Sola Scriptura Defended in 6 Minutes

This video defends the Protestant doctrine of sola Scriptura in 6 minutes.

Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Church.

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00:00 - Defining sola Scriptura
01:15 - 1) Scripture's Nature
02:31 - 2) Scripture's Role
03:46 - Considering Alternative Rules of Faith
05:38 - The Value of Sola Scriptura

[TruthUnites]

For those saying "which Scripture?" You need to demonstrate how this is a problem for Protestants when it wasn't a problem for every church on earth until the end of the medieval era (the first time infallible canon lists show up) or for the Jewish people during their entire history of reception of Scripture. Infallible canon lists were never a thing in redemptive history until 600 years ago.

[RuslanKD]

Love this concise and precise summary! Great job. Will definitely share and react to this!

[TheRoark]

This was a blast to work on! Excited to see this go live 😊

[danielhaas]

This is the best explanation of Sola Scriptura! Please don't give up Dr. Ortlund! May God of the universe the Lord of Armies keep you and may he shine his face upon you!

[butter__boi]

Very brief and succinct. As a Catechuman I disagree entirely though. The fathers submitted to the authority of the church. Also we have pre council sources saying the apostles appointed successors

[kevinjypiter]

The issue with sola scriptura isn't that we need to use scripture to measure against the councils and confessions, it is that new people will use their own "interpretation" of scripture and claim it as God's word, and then measure that against the former councils and confessions. What instead needs to be done is understand how the historic church understood scripture. If I were to compare a "pastor billy bob" vs St. Ignatius/Clement/Polycarp, I would go with the latters' "interpretation".

If scripture was really that clear, then should there be a clear denomination within Protestantism which conveys the gospel truth and clearly understands Christology, Soteriology, role of ordinances/sacraments, etc etc. Heck, protestant churches can't even decide if they want women pastors or not, let alone fundamental, mere Christianity

[redgoesface]

Amen! Here's a very educational video that could be shown to even our teen children as an introduction to the topic. Thank you brother Gavin.

[pedroguimaraes]

Excellent work, Gavin. That how Protestant ideas should be defended: with Scripture itself. God gave us what we need and what is necessary to defend the truth. Your presentation was flawless.
I would argue that a video explaining the protestant Canon (again, focused on the Scripture, when it says that the Old Canon would be given by the Jews, Jesus saying the components of the Hebrew Bible etc...) would be an excellent choice.

God bless you. Hugs from Brazil.

[ministeriosemmanuel]

Another beautiful infographic animation, bravo!
I love these animations!

Only infallible rule of faith for all Christians! Pls read Psalms 119 and be sanctified by the word of God.

God bless you for continuing to defend our Protestant beliefs Dr. Ortlund!

[catholicguy]

Good video. I disagree with it but appreciate you giving a quick talk on what your views are on this doctrine you believe in.

[Jeremy]

This was a simple but beautiful animation and video. Covered all the important bases and gave a very good image of the position. Would love to see more of these short concise essays.

[ernestgrouns]

About 45 seconds in I had my questions answered. I had the wrong idea, thinking that everything non-scriptural was discounted, but that wasn't the case at all. While I think there is still some room for debate, I greatly appreciate men of God like Gavin for all that they do in bringing understanding and healthy debate. His defense of Sola Scriptura is compelling and difficult to disagree with.

[Nick-rbdc]

Gavin, thank you for this, now we will have to sit through an avalanche of Catholic apologetics videos responding to this over the next two weeks. You might even cause a new book to be written. Big Apologetics needs a video like this every few months to keep the bills paid.

[qwerty_L]

I already know some rubuttals are already being recorded

[Daniel_Miller]

The only problem is: none of us Protestants can agree on what Scripture says. I'm not saying that Catholics or the Orthodox are more unified either; I just know a lot less about them.

[sskuk]

Hey Gavin, I wanted to share with you that this channel has become one of my go to sources on theoloical teaching which i commonly share with friends and follow believers!

[VeNeRaGe]

Hey Dr. Ortlund, are you still writing a book on the case for protestantism? If so, will it be out soon?

[matnic_]

Always doing great work Gavin! Very concise and just generally helpful.

[yeetmaestro]

As a Catholic I applaud this video for being both robust and pithy. While I don’t think I’ll ever again be convinced of SS, I think this is the best expression of such.

[raphaelfeneje]

God bless you immensely for this. The caricature on sola scriptura is really terrible. God bless your ministry and family 🙏❤️✝️