The Holy Scriptures

We teach that the 66 books of the Bible are the written revelation of God and that this written revelation is both objective and propositional (Exodus 17:14; Isaiah 30:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:13). Further, we teach that every word of it is inspired (2 Timothy 3:16) and that, because of this, the Scriptures are inerrant and the original documents and infallible in their teaching.

We teach that God spoke in his written Word by a process of dual authorship. This simply means that the Holy Spirit used human authors with their individual personalities and different styles of writing and guided and superintended the process in such a way that they composed and recorded God’s Word to man (2 Peter 1:20 – 21) without error in whole or in part (Isaiah 40:8). As such, we teach that the Bible constitutes the only infallible rule of faith and practice for the Christian (Matthew 5:18; John 10:35, 17:17; 2 Timothy 2:15 – 17; Hebrews 4:12).

We teach that, while there may be several applications of any given passage of Scripture, there is one true interpretation. It is to be found as one diligently applies the grammatical – historical method of interpretation* under the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit (John 16:12 – 15; 1 Corinthians 2:7 – 15).

We teach that the Bible plays an indispensable part in living a dynamic Christian life. It builds up, transforms, encourages, corrects and protects the believer’s life as he or she studies and applies it (Psalms 119:11; Acts 20:32; Ephesians 5:26, 6:17).

*For further details, see Protestant Biblical Interpretation by Bernard Ramm (Baker Book House)