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Hard question August 9, 2010 · 18:46 · 7 min

Whose authority declares the Bible inspired?

  • Does the Bible need an outside authority (the Church) to declare it inspired, or does it attest itself?

The hosts discuss guest Mike DeMastis's blog post about the inspiration of Scripture, prompted by a Twitter exchange with a Roman Catholic man who argued the Bible cannot attest its own inspiration and needs the Church to declare it. The table debates self-attestation versus outside authority, citing 2 Timothy 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:21, with a running business-card gag about identity verification.

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