sola scriptura

A great many Christian denominations will join the Seventh-day Adventist church in affirming the fact that the Bible can be understood by reading it, by paying attention to context, by not not inserting one's own bias and preference into the text, by pray and the indwelling Spirit of God...

I recently watched a debate on Sola Scriptura, which admittedly wasn't very good. That said, the argument Jimmy Akin gave is succinct and incisive: P1. Sola Scriptura says that all doctrines must be derivable from Scripture. P2. Sola Scriptura is a doctrine. C1. Therefore, Sola Scriptura must...

Not all Conservative Christians are fundamentalist: e.g. Traditionally- minded Catholics and Eastern Orthodox may be conservative but they do not accept Sola Scriptura. What about Confessional Lutherans, Continuing Anglicans, Nazarenes and Conservative Methodists?

Belief #1 - of the 28 Fundamental Beliefs Holy Scriptures The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. In this Word, God has committed to man the...

A member in another thread asked me an interesting question, which I have posted here to avoid derailing the thread and also to not give the misleading appearance of criticizing anyone participating in that thread, for nothing in this reply was written in response to the comments or beliefs of...

Represents a flawed form of doctrine that (if true) would result in no first century NT Christian having any capacity to engage in sola-scriptura testing of any doctrine at all as long as they lived along with a NT Apostle/prophet or were members of the church in 1Cor 14 -- they would just wait...

All Christians believe that the book they hold in their hands and that has the word 'Bible' printed on it is the Word of God, inspired and infallibly true. But not all Christians believe this for the same reason. Furthermore, not all Christians have the same Bible. Some have more books than...

In Acts 17:1-13, St. Paul narrates his experience with the Thessalonians and the Bereans. Both of them were Jews, both of them were "fully equipped" with the same "God-breathed" Scriptures, both of them heard the same Paul preach the same Gospel, both of them "searched the Scriptures", and yet...

This thread is in reply to a double invitation by @Athanasius377 to a debate (here and here). The topic I proposed was Sola Scriptura, but @Athanasius377 chose to limit the scope of the debate to the sufficiency of the Scriptures. So here we go. Based on James White's definition of Sola...

Jer 31:31-34 states the New Covenant as follows - 31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out...

Hi all wanted to update this one to show that faith in God's Word alone is the sole source of eternal life. Those who seek to tear it down do so at their own peril. In it is the light of life and without it there is only darnkess. Those who do not come to the light (the Word) do not come lest...

Here comes a grenade! But a helpful conversation, I believe. I've seen many people take issue around these forums with sola scriptura - not just Catholics, but even non-traditional Protestants (for want of a better term). Something that I've been exploring and that has been hugely helpful is...

I have gone out on a limb in the claim that there is no Bible statement in OT or NT claiming that hell is divided into three parts, or that Paradise is in hell, or that paradise is the first compartment in hell or any such thing as that. so if I am wrong this should be pretty easy to point out...

I'm asking because I know of other traditions that don’t affirm Sola Scriptura and I’m okay with that. However, growing up in the Adventist tradition I noticed that we used the writings from Ellen White quite often to explain certain points of faith. Some of Adventist theology and belief among...

God talked to my heart the other day on the term "Sola Scriptura." It is a man made term that is very close to the truth, but it is not exactly accurate in describing the truth. Truth is not just Scripture alone without God giving us the understanding. My beliefs have not changed on the topic...

"they studied the scriptures daily TO SEE IF those things spoken to them by Paul - WERE SO" Acts 17:11. Matt 5 17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. The world needs more Bible... less making stuff up. 1 Cor 7:19 "what...

Hello everyone, I'm engaged in an open Bible study which is solo at the moment. As I read, study, and research, I wonder if I'm practicing sola scriptura and if so, what is everyone's opinion on this? When I read scripture, I read it in context to the best of my ability. I also intentionally...

A Biblical Defense of: “Bible Alone + The Anointing to Understand It” (a.k.a. Sola Scriptura by others): See this thread here on why I prefer to use the term “Bible Alone + the Anointing to Understand It.” “Bible Alone + The Anointing to Understand It” is the position that you can trust...

If you don't believe in Tradition, how do you know Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were the one who wrote them when they didn't write their names there.

If not, is then Sola Scriptura fake?