Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Gavin Ortlund makes a case for Sola Scriptura by exploring what Scripture is, how it functions, and why no other authority can rival it.
Videos Mentioned:
"Obey Tradition!" is LITERALLY IN THE BIBLE! -youtube.com/watch?v=29QF5bFT4LE&ab_channel=GavinOrtlund
Ecclesial Infallibility Has No Foundation! (My Response to Joshua Charles) - youtube.com/watch?v=8adSmpvwVh0&ab_channel=GavinOrtlund
youtu.be/5myQc93iswI?si=1It8wsZ77nXv1s0U
A MAJOR Problem With "Doctrinal Development" -youtube.com/watch?v=5myQc93iswI&ab_channel=GavinOrtlund
The PROBLEM with "No Salvation Outside the Church" - History & Critique -youtu.be/72vJVTsLYkI?si=kDHgyZbbyW1gKu5H
A Fallible List of Infallible Books? - youtu.be/rRMgYS1Taes?si=jX0HtbxKZ0izmguH
Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth.
Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.
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MY ACADEMIC WORK:
truthunites.org/mypublications
PODCAST:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truth-unites
DISCORD SERVER ON PROTESTANTISM
Striving Side By Side: discord.gg/MdTt6d5PVs
CHECK OUT SOME BOOKS:
amazon.com/Makes-Sense-World-That-Doesnt/dp/1540964094/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Theological-Retrieval-Evangelicals-Need-Future/dp/1433565269/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Finding-Right-Hills-Die-Theological/dp/1433567423/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Retrieving-Augustines-Doctrine-Creation-Controversy/dp/0830853243/truthunitesbo-20
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - Defining Sola Scriptura
04:03 - Two Caricatures of Sola Scriptura
11:20 - The Nature of Scripture
20:11 - Scripture's Role Among the People of God
26:49 - Main Argument
37:48 - Outro
Gavin Ortlund makes a case for Sola Scriptura by exploring what Scripture is, how it functions, and why no other authority can rival it.
Videos Mentioned:
"Obey Tradition!" is LITERALLY IN THE BIBLE! -youtube.com/watch?v=29QF5bFT4LE&ab_channel=GavinOrtlund
Ecclesial Infallibility Has No Foundation! (My Response to Joshua Charles) - youtube.com/watch?v=8adSmpvwVh0&ab_channel=GavinOrtlund
youtu.be/5myQc93iswI?si=1It8wsZ77nXv1s0U
A MAJOR Problem With "Doctrinal Development" -youtube.com/watch?v=5myQc93iswI&ab_channel=GavinOrtlund
The PROBLEM with "No Salvation Outside the Church" - History & Critique -youtu.be/72vJVTsLYkI?si=kDHgyZbbyW1gKu5H
A Fallible List of Infallible Books? - youtu.be/rRMgYS1Taes?si=jX0HtbxKZ0izmguH
Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth.
Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.
SUPPORT:
Tax Deductible Support: truthunites.org/donate
Patreon: patreon.com/truthunites
FOLLOW:
Website: truthunites.org
Instagram: instagram.com/truth.unites
X: https://x.com/gavinortlund
Facebook: facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage
MY ACADEMIC WORK:
truthunites.org/mypublications
PODCAST:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truth-unites
DISCORD SERVER ON PROTESTANTISM
Striving Side By Side: discord.gg/MdTt6d5PVs
CHECK OUT SOME BOOKS:
amazon.com/Makes-Sense-World-That-Doesnt/dp/1540964094/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Theological-Retrieval-Evangelicals-Need-Future/dp/1433565269/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Finding-Right-Hills-Die-Theological/dp/1433567423/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Retrieving-Augustines-Doctrine-Creation-Controversy/dp/0830853243/truthunitesbo-20
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - Defining Sola Scriptura
04:03 - Two Caricatures of Sola Scriptura
11:20 - The Nature of Scripture
20:11 - Scripture's Role Among the People of God
26:49 - Main Argument
37:48 - Outro
