The Sufficiency of Scripture | Part 2

Scripture is sufficient as the revelation of saving truth, and we need no other source or new revelation. The Spirit takes that revelation and, through it, transforms our hearts and lives. Read More

The Sufficiency of Scripture | Part 1

Scripture contains all the words of God that are necessary for us to be saved and for us to live obedient, victorious Christian lives. Read More

Illumination | Part 3

Some of the issues paralleling illumination aren’t always well understood. Here at the end of our study of illumination, I’d like to look at some of those issues in more detail. Read More

Illumination | Part 2

Psalm 119 proclaims the great worth of God’s law, but it also teaches us that we need God’s help to understand it. Without illumination, we cannot understand Scripture as we ought to. But Ephesians promises that God is willing and able to illuminate us, so we can understand the hope of the gospel, the riches of the glory of His inheritance, and the greatness of His power toward us. Scripture gives us all things necessary for life and godliness, and the Spirit is our guide, enabling our understanding and teaching us wonderful things from God’s law. Read More

Illumination | Part 1

We can only understand Scripture intellectually, personally, and transformationally if God enlightens our understanding and teaches us from His Word. The Spirit must illuminate us for us to properly understand the Bible. That, in a nutshell, is the doctrine of illumination. Read More

The Clarity of Scripture | Part 5

As with much theology, we are tempted to view the clarity of Scripture as true, but not essentially important for the Christian life. Yet I believe that much is lost if we reject or neglect this concept. What follows are six things affected by our belief in the clarity of Scripture. Read More

The Clarity of Scripture | Part 4

If the Bible is clear, then, why do we sometimes misunderstand it? And why do we disagree on so many points of Scripture if it is as clear as we’ve said it is? Read More

The Clarity of Scripture | Part 3

Does the Bible teach its own clarity? I hope that through this brief study you can say with me that it does. What God expects from His people is clear in His revealed Word, and as we read that Word we better understand His will for our lives. Read More

The Clarity of Scripture | Part 2

The Bible is clear. It speaks the truth understandably, so that common, everyday people may know the truth. But we must ask the question, does the Bible itself back up this claim? Does the Bible teach its own clarity, or have we imposed that idea on it? Read More

The Clarity of Scripture | Part 1

Do you believe in the perspicuity of Scripture? I’m guessing you do, though you might not know it. Read More