. . . many have observed that if
we treat these texts as the starting point for positing inspiration in
isolation from the historical authorization of Christ, we are in danger of
making a circular argument (“the Bible is inspired because it says it is
inspired”). Such a procedure also raises the question of why the Bible’s claim
to be inspired should be believed over the Book of Mormon or the Qur’an, both
of which also claims to be the Word of God. Hence, 2 Tm 3:16 and 2 Pt 1:21
are better used to explain what inspiration is than as a means of establishing
the doctrine of inspiration in and of itself. (Jack D. Kilcrease, Holy
Scripture [Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics 2; Ft. Wayne, Ind.: The Luther
Academy, 2020], 130, emphasis in bold added)
