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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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So, What’s YOUR Dogma?

For the Bible-believing Christian, God’s Word is, well, God’s Word, and He will not share His glory with another. There is no authority except that which is drawn from the Bible. I’m dogmatic about it. 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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The Unity of Scripture — It All Matters

Every part of it is needed to understand His love, man’s rebellion, and how that loving relationship is supposed to function. The Scriptures are One Book. It all matters. Continue reading

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Why do Bad Things Happen?

The Cross proves it all. If we can’t trust Him with the temporary problems of this life, when we have the proof of His love at the Cross, then we need to re-wire our thinking. Continue reading

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Warfield’s Redefinition of Inspiration

In Warfield’s writings, then, “in-spired” became “ex-spired”, breathed out. No longer referring to both the divine origin and the divine quality or nature of the Scriptures, he now taught that inspiration meant only the divine origin. He believed his own redefinition, and began to write that his definition was what the Scriptural writers had in mind. Continue reading

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Rightly Dividing and Perspicuity — Plain, but Not Always Easy

Right interpretation is not always easy. It is sometimes hard to figure out the plain / normal meaning of the text of Scripture. Right interpretation is always possible. We merely have to figure out the plain / normal meaning of the text of Scripture.
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