The Trustworthiness of God’s Words: Why the Reliability of Every Word from God Matters

by Layton Talbert

Publisher:

Christian Focus

, 2022

Overview

This is a book about God’s jealousy for his integrity, his passion to be believed, on the basis of his words alone. Throughout Scripture God expresses his determination to be known as the God who keeps his words. He has resolved that every person and nation will see and confess that all his words are reliable down to every last syllable, jot, and tittle. Learning to trust a God who is sovereign and in control, especially in the ache and throb of life, means hanging on to the conviction that everything he says is utterly dependable.
Knowing that God’s words are trustworthy and living it out can be two different things though, so as well as laying out the theological foundations, Layton MacDonald Talbert explores the practical applications. What does trusting God’s words look like in real life and how has it played out in the experience of God’s people? Let Talbert show you how in tracing the reliability of God through history we can learn to trust in with the future.

Key Features

• Talks about God’s jealousy for his integrity.
• Highlights the conviction that everything he says is utterly dependable.
• Shows from Scripture itself that God is true to his word.

Praise for the Print Edition

… helps to strengthen our wavering faith by showing us how and why God’s words are absolutely trustworthy. The author then shows how a clear understanding of God’s trustworthiness affects our everyday lives.

--Kevin Bauder , Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Plymouth, Minnesota Author of several books including Baptist Distinctives and New Testament Church Order

Layton Talbert demonstrates from God’s own words that God is passionate about vindicating the complete integrity and trustworthiness of his words. All of God’s words are reliable. God always keeps his words.

--Andy Naselli, Associate Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology, Bethlehem College and Seminary, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hermeneutically nuanced. Theologically sound. Pastorally sensitive. Layton Talbert offers both the church and the academy a valuable service here. I heartily recommend it to God’s people as an antidote to unbelief in God’s Word.

--A. Philip Brown II, Professor of Bible and Theology, Graduate Program Director, God’s Bible School and College (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Product Details

• Title: The Trustworthiness of God’s Words: Why the Reliability of Every Word from God Matters
• Author: Layton Talbert
• Publisher: Christian Focus
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Pages: 280
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781527107908, 1527107906
• Resource ID: LLS:TRSTWRTHNSSMTTR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-01-11T23:03:02Z

About Layton Talbert

Layton Talbert is professor of theology at Bob Jones University Seminary. He is also the author of Not by Chance, a study of God’s loving providence in every area of the believer’s life. Dr. Talbert lives in Greenville, SC, with his wife, Esther, and their five children.