Gavin Ortlund on Authority of Scripture
Scripture alone is the final, only infallible authority
THE POSITION
Sola scriptura, but paired with an unusually positive Protestant retrieval of the church fathers — arguing the Reformation's claim was continuity with the ancient church, not a fresh start.
WHY THERE IS NO QUOTATIONOne quotation, on spiritual-warfare, from a machine transcript of a solo Truth Unites episode, and copyright is not the reason the rest have none: this map quotes MacArthur, Heiser and Sproul at length, all modern authors in copyright. An earlier pass is recorded under research/ortlund — the transcript panel would not open on either Truth Unites video tried, and both books are paywalled. That is an access problem rather than a permission problem, and it produced one honest finding: the original-sin cell is a null recorded as searched and not located, with its own reason. The other eight have had no pass at all.
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
22 OTHERS HOLD THIS
ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Pastor and author behind Truth Unites. Works on retrieving the church fathers for Protestants and on charitable engagement with Catholic and Orthodox claims.
Cite this page
"Gavin Ortlund on Authority of Scripture", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/ortlund/scripture-authority (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/ortlund/scripture-authority).