About this episode

Shawn explores the meaning of 'inspired by God' in relation to Scripture and discusses the Apocrypha in part 2 of the series on the history of the Bible.

This week on Authentic, Shawn gets to the heart of what exactly "inspired by God" means when it comes to Scripture—writing it, compiling it, interpreting it. And what about all those "extra" books of the Apocrypha? Are they Scripture? Join us for part 2 of our series on how the Bible came to be. Enjoy this best-of rerun from the Voice of Prophecy.

People in this episode

Host: Shawn Boonstra

Topics covered

• inspiration of Scripture
• compilation of the Bible
• interpretation of Scripture
• Apocrypha
• history of the Bible

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Voice of Prophecy

Books & works: Bible, Apocrypha

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