Episode 7: Truth Be Told

Published: Sept. 11, 2010, 12:57 a.m.

b'In this episode of the Theopologetics Podcast I discuss Sola Scriptura, the doctrine that the Bible contains all knowledge necessary for salvation and holiness, and that it is the ultimate authority and rule of faith for the believer. I look at what serves instead as the authority for Catholics, Jehovah\\u2019s Witnesses and Mormons, as well as the view of some Christians, such as the Churches of Christ, who take Sola Scriptura to an unjustified extreme.\\n\\nMusic\\n\\nMegadeth, Truth Be Told, from the The System Has Failed album, 2004\\nFLAME, Sola Scriptura, from the Rewind album, 2005\\n\\nPromoted Resources\\n\\nUnbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.\\n\\nAvailable on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.\\nAlso available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).\\n\\n\\n\\nTerminology\\n\\nBibliology: the study of the nature of the Bible, the Word of God.\\nRoman Catholicism: Christians and churches belonging to the Roman Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See.\\nMormonism: the most populous branch of the Latter Day Saint movement (LDS), founded by Joseph Smith.\\nJehovah\\u2019s Witnesses: a pseudo-Christian nontrinitarian movement distinct from mainstream Christianity, directed by the Governing Body of the Jehovah\\u2019s Witnesses.\\nInspired: from the Greek theopneustos, meaning \\u201cGod-breathed.\\u201d\\nInerrancy: the view that as the recorded words breathed out by God, the Bible is without error as originally written, and that it has been transmitted reliably throughout the millennia.\\n\\nDoctrinal Explanations\\n\\nCatholicism\\n\\nCatholic Encyclopedia: \\u201cTradition and Living Magisterium\\u201c\\n\\n\\nMormonism\\n\\nwww.mormon.org: \\u201cGod\\u2019s Commandments\\u201c, \\u201cFollow the Prophet\\u201d\\nwww.lds.org: \\u201cProphets\\u201c; \\u201cProphets of God\\u201c\\n\\n\\nJehovah\\u2019s Witnesses\\n\\nThe Watchtower, Nov. 1, 1990; Feb. 15, 1983; Feb. 15, 1967\\nYearbook of Jehovah\\u2019s Witnesses, 1939\\nQualified to be Ministers, 1967\\n\\n\\n\\nBiblical References\\n\\nTesting false prophets\\n\\nDeuteronomy 18:20-22\\nDeuteronomy 13:1-3\\nGalatians 1:6-7\\n2 Corinthians 11:2-4,13-14\\nActs 17:1-12\\n\\n\\nScripture is God-breathed\\n\\n2 Timothy 3:16-17\\n2 Samuel 23:1-2\\nLuke 1:68-70\\nActs 3:17-18\\nRomans 1:1-2\\n2 Peter 1:20-21\\nActs 1:15-16\\nTitus 1:1-2\\nHebrews 6:13-18\\nJohn 17:17\\nRomans 3:4\\nRevelation 21:5\\n2 Peter 3:15-17\\nEphesians 3:3-5\\n1 Corinthians 14:37\\n1 Thessalonians 4:15\\n1 Timothy 4:1\\nJohn 3:32-34\\nMatthew 5:17-18\\nMatthew 24:35\\n\\n\\nFalse prophets in the latter days\\n\\n1 Timothy 4:1\\n2 Peter 3:1-2\\nJude 17-19\\n1 John 4:1,6\\n\\n\\nCapacity to interpret through indwelling of the Holy Spirit\\n\\nJohn 16:12-14\\nJohn 14:23\\n\\n\\nTeachers gifted by God to the Church\\n\\nProverbs 27:17\\nEphesians 4:11-13\\nRomans 12:6-7\\nJames 3:1'