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Geoffrey Smith

The Holy Bible on a stand

What is biblical inerrancy? A New Testament scholar explains

July 13, 2021 by Geoffrey Smith

In his farewell address at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention, outgoing president J.D. Greear acknowledged the internal disputes but assured attendees that the Baptist faith continues to affirm “those doctrines most contested in our culture,” such as “the authority, and the inerrancy, and the sufficiency of scripture.”

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