Lessons from the Reformers About Dead Bible Teachers

The early Reformers pioneered the sort of Bible study that prizes the Scripture itself more highly than any church council or clergy. And yet they didn’t reject completely the need to listen to Bible teachers of the past. At the Logos Word by Word blog, David Barshinger explains three key principles we can learn from the Reformers.

1. The Reformers treated the Bible as God’s very word.
2. They recognized the value of Bible teachers—even dead ones.
3. And they didn’t see any Bible teacher as infallible.

This brief piece provides a good introduction to the role of tradition in balance with the authority of Scripture.

Check it out!