Ask your pastor, with no preface, prompting, or clarification, whether or not they believe in inerrancy. Then sit back and listen. If statistics bear true, a majority will start with "well..." or "it depends..." or avoid answering altogether by asking you a question. My advice is straightforward. Tie your shoelaces, because it is time for you to run. The Bible is either 100% true or it isn't. Do not assume your pastor or your church leaders believe the entire Bible is true.
The whole thing, as a PDF, for anyone who wants it. I'm George Shamblin, a pastor in Birmingham, Alabama. I wrote it after a funeral in Pensacola for a 19-year-old who died suddenly. The chapel was packed with young people hearing the unfiltered Word of God for the first time. That day convinced me people don't need trinkets and meaningless platitudes. They need to know the Bible can be trusted — every word of it. No sign-up. No catch. No ask.
Inerrancy means the Bible is 100% true, every word of it. Two articles that go with the book: How can thousands of old manuscripts help us trust the Bible? and Why inerrancy is essential in our cafeteria culture. There are more like them under Apologetics & Bible Reliability.
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