Abstract:
In this article the author provides a new perspective on the Reformed
notion of the authority of Scripture. Following the lead of the
Belgic Confession he indicates that this authority does not imply that
the Bible should be regarded as a collection of fixed truths but that it
communicates the Truth as a relationship to Christ to those who
experience the presence of God through reading the Bible in communion
with believers throughout the ages. Because the Bible is the
living Word of God and the living God himself meets us in it, the
Scriptures are pre-eminently – more so than nature – the medium
through which we know God in his unfathomable liberty.
