What does it mean to consider scripture the word of god

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Questions related to the reading in the main text will be presented each week. A response to these questions should interact with the material from the text and incorporate other readings from the course where appropriate. Choose one question or statement to invest more of your thought and writing, but do not neglect any of the questions.

(Don Thorsen - An Exploration Of Christian Theology Chapters 3 & 4)

1) Which view of religious authority presented this week do you consider most persuasive? What are its benefits as well as its liabilities?

2) To what degree do you find postmodernism a helpful way of describing the world today? To what degree do Christians need to address the concerns of postmodernism?

3) Is it significant that Scripture developed over a long period of time, both in its writing and in its canonization? How so?

4) What does it mean to consider Scripture the "Word of God"?

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