Chapter XV: Missions and Scripture 163-178

Some critics deny Jesus' authorship of the "Great
Commission" 165

We must examine "the historical method," so called 165

As often employed, it is inductive but not deductive,
horizontal but not vertical 166

Deduction from God's existence normally insures
acceptance of Christ 168

Deduction from Christ's existence normally insures
acceptance of Scripture 169

Scripture is the voice and revelation of the eternal
Christ 169

The exclusively inductive process is not truly
historical 170

Both Paul and Peter gained their theology by
deduction 171

Since experience of sin and of Christ is knowledge,
it is material for science 173

The eternal Christ guarantees to us the _unity_ of
Scripture 174

Also the _sufficiency_ of Scripture 175

Also the _authority_ of Scripture 176

The "historical method," as ordinarily employed,
proceeds and ends without Christ 177

It therefore treats Scripture as a man-made book,
and denies its unity, sufficiency, and authority 177

It sees in the Bible not an organism, pulsating with
divine life, but only a congeries of earth-born
fragments 177