A few days ago, I have listened to a news station that interviewed an author of a new Bible with helps, who said that some of the Bible is in error. This author is well-known and taught Sunday school for more than 25 years. In his Bible with commentaries, he stated some of the errors of the Bibles so in summary he says the Bible is God’s Word but there are some parts that are fallible and others not—some parts with errors and other parts true.
But here is the problem we face. It is a problem in logic and later common sense.
God cannot err;
The Bible is God’s Word,
Therefore the Bible cannot err.
This is basic logic. So what is this author talking about? Once we are certain the integrity of the initial writings or Scriptures are intact as well as its copies, then there ought not to be any errors found. Scholars and Biblical researchers for years have proven the correctness of the Bible and the copies found, so what are the errors this well-known author is talking about.
He mentioned that the Bible is wrong about its view on homosexuality. He has plainly stated that he sees nothing wrong about people being gay naturally and that homosexuality is not a sin. So he is saying the apostle Paul is in error in (Romans 1:26-27, NIV):
"26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.”
We have to be careful of the individual Bibles written; we have to be careful of those special Bibles written by a popular pastor or prominent public figure claiming to be a Christian. Then, such a popular person putting their individual interpretations of God’s Word, is dangerous.
Because of the author’s popularity, our children—young people and teens—can be fooled. Many adults who do not have knowledge will be fooled. In (Hosea 4:6, NASB), the Bible says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. “The Bible advises, “But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;” (1 Thess. 5:21, NASB).