Greathouse and Dunning purpose that “scripture is how one, in faith, enters into a life-transforming relation to God who disclosed himself in the events to which the Bible bears witness” (10). It is earlier stated that the reason we can encounter life-transformation through scripture is because we have access to his revelation (10). Grenz proclaims that the spirit can address us through the spirit which is the goal of scripture to encounter “spiritual formation” (168). The bible supports inspired scripture in 2 Timothy 3:15-17: “All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God ay be adequate, equipped for every good work” (New American Standard Bible). Greathouse and Dunning writes “If God alone is holy in the absolute and underived sense, the adjective holy is applied to the Bible in terms of its message and thus derived from the One to whom it bears witness”
Greathouse and Dunning purpose that “scripture is how one, in faith, enters into a life-transforming relation to God who disclosed himself in the events to which the Bible bears witness” (10). It is earlier stated that the reason we can encounter life-transformation through scripture is because we have access to his revelation (10). Grenz proclaims that the spirit can address us through the spirit which is the goal of scripture to encounter “spiritual formation” (168). The bible supports inspired scripture in 2 Timothy 3:15-17: “All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God ay be adequate, equipped for every good work” (New American Standard Bible). Greathouse and Dunning writes “If God alone is holy in the absolute and underived sense, the adjective holy is applied to the Bible in terms of its message and thus derived from the One to whom it bears witness”