First, definitions.
Verbal: pertaining to the words. Plenary: entire.
People tend to confuse the term "verbal" with "dictation," so it's not unusual to find people who think that VPI refers to God talking to people to tell them what to write down, overriding whatever human element may be present in Scripture.
But it should be said that verbal does not talk about how God inspired but rather what God inspired. Two competing ideas of inspiration are "verbal" and "concept"; in the former, God inspires the words of Scripture; in the latter, God inspired the concepts of Scripture.
What those who hold to verbal inspiration stipulate is that Scripture is a product of both God and man, and that the two are not in conflict.
- Theopedia
- Brainout
- Bible dot org
- Westminster Confession of Faith
- Pastoral Musings (good summary material here)
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