The Sufficiency of Scripture by Noel Weeks

I found this book to be a great resource on issues having to deal with how to understand the Bible in today's world. Dr. Noel Weeks knows what it really means for the Scriptures to be in the words of Paul to Timothy (2 Tim. 3:16,17), ". . . inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."

Dr. Weeks not only concisely shows the reader what this means today, but he applies it to issues which are very debatable in the church and outside the church.

What I'm going to do is summarize Dr. Weeks main points in his chapters. I will start by typing out his table of contents. If this book looks interesting you can purchase it through Amazon.com

Acknowledgments
Introduction

PART ONE: BASIC ISSUES

1. Authority and Exhaustiveness
2. The Form of Biblical Teaching
3. General and Special Revelation
4. Providence and Scripture
5. The Bible and Technical Precision
6. Imprecision and Error
7. The History of Revelation
8. The Perfect Translation
9. Words and Meanings
10. The Bible and the Historian
11. Words and Meanings Again
12. The Human Element in Scripture
13. Contextualization
14. The Hermeneutical Circle
15. The Redemptive Focus of Scripture

PART TWO: POINTS OF CONTENTION
Introduction

16. The Creation Account
17. The Interpretation of Prophecy
18. Women in Teaching/Ruling Offices in the Church
19. Slavery
20. The Worship and Government of the Church
21. The Scripture and 'Advances' in Psychology
22. 'Rabbinic' Exegesis in the New Testament
23. Pseudepigraphy
24. Proving the Bible
25. Freedom and Honesty
26. The Political and Social Task of the Church
27. Bible Translation

Conclusion
Index

I will start with the first introduction at another time