God and My Neighbour

The question of the divine inspiration of the Scriptures is one of great importance. If the Bible is a divine revelation, if it contains the actual word of God, and nothing but the word of God, then it is folly to doubt any statement it contains. If the Bible is merely the work of men, if it contains only the words of men, then, like all other human work, the Bible is fallible, and must submit to criticism and examination, as all fallible human work must. The Christian Religion stands or falls by the truth of the Bible. If the Bible is the word of God the Bible must be true, and the Christian Religion must be true. But, as I said before, the claim for the divine origin of the Bible has not been made by God, but by men. We have therefore no means of testing the Bible's title to divine revelation other than by criticism and examination of the Bible itself. If the Bible is the word of God—the all-wise and perfect God—the Bible will be perfect.