St. Paul’s authority was accepted in faith by his followers. He spoke with great authority. He said he was delivering truth and tradition, and he expected his followers to accept it without question.

You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life” (John 5:39, 40, RSV). The ...

Just as preparing a meal requires planning and execution, Swindoll (Living the Proverbs) believes that studying Scripture calls for a systematic and well-planned approach in order to extract the ...