Includes bibliographical references and index.

The introduction : reviewing the past -- Reactions of the critics : a response to their questions -- The smaller groups : the updated story -- The Southern Baptist Convention : moving toward a crisis -- Fuller Theological Seminary : a seminary at bay -- The Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod : a battle fought and won -- The historical-critical method : the Bible's deadly enemy -- What or who is an evangelical? : An unresolved dilemma -- Prospects for the future : bleak or bright? -- Appendix 1 : A book review article of "The battle for the Bible" / Raymond F. Surburg -- Appendix 2 : The right battle / Gleason Archer -- Appendix 3 : The nature of scripture -- Appendix 4 : Biblical authority -- Appendix 5 : The Chicago statement on biblical inerrancy.