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Henry E. Neufeld. When People Speak for God
About This Book
Preface
God and Man
The Human Factor
The Divine Factor
God Speaks. Inspiration in Action
Revelation in the Natural World
Learning from Nature
The Holy Spirit and Revelation
Combining General and Special Revelation
Direct and Clear Revelation
The Word of God
The Process of Revelation
Alive and Active
Static, Progressive, or Continuous?
The Heart of Inspiration
Inspiration in Action: An Example
God Throughout the Process
Trajectories
Messengers – God and Prophet
The Nature of Prophecy
The Source of Authority
Hearing – Message and Community
Information or Conversation
A Tale of Three Prophets
Important Stories of Hearing. Micaiah (1 Kings 22:1-38)
Jeremiah and the Judean Remnant (Jeremiah 42:1-43:13)
Balaam (Numbers 22-24)
Hearing God Personally
Practical Considerations of Hearing
Testing the Claim
God's Word in an Imperfect Community
Reverse Manipulation
The Authority of Interpretation
Hearing the Expression
Recording – The Community Through Time
The Impact of Recording and Transmission
Biblical Criticism and the Transmission Process
Relating Inspiration to Biblical Criticism
Methods that Take a Broader Look
Speculation and Evidence in Biblical Criticism
"Higher criticism" and "Lower criticism"
Canonicity
Modern Additions to the Canon
Translation
Verbal Translation
An Example: Choosing the ESV
Transforming the Message
An Incarnational View of Inspiration and Translation
Authority and Truth
Search for Authority
Bible Writers and Authority
Three Analyses of Inspiration
Categories of Literature
Narrative or History
Songs, Prayers and Poetry
Fictional Writing
Stages of Production
Communications Model
Testing and Authority. What is Authority?
Testing the Scriptures
Answering Questions
A Summary of Biblical Authority
The Bible and God's Word
Experience and Inspiration
Looking at Testing. Basics
Fulfilled Prediction
Godliness
Divine Wisdom and Discernment
In the Divine Council and Conclave
Being a Judge of Scripture
Applying the Word
Application
Approaches to Interpretation
From Interpretation to Authority
What is Authority?
Sources of Authority
What is the Bible?
Biblical Decision Making
Making Choices
1. You reap what you sow
2. With God, small makes big
3. You are not the only sower
4. God gives gifts, you choose to use them
5. Choosing seed to sow is risky
6. You must endure to the harvest
7. Grace overcomes the law of sowing and reaping
Response to Inerrancy
Inerrancy and Communication
What Good is Your Bible?
Terminology and Approach
Why not Inerrancy?
Some Practical Examples
The Bloody Passages
Technical Errors
Quotations
Inerrancy and Faith
Conclusion
Response to Together for the Gospel on Scripture
Article I
Article II
Glossary
