Who has the right to bind your conscience—God speaking in Scripture, or popes, councils, living prophets, and religious organizations that claim you need them to understand what God has said? In this episode, the Ragtown Reformed Forum argues that Sola Scriptura demolishes every man-made rival to biblical authority, confronting Roman Catholicism, Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and even Protestant churches whenever they elevate fallible traditions or new revelations above the sufficient Word of God.

Hosts: Tom Miller, David Morris, Gordan Runyan, John Train

Chapters

1. 00:00 — Introductions and What Sola Scriptura Means
2. 06:24 — Authority, Sufficiency, and Jesus' View of Scripture
3. 17:44 — Inspiration and the Spirit's Inward Testimony
4. 30:53 — Sola Scriptura Is Not Solo Scriptura
5. 41:45 — Private Judgment and the Captive Conscience
6. 44:29 — The Canon and the Apocrypha
7. 49:32 — Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and Church Authority
8. 1:03:11 — Modern Revelation and Competing Authorities
9. 1:10:38 — Interpretive Anarchy and Fallible Interpreters
10. 1:18:38 — Recommended Resources and Closing

From the conversation

• 03:49 — 2 Timothy 3:16–17
• 15:38 — The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, Chapter 1
• 42:56 — What Is Reformed Theology?
• 1:18:48 — The King James Only Controversy
• 1:19:19 — The Reliability of the New Testament
• 1:19:32 — Sola Scriptura: The Protestant Position on the Bible
• 1:20:06 — Can I Trust the Bible?
• 1:20:13 — Against All Opposition
• 1:20:29 — The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible

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