Davi Saro’s Reviews > "Fundamentalism" and the Word of God > Status Update

"The strategy that would attract converts by the flattery of accommodating the gospel to the wisdom of sinful man was condemned by Paul nineteen centuries ago, and the past hundred years have provided a fresh demonstration of its bankruptcy." Page 168

A description of Modern Liberal Biblical thought: "Scripture, must be viewed, not as a divinely given record of a divinely given revelation, but as a by-product of the religious experience of the Hebrews; a record not so much of what God has done as of what some men thought He had said and done. The Bible is thus a memorial of the discovery of God by a nation with a flair for religion — that and no more." Page 148

"there can be no faith without thinking (for truth must be known before there can be trust)." P.128

UnscrIptural ideas in our theology are like germs in our system. They tend only to weaken and destroy life, and their effect is always damaging. P.123 "Whenever we are troubled at the small number of those who believe, let us counter that by calling to mind that none can grasp the mysteries of God save those to whom it is given." - Calvin P.125

Each chapter is an exposition of a theme. Each chapter can be used as a preparation for a sermon or study. I am currently reading on Faith. Here are a few quotes: "One must know something about God before one can know Him. Truth is fundamental to trust." "Belief of what is not God's truth will prompt the rejection of what is; and the Bible name for that is unbelief."

"The scriptural approach to Scripture is thus to regard it as God's written testimony of Himself. When we call the Bible the Word of God, we mean, or should mean, that its message constitutes a single utterance of which God is the author. What Scripture says, He says. When we hear or read Scripture, that which impinges on our mind (whether we realize it or not) is the speech of God Himself" P.89

"All errors in theology ultimately are a result of a false doctrine of God." P.81

Warning to current pastors and elders: "The process of assimilating God's revealed truth to the current religious and philosophical opinions of men [even the teaching of psychology using Bible terms] is the essence of the speculative method in theology which Scripture repudiates. Yet we all constantly do it, more or less; for sin is present with all of us." p.70