All the bad things I hear about the reformers are because they believe in "Scripture alone." Paul warns us not to “go beyond what is written" (cf 1 Corinthians 4:6).
Dr John MacArthur says, " You have to believe that the Bible is the Word of God. And what is so disturbing to me, you know, at The Master’s College we affirm that the Bible is the Word of God. Every single faculty member, student, affirms that it is the Word of God. We believe it, and we let it shed its light on everything.
On the other hand, you have hundreds, literally, of Christian, quote-unquote, “Christian” institutions, “Christian” colleges, who are unwilling to say that the Bible is the absolute authority that must shed its light on every other discipline. The sad thing is when Christians bail on that and try to find some halfway compromise between the authority of the Word of God and the authority of the culture, they’ve abandoned the only hope.
DR Phil Johnson: And we see that happening. Do you see that, then, as a reflection of the fact that the church is moving away or drifting away from those principles that made the reformation such an important –
JOHN: Oh, there’s no question about that. But then, why would we be surprised? Because the first and original temptation was for Satan to say to Eve, “Did God really say that?” And then to flip it and actually say, “You won’t die, God lied. You can’t believe His Word.” That was the original temptation. And that’s at the heart of every other temptation: “God says this, but you can do this. You can get away with this. You can view the world this way. You can behave this way. You can go whatever way you want.”
Yeah, I think there is a total rejection of the authority of the Bible in the culture, and there’s a growing rejection of the authority of the Bible in the church, because it’s inconvenient to accept all the truths in the Bible. It’s inconvenient for people’s morality, they want to live a different way; it’s inconvenient for people’s control and selfishness; and it’s inconvenient for people’s relationships with the outside world who look down on those who hold to biblical truth."
Dr John MacArthur says, " You have to believe that the Bible is the Word of God. And what is so disturbing to me, you know, at The Master’s College we affirm that the Bible is the Word of God. Every single faculty member, student, affirms that it is the Word of God. We believe it, and we let it shed its light on everything.
On the other hand, you have hundreds, literally, of Christian, quote-unquote, “Christian” institutions, “Christian” colleges, who are unwilling to say that the Bible is the absolute authority that must shed its light on every other discipline. The sad thing is when Christians bail on that and try to find some halfway compromise between the authority of the Word of God and the authority of the culture, they’ve abandoned the only hope.
DR Phil Johnson: And we see that happening. Do you see that, then, as a reflection of the fact that the church is moving away or drifting away from those principles that made the reformation such an important –
JOHN: Oh, there’s no question about that. But then, why would we be surprised? Because the first and original temptation was for Satan to say to Eve, “Did God really say that?” And then to flip it and actually say, “You won’t die, God lied. You can’t believe His Word.” That was the original temptation. And that’s at the heart of every other temptation: “God says this, but you can do this. You can get away with this. You can view the world this way. You can behave this way. You can go whatever way you want.”
Yeah, I think there is a total rejection of the authority of the Bible in the culture, and there’s a growing rejection of the authority of the Bible in the church, because it’s inconvenient to accept all the truths in the Bible. It’s inconvenient for people’s morality, they want to live a different way; it’s inconvenient for people’s control and selfishness; and it’s inconvenient for people’s relationships with the outside world who look down on those who hold to biblical truth."
All the bad things I hear about the reformers are because they believe in "Scripture alone." Paul warns us not to “go beyond what is written" (cf 1 Corinthians 4:6).
Dr John MacArthur says, " You have to believe that the Bible is the Word of God. And what is so disturbing to me, you know, at The Master’s College we affirm that the Bible is the Word of God. Every single faculty member, student, affirms that it is the Word of God. We believe it, and we let it shed its light on everything.
On the other hand, you have hundreds, literally, of Christian, quote-unquote, “Christian” institutions, “Christian” colleges, who are unwilling to say that the Bible is the absolute authority that must shed its light on every other discipline. The sad thing is when Christians bail on that and try to find some halfway compromise between the authority of the Word of God and the authority of the culture, they’ve abandoned the only hope.
DR Phil Johnson: And we see that happening. Do you see that, then, as a reflection of the fact that the church is moving away or drifting away from those principles that made the reformation such an important –
JOHN: Oh, there’s no question about that. But then, why would we be surprised? Because the first and original temptation was for Satan to say to Eve, “Did God really say that?” And then to flip it and actually say, “You won’t die, God lied. You can’t believe His Word.” That was the original temptation. And that’s at the heart of every other temptation: “God says this, but you can do this. You can get away with this. You can view the world this way. You can behave this way. You can go whatever way you want.”
Yeah, I think there is a total rejection of the authority of the Bible in the culture, and there’s a growing rejection of the authority of the Bible in the church, because it’s inconvenient to accept all the truths in the Bible. It’s inconvenient for people’s morality, they want to live a different way; it’s inconvenient for people’s control and selfishness; and it’s inconvenient for people’s relationships with the outside world who look down on those who hold to biblical truth."
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