I will discuss inspiration of Scripture in more detail in chapter 3, but the point to think about here is this: If God is our ultimate authority and His character is flawless, and if He inspired the writers of Scripture to put down His thoughts while still allowing them freedom of personal expression, then the Bible is flawless and it becomes our ultimate authority—our only rule for faith and practice. To put it another way, if we believe God is perfect, then it has to follow that the original copies
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