| A | B |
| Revelation | How God Shows Himself to humans |
| General Revelation | How God reveals himself through creation |
| Special Revelation | How God reveals himself through direct communication |
| Inspiration | God breaths life into the Bible |
| Mechanical Inspiration | God dictated exactly what he wanted the writers to write |
| Problem with Mechanical Inspiration | Human writers don't use their own minds or experiences |
| Dynamic Inspiriation | Spiritual people wrote what they thought God wanted us to know |
| Problem with Dynamic Inspiration | The writers may not have been spiritual enough |
| Organic Inspiration | The Holy Spirit used the writer's own talents and restricted the influence of sin |
| No Problem with Organic Inspiration | The unique characteristics of the Bible books are accounted for |
| Infallible | The Bible is without fault as a guide for faith and practice |