"Mechanical inspiration" and "organic inspiration"

Mechanical inspiration is the view that God dictated precisely down to the letters the inspired Scriptures.  This view maintains that the writers of Scripture were controlled in such a way that thier own perspectives, life experiences and word usage were not a part of inspired Scripture, but that they were mechanically controlled to write only what God wanted them to write.  This view sees God's authority in a very limited way, thus making the human writers of Scripture as nothing more than robots.

While organic inspiration sees the writing of Scripture as utilizing the sum totoal of human lives working through God's creation and providence to give us his breathed word through inspired human writers.  This view seems altogether messier; however, it is more beautiful than can be imagined.  This is the most intricately woven, magnificently authored story in history.  God has shown his ability to provide special revelation, his word, through the amazing grace and divinely inspired writers across centures and cultures.  Organic inspiration ultimately bows down in much greater respect to God's authority by preserving human freedom in the midts of God's amazing story of redemption.