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On-line Resource David L. Allen, "A Tale Of Two Roads: Homiletics And Biblical Authority," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43.3 (2000): 489-515.
Book or monograph The Coming Evangelical CrisisJohn H. Armstrong, ed., The Coming Evangelical Crisis: Current Challenges to the Authority of Scripture and the Gospel. Moody Press, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0802477380. pp.269.
On-line Resource Authority and the Bible (Christopher Ash)
Book or monograph Barr: The Scope and Authority of the BibleJames Barr, The Scope and Authority of the Bible. SCM Classics. London: SCM Press Ltd., 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0334028795. pp.170.
On-line Resource Danijel Berković, "The Church and the Bible in the context of the correlative relationships of power and authority," Kairos Evangelical Journal of Theology 1.1 (May 2007): 81-105. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Geoffrey W. Bromiley [1915-2009], "The Authority of the Bible: the Attitude of Modern Theologians," The Evangelical Quarterly 19.2 (April 1947): 127-136.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "The Lausaane Covenant - 2: The Authority and Power of the Bible," The Harvester 55 (November 1976): 320-333.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Corneliu Constantineanu, "The Authority of Scripture as the Word of God," Kairos Evangelical Journal of Theology 4.1 (May 2010): 13-29. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource B.B. Edwards, "Remarks on the Authenticity and Genuineness of the Pentateuch," Bibliotheca Sacra 2 No. 6 (1845): 356-398. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource B.B. Edwards, "Remarks of the Divine Authority and Authenticity of the Pentateuch," Bibliotheca Sacra 2 No. 8 (1845): 668-682. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource E. Earle Ellis, "The Authority of Scripture: Critical Judgments in Biblical Perspective," The Evangelical Quarterly 39.4 (Oct.-Dec. 1967): 196-205.View in PDF format pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
Article in Journal or Book John M. Frame, "In Defense of Something Close to Biblicism: Reflections On Sola Scriptura and History in Theological Method," Westminster Theological Journal 59.2 (1997): 269-291.
On-line Resource John M. Frame, "Traditionalism and Sola Scriptura; and Evangelical Traditionalism: Part 1," Third Millennium Magazine Online, 1.13 (May 24 to May 30, 1999).
On-line Resource John M. Frame, "Traditionalism and Sola Scriptura; and Evangelical Traditionalism: Part 2," Third Millennium Magazine Online, 1.14 (May 31 to June 6, 1999).
On-line Resource Biblical Authority in Recent Evangelical Books (Lee Gatiss)
On-line Resource Johannes Norval Geldenhuys [1918-1964], "Authority and the Bible," Carl F.H. Henry, ed., Revelation and the Bible. Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959. pp.371-386.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Article in Journal or Book R.A. Gerrish, "Biblical Authority and the Continental Reformation," Scottish Journal of Theology 10 (1957): 337-
On-line Resource What Do We Mean by Sola Scriptura? (Dr. W. Robert Godfrey)
Book or monograph Green: Scriptural Authority and Narrative InterpretationGarrett Green, Scriptural Authority and Narrative Interpretation. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 1579104584. pp.224.
On-line Resource Donald Guthrie, "Biblical Authority and New Testament Scholarship," Vox Evangelica 16 (1986): 7-25.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Guenther Haas, "Patriarchy as an Evil That God Tolerated: Analysis and Implications for the Authority of Scripture," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38.3 (Sept. 1995): 321-336.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Robert S. Heaney, "Approaching and Evangelical Anglican concept of authority," The Evangelical Quarterly 79.2 (Apr.-June 2007): 153-168.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Book or monograph Arthur Gabriel Hebert, The Authority of the Old Testament. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. pp.326.
On-line Resource Carl F.H. Henry," Evangelicals and Biblical Authority: A Review Article," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 23.2 (June 1980): 139-142.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Homer A. Kent, "The centrality of the Scripture," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 14.3 (Summer 1971): 157-164. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource George W. Knight, "The Scriptures Were Written for Our Instruction," Journal the Evangelical Theological Society 39.1 (March 1996): 3-13. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Christ's View of the Authority of Canonical Scripture: A Paradigm for Systematic Theology (Christopher Louis Lang)
On-line Resource William J. Larkin, Jr., "Culture, Scripture's Meaning, and Biblical Authority: Critical Hermeneutics for the 90's," Bulletin for Biblical Research 2 (1992): 171-178.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource William J. Larkin, "Approaches to and Images of Biblical Authority for the Postmodern Mind," Bulletin for Biblical Research 8 (1998): 129-138.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource H.J. Lee, "'Men of Galilee, Why Stand Gazing up into Heaven': Revisiting Galileo, Astronomy, and the Authority of the Bible," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 53.1 (March 2010): 103-116.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Samuel T. Logan, Jr., "The Origins of Modern Attacks on Biblical Authority," Westminster Theological Journal 49.1 (1987): 119-142.
On-line Resource The Authority of Scripture (Martyn Lloyd-Jones)
Article in Journal or Book J.R. MacPhail, "The Authority of the Bible," Scottish Journal of Theology 9 (1956): 14-
On-line Resource Richard L. Mayhue, "The Authority of Scripture," The Master's Seminary Journal 15.2 (Fall 2004): 227-236.View in PDF format pdf
Audio Resource - usually mp3 format The Sufficiency of Scripture Part 1 (Albert Mohler)
Audio Resource - usually mp3 format The Sufficiency of Scripture Part 2 (Albert Mohler)
On-line Resource Leon Morris, "The Authority of the Bible Today," Churchman 75.3 (Sep 1961): 147-156.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Leon Morris, "Biblical Authority and the Concept of Inerrancy," The Churchman 81 (Spring 1967): 22-38.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource John Douglas Morrison," ―By What Authority Do We Say These Things?‖ Dualism and the Modern Rejection of Biblical Authority," 20-38. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource On Authority (Lesslie Newbigin)View in PDF format pdf
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Robin Ernest Nixon [1932-1978], "The Authority of the New Testament," I. Howard Marshall, ed., New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods, 1977. Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, revised 1979. Pbk. ISBN: 0853644241. pp.334-350.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]

On-line Resource James I. Packer, "Hermeneutics and Biblical Authority," Themelios 1.1 (1975): 3-12.
Article in Journal or Book God's Inerrant WordJames I Packer, "Sola Scriptura," John Warwick Montgomery, ed., God's Inerrant Word: An International Symposium on the Trustworthiness of Scripture. Canadian Institute for Law, Theology & Public Policy, Inc., 1974. Pbk. ISBN: 0871232928. pp.43-63.
On-line Resource Freedom and Authority ( J.I. Packer)
On-line Resource Stanley E. Porter, "The Authority of the Bible as a Hermeneutical Issue," Evangelical Quarterly 86.4 (Oct. 2014): 303-324. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Article in Journal or Book Alan Richardson, "The Rise of Modern Biblical Scholarship and Recent Discussion of the Authority of the Bible," Cahiers de Biblia Patristica III (1963): 194-338.
On-line Resource Norman Henry Snaith [1898-1982], The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible. A.S. Peake Memorial Lecture No. 1Norman Henry Snaith [1898-1982], The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible. A.S. Peake Memorial Lecture No. 1. London: Epworth Press, 1956. pp.46. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Snaith Family]
On-line Resource R.C. Sproul, "Sola Scriptura: Crucial To Evangelicalism," James Mongomery Boice, ed., The Foundation of Biblical Authority. London & Glasgow: Pickering & Inglis, 1979. Pbk. ISBN: 072080437X. pp.103-119.
On-line Resource Robert H. Stein, "'Authentic' or 'authoritative': what is the difference," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 24.2 (June 1981): 127-130.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Clive A. Thomson, "The Authority of the Bible," Bibliotheca Sacra 118: 471 (1961): 264-271.
On-line Resource James B. Torrance [1923-2003], "Authority, Scripture and Tradition," The Evangelical Quarterly 59.3 (July-Sept. 1987): 245-251. View in PDF format pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
On-line Resource R.A. Torrey, The Divine Origin of the Bible. London: James Nisbet & Co., Ltd., 1903. pp.93. [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource John William Wenham [1913-1996], Our Lord's View of the Old Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1953. pp.32. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Ralph S. Werrell, "The Authority of Scripture for the Anglican Reformers," The Evangelical Quarterly 35.2 (April-June 1963): 79-88. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Article in Journal or Book John A. Witmer, "Biblical Authority in Contemporary Theology," Bibliotheca Sacra 118: 469 (1961): 59-67.
Article in Journal or Book John D. Woodbridge, "Biblical Authority: Towards An Evaluation Of The Rogers And Mckim Proposal," Trinity Journal 1.2 (1980): 165-236.
Book or monograph Woodbridge: Biblical AuthorityJohn D. Woodbridge, Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982. Pbk. ISBN: 0310447518. pp.256.
Article in Journal or Book John D. Woodbridge, "Recent Interpretations of Biblical Authority: Part 1: A Neoorthodox Historiography under Siege," Bibliotheca Sacra 142: 565 (1985): 3-13.
Article in Journal or Book John D. Woodbridge, "Recent Interpretations of Biblical Authority: Part 2: The Rogers and McKim Proposal in the Balance," Bibliotheca Sacra 142: 566 (1985): 99-109.
Article in Journal or Book John D. Woodbridge, "Recent Interpretations of Biblical Authority: Part 3: Does the Bible Teach Science?" Bibliotheca Sacra 142: 567 (1985): 195-205.
Article in Journal or Book John D. Woodbridge, "Recent Interpretations of Biblical Authority: Part 4: Is Biblical Inerrancy a Fundamentalist Doctrine?" Bibliotheca Sacra 142: 568 (1985): 292-302.
On-line Resource How Can The Bible Be Authoritative? (N.T. Wright)
On-line Resource John Stafford Wright [1905-1985], The Authority of the Bible. London: The Tyndale Press, 1946. pp.35. View in PDF format pdf [ © 1940 The Estate of John Stafford Wright. Reproduced by kind permission of Christopher Stafford Wright.]
On-line Resource N.T. Wright, "How Can the Bible be Authoritative? (The Laing Lecture for 1989)," Vox Evangelica 21 (1991): 7-32.View in PDF format pdf

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