Scripture Alone Quotes

“Church history has repeatedly and clearly proven one thing: Once the highest view of Scripture is abandoned by any theologian, group, denomination, or church, the downhill slide in both its theology and practice is inevitable.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“How one views Scripture will determine the rest of one's theology. There is no more basic issue: Every system of thought that takes seriously the claims of the Bible to be the inspired, authoritative Word of God will share a commitment to particular central truths, and that without compromise. Those systems that do not begin with this belief in Scripture will exhibit a wide range of beliefs that will shift over time in light of the ever-changing whims and views of culture. Almost every single collapse involving denominations and churches in regard to historic Christian beliefs can be traced back to a degradation in that group's view of the Bible as the inspired and inerrant revelation of God's truth. Once this foundation is lost, the house that was built upon it cannot long stand”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“Almost every single collapse involving denominations and churches in regard to historic Christian beliefs can be traced back to a degradation in that group’s view of the Bible as the inspired and inerrant revelation of God’s truth.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“Joseph Smith’s religion started with six people in 1830, and today there are twelve million. Mohammed started with no one, and now there are a billion Muslims in the world. Contrast that with Jesus, who had five thousand men listening to Him on one day, and by the end of the next only twelve confused men remained, one of whom He said was a devil. Truth is never determined by numbers or popularity.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“The guiding factor for the development of Christian doctrine is the Bible itself! The text of Scripture provides the grounds and, most important, the limits for this development over time. Rather than bringing in outside influences (such as tradition), we recognize that no one has ever plumbed the depths of God's revelation contained in Scripture; no one has ever come close to exhausting what is to be found in its pages. Therefore, real development of Christian doctrine is simply our ever-increasing understanding of the Word. It is a delving deeper and deeper into the truths of the Word.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“There is no reason to learn divine truths if we do not apply them in our hearts and minds, live them out daily, and defend them in the public square when we are given the opportunity to glorify God in so doing.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“The task is the same in every generation: If God's Word is to be heard, we who love it must stand in its defense.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“The advent of postmodernism, the enshrinement of Darwinian orthodoxy in the educational systems of Western society, and the rise of blatant humanism as the religion-by-default of large subcultures have brought no end of new challenges to biblical sufficiency.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“I am passionate about theology, passionate about the faith. I honestly do not understand how anyone can say “I believe the Bible is the Word of God” without being passionate about that confession. I love the Trinity, justification by faith, the Resurrection, and sola scriptura. I do not pretend to be dispassionate about these things, and, as such, I stand firmly on this assertion: Christian scholarship that lacks passion about the truth is not worthy of the name Christian to begin with.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“The fact that many churches avoid uncomfortable topics, not only in the preaching of the Word but in Bible study as well, leads to the creation of blind spots in the theology of even the most devout Christians. These blind spots can then function as a door through which false teaching is introduced; hence the importance of doing as Paul said, preaching the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27 ESV).”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“Sound exegesis is the only way of making sure we are allowing God to speak rather than our speaking for God.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“Once the highest view of Scripture is abandoned by any theologian, group, denomination, or church, the downhill slide in both its theology and practice is inevitable.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“Scripture is God speaking. Though the words they’d read had been penned more than a thousand years earlier, still God spoke in the reading of those words. Jesus held them accountable for the words of Scripture as if God Himself had spoken those words directly to them!”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“When we hold firmly to God's truth, work through the difficult issues and challenges, and become clear in our understanding of the whys and the wherefores, we can truly say, without fear and without embarrassment, "God has said this in His Holy Word.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“For the believer, the fact that God holds people accountable for what they read in Scripture is reason for rejoicing, for this means we have the privilege of hearing directly from God when we come humbly before His Word. While for the unbeliever this only brings judgment, since God has given us His Word and will hold us accountable to it, for the believer it is reason for celebration, a sure sign of His continued faithfulness to His promise to build His church and bless His people.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“The canon is an artifact of revelation, not an object of revelation itself. It is known infallibly to God by necessity and to man with a certainty directly related to God's purpose in giving the Word to the church. The canon exists because God has inspired some writings, not all writings. it is known to man in fulfillment of God's purpose in engaging in the action of inspiration so as to give His people a lamp for their feet and a light for their path.”
― James R. White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity

“Tradition is never said to be “God-breathed”[6] and is never exalted to a place of equality with (or supremacy over) the Scriptures.”
― James Robert White, Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity