THIS IS ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF BOOKS SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON BIBLICAL INERRANCY. THE FOURTEEN LEADING EVANGELICAL SCHOLARS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS VOLUME COME FROM VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS AND HAVE WRITTEN ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS RELATED TO THE DOCTRINE OF THE INERRANCY OF THE BIBLE. BELIEVING THAT THIS DOCTRINE IS "AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE AND A NECESSARY INGREDIENT FOR THE HEALTH OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST," THEY HAVE MADE A STRONG DEFENSE OF IT. THIS BOOK IS PRESENTED AS AN APPEAL TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. TO THOSE CHURCHES THAT HOLD TO THE INERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE, IT IS A CALL TO HOLD THE LINE. TO THOSE CHURCHES THAT HAVE GIVEN WAY TO THE PERSUASIONS OF RADICAL HIGHER CRITICISM, IT IS A CALL TO RETURN TO THE HISTORIC POSITION OF CHRISTIANITY. INERRNACY IS SHOWN TO BE A DOCTRINE OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE TO THE CHURCH. AMONG THE CHAPTER TITLES ARE THESE: CHRIST'S VIEW OF SCRIPTURE - ALLEGED ERRORS AND DISCREPANCIES IN THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OF THE BIBLE - HIGHER CRITICISM AND BIBLICAL INERRANCY - LEGITIMATE HERMENEUTICS - THE HUMAN AUTHORSHIP OF INSPIRED SCRIPTURE - THE MEANING OF INERRANCY - PHILOSOPHICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS OF BIBLICAL ERRANCY - THE VIEW OF THE BIBLE HELD BY THE CHURCH - B. B. WARFIELD VERSUS G. C. BERKOUWER ON SCRIPTURE -- INCLUDED AS AN APPENDIX IS THE STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL. THIS STATEMENT CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS: A SUMMARY STATEMENT, ARTICLES OF AFFIRMATION AND DENIAL, AND AN EXPOSITION. THE INTENT OF THIS DECLARATION UNDERLIES ALL OF THE CHAPTERS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT BOOK.