Books - Scripture Alone by R.C. Sproul

I wrote this post a quite a while ago but forgot about it untill I was looking through my dashboard last night.

First, thank you Simon Thompson, who brought this book to my attention at Inspire Books.
This book is primarily a defence of the inerrancy of Scripture. Split into two parts;

Part 1 Toward a Doctrine of Scripture
1. Sola Scriptura: Crucial to Evangelism
2. The Establishment of Scripture
3. The case for Inerrancy: A Methodological Analysis
4. The Internal Testimony of the Holy Spirit

Part2 The Inerrancy of Scripture
1. The Word of God and Authority
2. The Word of God and Revelation
3. The Word of God and Inspiration
4. The Word of God and Inerrancy
5. The Word of God and Truth
6. The Word of God and You

It includes both the Ligonier and The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy.

Beginning with a quote from Heinrich Heppe: "The only source and norm of all Christian knowledge is the Holy Scripture" Sproul moves on to build a great defence of the inerrancy of the Scriptures.

The Inerrancy of the Scriptures is something that every Christian should have some knowledge of, not only so that we can defend against and debate with those who do not believe it, but also for our own benefit of knowing why we trust this book that we permit to guide and lead and direct our lives. That is to say, that an understanding of the inerrancy of Scripture will tighten our grip and faith in what we read within the Bible.

Scripture Alone was a very helpful book to me, and one that I'd highly recommend to everyone.

I'll finish with a quote from the French Confession of Faith (1559):

"We believe that the Word contained in these books has proceeded from God, and receives its authority from Him alone, and not from men. And inasmuch as it is the rule of all truth, containing all that is necessary for the service of God and for our salvation, it is not lawful for men, nor even angels, to add to it, to take away from it, or to change it. Whence it follows that no authority, whether of antiquity, or custom, or numbers, or human wisdom, or judgments, or proclamations, or edicts, or decrees, or councils, or visions, or miracles, should be opposed to these Holy Scriptures, but on the contrary, all things should be examined, regulated, and reformed according to them." (Art. 5)