In listening to Harold Camping recently go on one of his rants..... he was talking about the Bible as if God handed the Bible down to Him personally.

It got me thinking about the Bible.

Obviously the early church recognized what books were the inspired word of God. Then the books were joined together to form a unified whole that we have today.

When you take somebody like Camping, who uses every word and number to represent something symbolic I think it detracts from sola scriptura.

Then you have groups like the SDA's & Baptists who argue that Sunday worship and infant Baptism are not explicit in scripture.

I think it was Luther who said if a Christian practice is not condemned by scripture it is ok while Zwingli said if a practice is not commanded it should be abolished.

So my point is....does sola scriptura when put in practice for worship, instruction, etc. leave some holes? Should church tradition ever be considered when making a case for a doctrine or practice? Sunday sabbath and infant baptism immediately come to mind.

I hope I'm making sense???

The mercy of God is necessary not only when a person repents, but even to lead him to repent, Augustine