers:

• the present context and the viability and relevance of inerrancy for contemporary Christian witness;
• whether and to what extent Scripture teaches its own inerrancy;
• the position's assumed/implied understandings of the nature of Scripture, God, and truth; and
• three difficult biblical texts: one that implies intra-canonical contradictions, one that raises questions of theological plurality, and one that concerns historicity.

Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy: Audio Lectures serves not only as a resource for surveying the current debate, but also as a catalyst both for understanding and advancing the conversation further. Featuring scholars Al Mohler, Kevin Vanhoozer, Michael Bird, Peter Enns, and John Franke, these lectures provide listeners with the tools they need to draw informed conclusions on this debated issue and is an ideal resource for traditional students, students in distance and online-learning courses, and self-learners wanting to better understand Christian theology.

Important contribution to the discussion

If you have an interest in this theological issue then you will likely find at least one contributor with whom you agree and disagree. While Mohler bore the brunt of negative criticism he also demonstrated the most gracious spirit toward those with whom he disagreed.

Good debate but who’s talking???

The only thing keeping this from being perfect is better identification of who exactly is talking each chapter.

Excellent!

Excellent discussion of different views on a vital topic! As someone who has worked for many years in the legal field, I appreciate the approach used by this series of lectures: using the articulation of competing positions and arguments as a vehicle for discovering truth!

Helpful

This audio lecture series is very good. Though I had encountered a variety of positions on inerrancy through works such as Millard Erikson’s “Christian Theology,” it was nice to hear different scholars give a fuller presentation on the subject than what I had read before.
Michael Bird and Kevin Vanhoozer’s perspectives in particular were really interesting. If you are looking to expand the parameters of your personal theological understanding, or find ways to think creatively about inerrancy (which can be a rigid subject), these audio lectures are worthwhile.

Great information

The speakers offer gracious, respectful debate and discussion regarding various ways to understand scripture, and how that impacts our lives. At times it was difficult to tell which speaker was speaking, and remember which perspective they held, but regardless, the information was insightful and thought provoking. It is definitely worth the time to listen