“Word of God” in Scripture, therefore, seems to have a broader meaning than “Bible.” It describes the power by which God controls the forces of nature, and in some mysterious way it is also a name of God’s eternal Son. In order to be sufficiently broad, perhaps we must also be deliberately vague in our definition of the Word of God. Let us say that the Word is God’s “self-expression,” and then specify the various forms of self-expression that Scripture describes as divine speech. 1. First, the Word