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Matt Recker and The Gospel Coalition, Part 5: Inerrancy and Creationism

Matt Recker and The Gospel Coalition, Part 5: Inerrancy and Creationism

The foundational documents of The Gospel Coalition clearly articulate a commitment to the historic, orthodox understanding of biblical inerrancy. Nevertheless, one of the cofounders of TGC, Tim Keller, has positioned himself to defend at least some versions of theistic evolution and progressive creationism (the distinction is not always clear). In a white paper published through… Continue Reading

Matt Recker and The Gospel Coalition, Part Four: In All That It Affirms

Matt Recker and The Gospel Coalition, Part Four: In All That It Affirms

Faced with numerous denials of inerrancy from professing evangelicals, theologians and church leaders gathered in 1978 to form the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy. Meeting at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago, the new organization adopted a statement that attempted to explain the historic evangelical understanding of Scripture. This document, called the “Chicago Statement on… Continue Reading