Quotes by John Thompson
John Thompson (1913–2002) — Alttestamentler, biblischer Archäologe und theologischer Autor · Protestantisch / Evangelikal (Baptistisch) · Australien
John Arthur Thompson (1913–2002) war ein australischer baptistischer Alttestamentler und biblischer Archäologe, der an der University of Melbourne sowie am Morling College in Sydney lehrte. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Verbindung von altorientalischer Archäologie und altorientalischer Vertragsforschung mit biblischer Exegese, die sich in maßgeblichen Kommentaren zu Jeremia und Deuteronomium niederschlug. Bibellesern bietet seine Arbeit bis heute historisch fundierte und sprachlich präzise Zugänge zum Verständnis des alttestamentlichen Bundeskonzepts.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Wisdom & Understanding, Humility & Pride, Faith & Trust, Church & Congregation, Freedom & Truth
Quotes by John Thompson
Sola Scriptura makes is a transformation in your trust. Your conviction and confidence is no longer in psychology, social theory, corporate business models, or modern marketing techniques, but rather in the fully sufficient Word of God. For personal life, family life, church life – indeed, for ALL of life: vocational, political, community, etc. – the comprehensive principles, precepts, practices, and prudence of the Word of God is your safe and sure guide. No longer will you live life as a practical humanist, but rather you will approach all issues “epistemologically self-conscious” since there is no moral neutrality in the universe.
John Thompson
One of the great lessons of church history is that God has used theological controversy to corporately sanctify His church as each Christian “contends earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). Many crucial doctrines have been clarified and purified through respectful debate in the hermeneutical context of the universal church. Indeed, this is the very reason why God allowed controversy in the church at Corinth: “For there must also be factions (opinions) among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you” (1 Cor. 11:19). Yet to avoid the disunity of the Corinthian church, we must handle our opinions with abundant humility and grace.
John Thompson
Embracing Sola Scriptura will radically alter your attitudes. It arouses profound gratitude to God for His rich supply to His children of “everything we need for life and godliness.” It inspires confidence in the Word of God as the complete, perfect, all-embracing, and all-sufficient revelation from God that it will never need amendment, correction, or supplementation. It begets humility regarding your own opinions and a deep suspicion toward your autonomous conscience and reason. It produces admiration and appreciation for the larger body of Christ in other times and places and the documents (creeds, confessions, catechisms, commentaries) which they have labored to leave for our understanding and benefit. And finally, it encourages submission to Scripture’s God who alone has ultimate authority in your life – the One who is in charge and who gets the final word.
John Thompson
The ultimate issue in question is the authority of the Bible over our lives. Who is in charge? Who gets the final word? And the way that men (even saved but sinful men) avoid God’s authority is through autonomy: a self-determination that pursues self-sufficiency producing self-rule. It may not be an “intentional” self-determination – indeed we may be unthinkingly swept along by the influences of our culture – but the outcome is the same: a self-sufficiency (in place of God’s sufficiency through His Word) that results in self-rule.
John Thompson
Even a child can understand basic Bible truths as did Timothy: “from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures” (2 Tim. 3:15). So, the average believer is able to understand Scripture’s basic meaning and message. And the more difficult passages must be interpreted in light of the clearer ones – Scripture interprets Scripture.
John Thompson
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