I am a Scripture alone Christian this article in no way is encouraging people to go away from the Scripture, I am actually encouraging us to bring more emphasis on practicing the Scripture in our modern day with a more deliberate and practical way. I'm not advising anybody to go outside of the Bible to learn about God you should be able to find what a person teaches about God clearly in the Bible in no way should anybody disregard any truth found in Scripture every truth should only stem from the Bible itself. You may disagree with this article but everytime you pray or teach something that isn't word for word a verse in the Bible your actions are agreeing with it.
Read the full thing before you think I'm dissing the very thing (the Bible) I spend my whole life trying to abide by, and have spent years learning it's original languages in order to have a fuller understanding of God. If you know me personally or see me on fb you know how highly I regard and love the Bible considering it the very Word of God.
Interesting convo today. Had a guy tell me in the same breath God only works through the preaching of the Bible then say God used to heal now He works through medical science. I didn't want to point out the fallacy, which I feel would make him think I search for words from God outside of the Bible or signs and wonders in order for God to guide me, I do no such practice but I am open to the Lords wonders and to biblical truths shared with me on a personal level that aren't word for word found in the Bible, but the essence and truth of it can be. That would kind of ruin the office of preacher or pastor if that wasn't the case right? And you would have to get rid of all those commentaries and extra biblical books and never quote a good preacher as if he had a true and fruitful insight that God could use in your life.
The Bible is completely sufficient for all life and godliness from the time it was written until the end of the age, it is the full council of God and I love it, it fills my heart and soul. I personally stick to only teaching from the Bible alone, God only uses truths that are found in the Bible, all we need to know about who God is and what He does is in the Bible but, I would not say the only time God does anything is when your quoting a verse from the Bible. That would kind of ruin are worship songs since most our songs aren't strictly Bible verses, and prayer lives since I pray for things like my car to start, or my moms head aches to go away, or that I do well at work and there's no cars, none of my moms head aches are in the Bible or department of defense meat cutters.
God has sworn by His Word the Bible and it's truths are all we will ever need, I would die brutally to get a Bible into the hands of a nation without the Word of God but whether or not I leave my Bible at home or take it with me the Lord stays with me and His biblical truths remain my foundation and the Lord will never do anything that contradicts His Word the Bible.
We should be focused completely on preaching and teaching from the Bible alone tell Christ comes back, but we should be open to God using the essence of Biblical truths in our modern day lives since so much of our reality is not word for word written in the Bible. Most of us practice our faith this way already but i think it should be more deliberate, If we aren't open to that then really God can't do anything in our life that isn't word for word in the Bible. God wouldn't help my car start, or keep my wife safe, or do any number of things that were foreign to the biblical writers.
