<<Inspiration does NOT imply inerrancy.
The notion of inspiration of the writers of texts that became part of the
Bible is a good one -- I think it's true. But being inspired does not mean
that one is inerrant.>>
It does however mean the text is trustworthy, otherwise the term has no
meaning. I agree with the following:
>Inspiration,
>therefore, guarantees the truth of all that the Bible asserts, just as the
>inspiration of the prophets guaranteed the truth of their representation
of
>the mind of God. ('Truth' here denotes correspondence between the words of
>man and the thoughts of God, whether in the realm of fact or of meaning.)
>As truth from God, man's Creator and rightful King, biblical instruction,
>like prophetic oracles, carries divine authority.
Jim