Q&R with Brad Jersak – “Is the Bible our final authority?”

Question: Is the Bible our final authority? My church (and denomination) has a doctrinal statement (or statement of faith) in which it says that "The Bible is our final authority for faith and practice?" How would you respond to that? Response: This is the sort of question I run into frequently with pastors who've challenged my last two congregations. They object that we have not included a statement on Scripture in our doctrinal statement ... when our doctrinal statement was actually the Nicene Creed and Apostles Creeds.   The two issues I see:   1. That nowhere does Scripture claim to be our final authority, ...