Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers explain how Christians can affirm God’s truth revealed in creation while holding firmly to sola Scriptura. Scripture alone gives us all we need for salvation, faith, and life, while the Holy Spirit also works through pastors, and teachers to help believers understand God’s Word and mature in Christ.

Sound theology isn't just correct belief — it is doctrine that is both true and spiritually life-giving. The principle of sola Scriptura, which the Protestant Reformation recovered from Scripture itself, means every follower of Jesus has direct access to sound doctrine through the Bible alone, illuminated by the Holy Spirit.

Everyone who opens Scripture to face a hard question is already doing theology, it was never reserved for scholars. The New Testament writers, a fisherman, a tax collector, a physician, were task theologians, applying God's Word to real life. So are we. The question is whether we're becoming better ones.

Any form of traditionalism that demands a total alignment with a theological tradition, divorced from a higher commitment to sola Scriptura, can lead to spiritual ruin. Be on guard against the danger of placing more value on creeds and confessions than on the Bible.

How can we know if our theology is sound? With so many creeds, confessions, and doctrinal statements, which ones should we affirm? Although the Bible is infallible, our understanding of it is not. Learn how to develop sound theology.

If we have the Bible, why do we need theology? Learn from Drs. Frame and Childers why all followers of Jesus are to be theologians.