Category Archives: Bibliology

What the Bible is, and how we got it.

The Sufficiency of Scripture — All We Need

We shouldn’t be looking for extra revelations from God around every corner and under every tree, nor expecting to hear the voice of God embedded in every feeling and personal experience. If the Scriptures really do give us everything to make us perfect, why are we looking for something more? If God really gave a Book that good, why do we expect Him to add to it? Continue reading

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The Sufficiency of Scripture (part three) — a Finished Work

If God has finished giving us the Scriptures, then we know that they are completely sufficient for everything we need to know, believe, and do to be in fellowship with Him. Continue reading

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The Sufficiency of Scripture (part two) — Sufficient for Purity

“That Book in Your Hand” There are many moral “authorities” in the world today.  Whether it be that “I feel” that something is right or wrong, or “I think” it is moral, or “a minister said” something is ok, or … Continue reading

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The Sufficiency of Scripture (part one)

In this relationship that God has established with us, He’s not holding anything back. There are no hidden clauses or loopholes — it’s all there in the Scriptures for us. We don’t have to hope He’ll fill us in on the rest of it later.
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I Guess Oldest is Only Best When We Want it to Be

When you don’t rely on God’s revealed truth, but instead make yourself the only authority for your own evidence-immune theory, you epitomise Self-Reliance. Continue reading

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The “Best Manuscripts” are Sloppy Copies (???)

Welcome to the manuscript version of the sinner’s excuse! “Sure, I’m bad, but no worse than the guy next door.” Continue reading

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The Unity of Scripture — The “Analogy of Faith”

Thus, the “Analogy of Faith”, in applying the unity of Scripture, does not just protect us against contradictory interpretations. It also can help guide us to the right interpretation, and help us to fine-tune that interpretation by seeing how a particular passage of Scripture fits into the unified whole. Continue reading

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