Words of Life

Timothy Ward offers an excellent, lucid exposition of the nature and function of Scripture, expresssed in a form appropriate for the tweny-first century, grounded in the relevant scholarship, and standing firmily in line with the best of the theological traditions.

Timothy Ward is Team Vicar at Holy Trinity Church, Hinckley, England. He is the author of Word and Supplement: Speech Acts, Biblical Texts and the Sufficiency of Scripture (Oxford University Press).

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Introduction: God and the Bible	p. 9
God and Scripture: a biblical outline	p. 20
God's action and his words	p. 20
The Old Testament	p. 20
The New Testament	p. 25
God's person and his words	p. 26
God's words and human words	p. 32
Christ's words, and God's action and person	p. 37
Christ's words and human words	p. 40
God's words and the Bible	p. 43
The Trinity and Scripture: a theological outline	p. 49
The Father and Scripture: the covenant book	p. 51
Redemption and Scripture	p. 52
Revelation and Scripture	p. 60
The Son and Scripture: the words of the Word	p. 67
Jesus and the Bible as both 'Word of God'	p. 67
Scripture and the incarnation	p. 74
The Holy Spirit and Scripture: the God-breathed Word	p. 78
The inspiration of Scripture	p. 79
The preservation of Scripture	p. 89
The illumination of Scripture	p. 92
Summary	p. 94
The attributes of Scripture: a doctrinal outline	p. 96
The necessity of Scripture	p. 98
The sufficiency of Scripture	p. 106
The clarity of Scripture	p. 115
Preaching and a clear Bible	p. 121
Diverse interpretations and a clear Bible	p. 122
Defining the clarity of Scripture	p. 124
The authority of Scripture	p. 127
The nature of biblical authority	p. 127
Inerrancy and infallibility	p. 130
The Bible and Christian life: the doctrine of Scripture applied	p. 141
The meaning of sola scriptura	p. 141
Scripture and the Christian community	p. 151
Scripture and preaching	p. 156
The Spirit and the Bible	p. 160
The Spirit and the preacher	p. 163
The Spirit and the people of God	p. 168
Scripture and the individual Christian	p. 170
Private Bible reading in relation to corporate Bible reading and preaching	p. 171
The aim of Bible reading	p. 174
Summary	p. 177
Index of ancient and modern authors	p. 180
Index of biblical references	p. 182
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