Do you agree in this?
Our standard being known, it is a matter of obvious fairness that we should ask to have yours stated.
Either you admit the divine inspiration, and consequent infallible truth, of the Bible, or you do not.
Or, you so admit a part, and reject a part. You will be so good as to state clearly how this matter stands.
Are you believers in a WRITTEN and infallibly-accurate Revelation from God to man?
If so, what is that Revelation?
If you admit only parts of our Bible as inspired, you will oblige us by stating what parts.
The character of the discussion must obviously depend upon this: is it to be a discussion upon EVIDENCE or upon INTERPRETATION? It would be manifestly a waste of time in us to enter upon the interpretation of what you might afterwards get rid of, (so far, at least, as you are concerned,) by declaring it only the opinion of a fallible man.
We remain, Gentlemen,
Yours, for the sake of truth,