We will have to define 'inspiration,' at some point. I believe we have differing views of exactly what that is, but I concede the point. All scripture is God-breathed.
I've come across a very elegant and elloquent description of the nature of inspiration or of what it means to be God-breathed.
I found it in the opening chapters of a book by an author I was introduced to a number of years back, the title of which just recently caught my eye:
The Second Death and the Restitution of All Things by Andrew Jukes.
Jukes (1815-1901) Was an English theologian, and interestingly enough had a brief sojourn among the Brethren, of whom John Darby is a well known name.
I've read three books by Jukes, that I found incredibly insightful and edifying. He had an eye for detail, and a gift for synthesizing seemingly inconsequential details into truly revealing expositions. The Names of God in Holy Scripture, and The Four Views of Christ are two books that should be on everyone's shelves.
I was surprised to learn in my reading of this book, that Jukes eventually espoused Universalism, which is a view he attempts to defend in this book. There's a facsimile available
here.
He began with a treatment on the nature of Scripture and its inspiration, and how the appearance of the Written Word is in perfect harmony with every other revelation of God, through Providence, through Nature, and through Christ's flesh.
Though his subject isn't textual criticism, he does allude to the so-called higher criticisms which were creeping in in his day, and his description of the nature of Scripture and of inspiration is a more imminent rebuttal than the common notion thereof today.
It's a longer post than I usually like to make, but time to break it down or summarize escapes me.
