Category: Sola Scriptura

  • Unloading 17 More Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 3/17

    Steve Ray has a list of more than 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). I originally planned to respond to just 35 of them, but the series seems to have been of interest, so in this extension, I’m responding to three more numbered questions in his list, plus…

  • Unloading 17 More Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 2/17

    Steve Ray has a list of more than 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). I originally planned to respond to just 35 of them, but the series seems to have been of interest, so in this extension, I’m responding to three more numbered questions in his list, plus…

  • Athanasian Denial of Scripture’s Formal Sufficiency?

    Sean Patrick of the Called to Communion blog has been providing some responses in the comment box in an earlier post (SP was primarily using the nick “Blogahon”). SP has suggested that the following quotation from Athanasius negates the idea that Athanasius held to the formal sufficiency of Scripture. SP provides the quotation in this…

  • Magisterium More Sufficient than Scripture? (Part 7)

    [Cont’d from previous section] Is the Roman Catholic Magisterium More Sufficient than Sacred Scripture?Bryan Cross answered on the subject of the ability of the Scripture to interpret Scripture sufficiently, from Scripture, reason, and tradition. (Part 7) Basil of Caesarea (about A.D. 329-379): You could find many passages of this sort in the writings of the…

  • Unloading 17 More Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 1/17

    Steve Ray has a list of more than 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). I originally planned to respond to just 35 of them, but the series seems to have been of interest, so in this extension, I’m responding to three more numbered questions in his list, plus…

  • Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 35/35

    Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 35/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 35) Hebrews 13:17 says, “Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men…

  • Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 34/35

    Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 34/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 34) If the unity of Christians was meant to convince the world that Jesus was sent by God, what…

  • Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 33/35

    Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 33/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 33) Jesus said that the unity of Christians would be objective evidence to the world that He had been…

  • Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 32/35

    Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 32/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 32) If the Bible is the only foundation and basis of Christian truth, why does the Bible itself say…

  • Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 31/35

    Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 31/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 31) The time interval between the Resurrection and the establishment of the New Testament canon in AD 382 is…