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Evangelicalism: An Exclusivist Club?

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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The Different Views of Biblical Authority

Michael Bird: Some of our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world don't understand our preoccupation with an errantcy. And I would consider all my Australian brothers and sisters to be in the evangelical tent, although we have a slightly different view of what's meant by biblical authority. What I want to get away from are the higher critics who are pickening, choosing the sayings of Jesus that they think are authentic to Jesus' seminar folks. That's just a diametrically opposed view of the gospels and of the teaching of Jesus that I don't think is fair to say fits under an evangelical tent.

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