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by Heath Rogers By What Authority Are You Doing These Things? The Proper Source of Authority Improper Sources of Authority How to Establish Biblical Authority General and Specific Authority Expediency The Silence of the Scriptures Submission to Authority<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[78,529],"class_list":["post-58201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-authority","tag-hermeneutics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47543,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/concern-about-biblical-authority\/","url_meta":{"origin":58201,"position":0},"title":"Concern About Biblical Authority","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer Why be concerned about biblical authority? For this one simple reason: \"Your God reigns!\" (Isaiah 52:7). If we aren't concerned about authority, then we place ourselves in God's position of reigning. It really is just that simple. Jesus is Head (Colossians 1:18). We aren't. Does stressing authority\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86365,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/by-what-authority-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":58201,"position":1},"title":"By What Authority? (Bowman)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Russ Bowman From my Daily Bible Writing, for you to chew on\u2026 \"Now it happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him and spoke to Him,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":93597,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/gods-authority-is-beautiful\/","url_meta":{"origin":58201,"position":2},"title":"God’s Authority Is Beautiful","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer via InLight Media Authority in Scripture is more than rules - it's part of the beautiful tapestry of who God is. Some bristle at the idea of meticulously following what scripture says, demonstrates, and implies, perhaps because they feel that such a practice is legalistic and out\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Video"","block_context":{"text":"Video","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/video\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57025,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-proper-source-of-authority\/","url_meta":{"origin":58201,"position":3},"title":"The Proper Source of Authority","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Heath Rogers \"Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, \u02dcBy what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?'\" (Matthew 21:23). The chief priests and elders who confronted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":56819,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/by-what-authority-are-you-doing-these-things\/","url_meta":{"origin":58201,"position":4},"title":"By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Heath Rogers \"Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, \u02dcBy what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?'\" (Matthew 21:23). 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