February 6th, 2009
Sola Jesus rather than sola scriptura is the scriptural sola. By asserting Sola Jesus one is honoring, not denigrating Scripture. What is the purpose of Scripture according to Scripture? Careful. The statement of a thing’s purpose sets the trajectory for our understanding of the thing and must be carefully stated. Is the purpose of Scripture simply to lead and guide us, as a text might lead and guide us? To exercise authority over us? We read, agree, and do, as though we were reading an instruction manual for life? Or is the purpose of Scripture to reveal Jesus who leads and guides us?
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Tags: bible, Israel, peter, scripture, sola jesu, sola jesus, sola scriptura
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January 24th, 2009
Sola Scriptura is the rallying cry of the Protestant Reformation, but it never rang true for me. I was never a Lutheran or a Presbyterian. Forgive me, but I was raised Episcopalian–that middle way between Catholicism and Protestantism–and then went Ayn Randian for a while, then back to Jesus through the Jesus movement, shaped mainly by a Jewish believer who didn’t have a dog in the Catholic-Protestant fight, which was a Gentile brawl.
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Tags: authority, Ayn Rand, Catholic, church, fear, fundamentalism, jesus freak, Jesus Movement, Lutheran, Mt. Tabor, Presbyterian, protestant, Protestant Reformation, sola jesus, sola scriptura
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