I Have the Bible: Why Do I Need the Church? | Episode 11

If Scripture is the final authority for Christian doctrine, why should we care what pastors, denominations, church fathers, councils, or creeds have to say?In this episode of The Good Doctrine, Kyle Bagwell explores the difference between Sola Scriptura and Solo Scriptura. Scripture alone is our supreme and infallible authority—but that does not mean Christ intended every Christian to interpret Scripture in isolation.What should you do when your interpretation differs from your pastor’s? What if Christians outside your tradition see the passage differently? And what if your interpretation conflicts with what faithful Christians have believed for centuries?Along the way, we consider the Nicene Creed and the doctrine of eternal generation, William Lane Craig’s objections to historic Nicene theology, an early disagreement over the celebration of Pascha, and what Scripture itself teaches about pastors and teachers, apostolic tradition, and the Church as “a pillar and buttress of the truth.”We’ll see how the local Church can expose our personal blind spots, the global Church can expose our tradition’s blind spots, and the historical Church can expose our generation’s blind spots—while Scripture always retains the final word.