Round the Sphere Again: Doctrine of Scripture
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 9:30PM 
Its Sufficiency
What Does Sola Scriptura Mean? It means that Scripture is
the perfect and only standard of spiritual truth, revealing infallibly all that we must believe in order to be saved and all that we must do in order to glorify God. That—no more, no less—is what sola Scriptura means.
(John MacArthur at Ligonier Ministres Blog)
And from Dr. James Montgomery Boice, a sermon on the sufficiency of Scripture:
Do we really believe that God has given us what we need in this book? Or do we think we have to supplement the Bible with other man-made things? Do we need sociological techniques to do evangelism? Do we need psychology and psychiatry for Christian growth? Do we need extra-biblical signs or miracles for guidance?
(Effectual Grace)
Its Perspicuity
Robert Shaw discusses the perspicuity of Scripture:
If the Scriptures were unintelligible to common Christians, and the interpretation of the Church were necessary to discover their meaning, then such Christians would have no foundation upon which a divine faith could rest. Their faith must be ultimately resolved into the testimony of men; but human testimony, being fallible, cannot be the ground of an infallible persuasion
Quoted from An Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith at The Reformed Reader.
The Canon
Now in one place, all of Michael Kruger’s 10 Misconceptions About the New Testament Canon posts (Canon Fodder).
Reader Comments (1)
(((Do we really believe that God has given us what we need in this book? Or do we think we have to supplement the Bible with other man-made things? Do we need sociological techniques to do evangelism? Do we need psychology and psychiatry for Christian growth? Do we need extra-biblical signs or miracles for guidance?)))
Rebecca, It has been a long time since my last visit here and although I still have not sat down to read "The Bible", I do believe was I was told as a child while serving High Mass in the late fiftees and early sixties that GOD is GOD. I still believe that GOD (Good Old Dad) created The Heavens, Angels and also created U>S (usual sinners) in His Own Image through Adam and Eve. Of course all of us have fallen short of His Perfect Love which is a big set back but I have `Faith` that GOD will correct all of ÌT in "TIME". Although there's nothing wrong with wanting to know more but we must remember that we human animals have the nature to think that we are really number "ONE" and that's probably ok with GOD but we should not lose our head over "IT"! Right?
I better leave "IT" at that for NOW! :)
Peace