NDI - A Wesleyan Understanding of the Authority of Scripture: Part 1 by T. A. Noble

T. A. Noble considers the role given to Scripture in the New Testament church, in the patristic era, at the Reformation, during the Enlightenment, and in the nineteenth century. That will bring us to consider the Reformation/Evangelical view today, including the questions raised by historians, scientists, and by hermeneutics. The Wesleyan position will then be explored more specifically, including what has been called ‘the Wesleyan Quadrilateral’ and how that should be properly understood.

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00:00 Intro

00:36 Introduction of T. A. Noble

01:53 A Wesleyan understanding of the authority of the Bible

27:42 Thinking about Christological hymns that we have in the New Testament, and the example being 1 Corinthians 3:16; how widely and how early were they used in the word of preaching, or were they sung as an affirmation of the Gospel in those first 20 years? 

29:31 Would it be more proper to end our prayers in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit?

51:23 You've sketched the Bible's authority in its relation to the Gospel. How does the modern view of inerrancy in scripture as God's self-revelation disconnect from the historical view?

53:10 What is to be understood by "necessary for faith" when talking about plenary inspiration of scripture?

56:03 Can you speak about whether the Apocrypha should or should not be treated as authoritative? And also speak about the same question regarding the Gnostic Gospels that are gaining a hearing today.

01:00:07 Am I understanding your starting point that the authority of the Bible is based in the authority of the Gospel as transmitted to the apostles? What implications does that have on the idea of Apostolic Succession?

01:02:39 How can the church, especially the local church, help to rebuild these theologies (natural theology, liberal theology) upon a biblical foundation? 

01:06:40 Why is the Apocrypha not in our canon of scripture, and why are they not to be used to determine doctrine? 

01:07:55 Closing

01:08:49 Outro