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Dr. Mark L. Bailey, Chancellor Dallas Theological Seminary and BSF Board Member Greetings my brothers and sisters, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. Vying for the influential supremacy in the shaping of our spiritual part of our lives are four competing authorities. For some it's our own intellect and rationality. If it does not make sense to our minds, we will not believe. For others, decisions are made on the basis of their emotions. How one feels direct their choices. If it feels good, they do it. For those raised in a religious setting it may even be the ecclesiastical tradition that controls behavior - one that may simply have been raised to believe and live in a certain way. The problem is that all three of these can be plagued by human error and bias, the mind, the heart or human tradition not led by the spirit of God or the Word of God are always prone to deceit and defection.  One of the great themes brought forward by the Reformation is that of sola scriptura which