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Your Bible HAS been changed but here's why that doesn't blow up inspiration or inerrancy!

Wes Huff

Wes Huff

apologetics

April 9, 2022
I sat down with Timothy Mitchell (aka the "Textual Mechanic"), a PhD student at the University of Birmingham in textual criticism, to discus a question I get a lot: given scribal errors in the history of the biblical text how does that then affect doctrines like inspiriation, inerrancy, and scriptural preservation? Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 5:10 - What is "textual criticism"? 6:57 - "Errors" in the biblical text 9:37 - Theological "errors" vs. text critical "errors" 11:30 - Has God's Word been preserved or inspired then? 17:53 - Why didn't God do it better? 22:52 - What about non-accidental scribal insertions like the longer ending of Mark? 28:24 - Does the inclusion of non-original verse affect inspiration, inerrancy, or preservation? 46:12 - Constantine and textual control 49:33 - Why is any of this important for Christians? Tim's website: http://thetextualmechanic.blogspot.com ________________________________________________________ - Website - wesleyhuff.com - Facebook - facebook.com/WesLivingstoneHuff - Instagram - instagram.com/wesley_huff - Twitter - twitter.com/WesleyLHuff