# “There is a single story to be told because there is a single divine Author” by Matthew Barrett

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2020/08/15/there-is-a-single-story-to-be-told-because-there-is-a-single-divine-author-by-matthew-barrett/
- Published: 2020-08-15T15:00:21-05:00
- Author: tollelege

“The whole of Scripture stands united by a single and primary author: _God_.

Rather than a collection of man’s highest thoughts about God, the Christian Scripture
is God’s self-communication to humanity about who He is and what He has done to 
redeem a lost race in Adam.

Inspiration guarantees that the canon’s _many_ stories tell _one_ story; there is
a single story to be told because there is a single divine author, who has declared
Himself to be its architect and creator.

He is not only the main actor in the drama of redemption but the drama’s scriptwriter.

Presupposed is a striking reality: it is because the story of Scripture has one 
divine author that His _divine authorial intent_ is embedded throughout Scripture’s
storyline.”

–Matthew Barrett, [_Canon, Covenant and Christology_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830829296?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
[_New Studies in Biblical Theology; Vol. 51_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830829296?tag=toletaupanre-20);
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020), 16-17.

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