St. Paul’s authority was accepted in faith by his followers. He spoke with great authority. He said he was delivering truth and tradition, and he expected his followers to accept it without question.

You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life” (John 5:39, 40, RSV). The ...

The close, analytical study of the Scriptures is an absorbing pursuit. But it must never be isolated from a disciplined devotional life in which the Bible is used for the nourishment of the soul.