Covenant Reformed News – July 2002, Volume IX, Issue 3
This article defends the absolute authority and sufficiency of Scripture against various threats to its reliability, including higher criticism, false experiences, and subjective feelings. Drawing on 2 Peter 1:16-19, the author argues that God's Word must supersede human experience, emotions, and even ecclesiastical authorities in determining Christian belief and practice.
The More Sure Word (2) In the last issue of the News we considered Peter’s eyewitness account of Christ’s transfiguration (II Pet. 1:16-18). Peter states that the Scriptures are “a more sure word” (19) than even his experience on the “holy mount” (18). Now if Scripture (and the Old Testament at that) is more sure than seeing Christ transfigured in the presence of Moses and Elijah and hearing God’s voice from heaven, then Scripture may fairly be said to be more sure than anything else. Thus...