Authority has been vested in the author, and the author then is our access to that authority. We’re not just talking about truths and the way that truths in the Bible might be compatible with the truths in the world around us. We expect such compatibility. We expect that the truth in God’s world would be compatible with the truth in God’s word. If we just want to observe truths that match up, that integrate, that’s fine. But we’re looking for something different here. We’re looking for what the Bible