turn from sin, find a Savior, make good decisions, please God, and get to the root of our deepest problems. Fourth, the doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture invites us to open our Bibles to hear the voice of God. Not long ago I was in a denominational advisory group where we were told to find our “norms” as a community. When I suggested our first norm should be testing everything against the word of God, I was told—and this is an exact quote—that “we are not here to open our Bibles.” The goal
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