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Ruthless Grace!

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  • Leslie Holmes

The church is not dependent on money for survival; the church's well being rests on the all-sufficient God, who is abundant in his care for his church. This article focuses on the sufficiency of God and his grace.

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The Reformed View of the Scriptures

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  • J. F. Peter

This article is an exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith on the doctrine of Scripture. It surveys different aspects or attributes of Scripture, i.e., its sufficiency, necessity, authority, perspiquity.

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The Book of Books: The Doctrine of Scripture and the Ministry of the Word

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  • Kevin C. Carr

The doctrine of Scripture is essential to the ministry of the Word. To argue this, the article defines the inspiration of Scripture, its authority, its inerrancy, and its sufficiency. Then the article demonstrates how these relate to the preaching of the Word, and how the ministry of the Word must shape the life of the congregation.

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Holy Scripture

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  • Jason P. Van Vliet

"Inspiration" refers to the process by which God spoke through men. This article explains that this process resulted in the Scriptures. It gives reasons why we can trust the Scriptures as God’s revealed word. It also discusses the infallibility, authority, necessity, clarity, and sufficiency of Scripture.

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The Sufficiency of Scripture (Part 1)

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  • John W. Cook

The doctrine of the sufficiency of scripture is rooted in understanding the Bible to be the inspired word of God. The Bible is true, since God cannot lie, and has authority. Therefore, it is the only rule of faith.

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The Sufficiency of Scripture (Part 2)

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  • John W. Cook

God gave us scripture to demonstrate His wisdom and love toward His church. Adding to or subtracting from the scriptures is a failure to uphold the sufficiency of scripture, and seeks to undermine God Himself.

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Sola Scriptura: A Necessity Today

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  • Wayne Pearce

Looking at the doctrine of sola scriptura, this article shows that the strength and the success of the Reformation was rooted in the conviction of the sufficiency and authority of scripture. Forgetting this truth weakens the church.

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Ongoing revelation

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  • Peter Bloomfield

This is the first article in a series on various doctrinal issues facing the church today. Here the author evaluates the claim that God gives believers today special revelation, Working from the history of mysticism and Quakerism, the author shows how this claim undermines the sufficiency of scripture.

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The Lord Told Me - I Think!

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  • Gary E. Gilley

This article examines the claim that God still reveals Himself outside scripture - the claim of extra revelation. The author shows that throughout church history the authority and sufficiency of scripture has been challenged. The word of God is sufficient revelation for believers.

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Have Confidence in the Word

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  • Gary E. Gilley

Looking at the battle of the Bible, this article shows that the church has been challenged to confess the inerrancy, sufficiency and authority of scripture. The auther discusses how both fundamentals and modern evangelicals have answered this challenge, calling Christians to have confidence in the word of God.

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Serial Choice? Hermeneutics and a High View of the Bible

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  • David B. Garner

Showing the close link between hermeneutics and the doctrine of scripture, this article shows that the new hermeneutic has not upheld the authority and sufficiency of scripture, but it has undermined the doctrine of scripture.

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Dripping Like a Leaky Faucet

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  • K. Scott Oliphint

This article looks at the relationship between the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the sufficiency and authority of scripture. It shows that the Holy Spirit uses scripture to illuminate our minds to God's truth, and that God does not give extra revelation to what we already have in scripture.

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Is the Bible Enough?

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  • John Rogers

This article is about the sufficiency of Scripture. Do we need revelation outside of the Bible for our salvation and in order to know the will of God?

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Thoughts on the Sufficiency of Scripture: What it Does and Doesn't Mean

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  • John Piper

Throughout the history of the church, heretics often protested against orthodox confessions on the ground of the so-called "non-scriptural language" of the orthodox creed. They pointed out that phrases such as “of one essence with the Father,” and “one substance with the Father” were not to be found in Scripture. Heretics often used the argument “no creed but the Bible” precisely so that they could use biblical language to evade biblical truth.

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Sola Scriptura

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  • W. Robert Godfrey

In this article on sola scriptura, the author discusses the sufficiency and clarity of Scripture, the Roman Catholic position on Scripture and tradition, and the difference between the Protestants and the Roman Catholics.

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Holy Scripture

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  • Wayne Pearce

This article is about the nature, inspiration and authority of Scripture, as well as the sufficiency and purpose of Scripture.

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