{"id":94916,"date":"2026-04-03T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=94916"},"modified":"2026-08-15T21:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:34:18","slug":"if-the-bible-isnt-your-standard-what-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/if-the-bible-isnt-your-standard-what-is\/","title":{"rendered":"If the Bible Isn\u2019t Your Standard\u2026 What Is?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Steve Wolfgang<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@watchinlight\">InLight Media<\/a>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"If the Bible Isn\u2019t Your Standard\u2026 What Is?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/acySicpkKzk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For centuries, the sola scriptura debate has raged on (most notably between Catholics and Protestants) over this primary question: is scripture sufficient as our only final, authoritative standard, or do we need some sort of council or magisterium to help interpret and apply it?<\/p>\n<p>Why should we listen to a fallible human like the pope? On the other hand, what tradeoffs are we making when we reject the idea that there is still ongoing revelation from God? Steve Wolfgang and Andy Diestelkamp explore these and other pressing questions in our latest video.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Steve Wolfgang via InLight Media For centuries, the sola scriptura debate has raged on (most notably between Catholics and Protestants) over this primary question: is scripture sufficient as our only final, authoritative standard, or do we need some sort of council or magisterium to help interpret and apply it? Why should we listen to&hellip;<\/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":[1488],"tags":[78,1929,220],"class_list":["post-94916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-authority","tag-sola-scriptura","tag-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59745,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/sola-scriptura-or-sola-papa\/","url_meta":{"origin":94916,"position":0},"title":"Sola Scriptura or Sola Papa?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"by Chuck Durham via\u00a0Biblical Insights, Vol. 7, No. 9, Sept. 2007. 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