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Authority of the Bible

The authority of the Bible

Bible engagement rests on the belief that there should be an unswerving acknowledgement and commitment to the centrality and authority of the Bible.

The Bible is authoritative because all authority belongs to God and is of God.

Scripture and the Authority of God

In Scripture and the Authority of God, N. T. Wright argues for the authority of Scripture, which “is really a shorthand for ‘the authority of God exercised through scripture’; and God’s authority is not merely his right to control and order the church, but his sovereign power, exercised in and through Jesus and the Spirit, […]

Twenty Thought-Provoking Comments On Bible Engagement

Twenty thought-provoking comments on Bible engagement, presented in no particular order: “For most Christians in the First World the Bible remains a closed book, a Pandora’s Box of isolated and unrelated proof texts, or what is worse – an individualistic invitation to hang out with a cool dude called Jesus. There have to be better […]