True Word, True God - True God, True Word

"There are many texts we could use to show that the Bible is without error, but here's the simplest argument: Scripture did not come from the will of man; it came from God. And if it is God's word then it must all be true, for in him there can be no error or deceit" (Kevin DeYoung, Taking God At His Word, 39).

Celebrations of a Sola Scripturist

"We should not attempt to escape from our embeddedness in the Christian tradition, but should rather celebrate it" (Stephen R. Holmes, Listening to the Past: The Place of Tradition in Theology, 13).

In light of the doctrine of creation, Stephen Holmes is contemplating the goodness of "historical locatedness" (6).

Let me add that it is the doctrine of sola scriptura which enables the believer embedded in the Christian tradition to celebrate, to borrow a phrase, both "in spirit and in truth." God's revelation teaches us first and foremost that God is God and we are part of his creation. Scripture is our chief authority, it is God's Word given by the inspiration of God to be the rule of faith and life (WCF. I. 2.), and in Scripture we learn to be thankful for "historical locatedness" (i.e., creatureliness) and to celebrate tradition, which is a "subsidiary authority" (6).

Defense and Demonstration

"As twenty-first-century evangelical Protestants, we must combine our defense of biblical inerrancy with a positive demonstration of the transforming power of God's Word" (Joel R. Beeke, The Family at Church: Listening to Sermons and Attending Prayer Meetings, 5).