#sola scripture

I’ve been engaging with the question of Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone) prompted by this post by Aaron Edwards, or more precisely the follow on discussion on his Facebook page.  The big pushback to Aaron’s original post was the claim that there wasn’t such thing as “Sola Scriptura” because Scripture itself doesn’t make such a claim. My response, as per this post, was to show that yes, Scripture…

In the discussion about Sola Scripture which I mentioned in my previous post, it was suggested that it wasn’t possible to talk about Sola Scripture back in the first century when Paul was writing to Timothy for two reasons, first Scripture wasn’t complete and secondly people were illiterate.  Let’s deal with them in reverse order.  The authority and sufficiency of Scripture (or in fact the…

It’s the 31st October and I’m sat waiting for a locksmith to come to get us out of a bit of a jam, literally .  As I’m waiting, I pick up on a Facebook discussion about “Sola Scripture”.  Someone is arguing that this idea is nowhere to be found in Scripture. Well, I’m doubly struck by the aptness of the conversation. First because it’s happening on the anniversary of the Reformation and secondly…

What Is Sola Scriptura?

I was doing some re-reading on sola Scriptura because it’s such an important doctrine, and one that I’ve always especially liked, even if I didn’t know what it was called. I remember being a rather young Christian and occasionally (meaning not nearly often enough) going to a Christian bookstore when I felt like getting a new book. When I paged through a book, if it didn’t have Scripture…