Inspired Imperfection: How the Bible's Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority

In Inspired Imperfection Gregory A. Boyd adds another counterintuitive and provocative thesis to his corpus. While conservative scholars and pastors have struggled for years to show that the Bible is without errors Boyd considers this a fools errand. Instead he says we should embrace the mistakes and contradictions in Scripture for they show that God chose to use fallible humans to communicate timeless truths. Just as God ultimately came to save humanity in the form of a human God chose to impart truth through the imperfect medium of human writing. Instead of the Bibles imperfections being a reason to attack its veracity these problems actually support the trustworthiness of Christian Scripture. Inspired Imperfection is required reading for anyone whos questioned the Bible because of its contradictions.