A menu which provides immediate access to the series is provided in the left menu bar. The church must understand the Bible. We must increase our Bible knowledge. A great issue continues to be biblical ignorance. Also, the church must understand biblical inspiration.
Extremes exist at either end of a polarity.
At the other pole, some seem to think none of the Bible is really true. Some are tempted to the ditch of over-literalism. Others are tempted to the ditch of cultural and human reinterpretation and application so that virtually all of the Bible becomes figurative. The process of inspiration must also be examined. Conservatives have tended to regard inspiration as a somewhat mechanical process in which human authors are basically passive with no active role.