The Bible as Authority
Isaiah 66:1-2
Middle Ages and Reformation
Sola Scriptura
Challenge of Rationalism (over and above Revelation)
David Hume
Jean Jacque Rousseau
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
Scientism
Modernism
Postmodernism
Emphasis on personal truth and individual reader interpretation.
values/revelation/faith/personal/truth
Facts/Reason/Science/Public/Truth
Takeaways:
Because the Bible is authoritative, we are obligated to submit to all of its teaching.
We have to guard against the interpretive dissonance between reason and revelation imbedded in culture shaping or affecting our understanding of Scripture.
We must hold fast to a presupposition of the Bible as inerrant and authoritative as our framework for interpreting and applying Scripture.
Read the Bible today and trust that God is speaking.
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