
Systematic Theology #4 Characteristics of Scripture
Episode notes
Rarely does a single story land with such quiet weight: a woman owned multiple Bibles, never once opened them, and died without faith. That moment alone is worth sitting with.
Larry digs into why certain books like the Book of Enoch were excluded from the biblical canon, explaining how reverse plagiarism (where authors falsely credited ancient figures to gain authority) disqualified them. Carefully, he walks through how the phrase "thus says the Lord" appears 417 times in the Old Testament, reinforcing that Scripture isn't a human document dressed up in religious language. He also pushes back on pastors like Andy Stanley who suggest distancing from the Old Testament, pointing instead to 2 Timothy 3:16 as a clear anchor.
What does it actually mean that disobedience to Scripture equals disobedience to God himself?
Through examples ...