The Practical Word

The following is an answer Google Gemini gave per the Sufficiency and Clarity of Scripture. ~  You've hit on a very insightful parallel! The "need to know" principle in the military is indeed a helpful analogy for understanding John Frame's view on the clarity (perspicuity) and sufficiency of Scripture. Here's why your analogy works and how Frame would apply it: The "Need to Know" Principle in the Military: In the military, information is compartmentalized. A private doesn't need to know the grand strategic plan of a campaign; they need to know their specific orders, their role, and the information relevant to their immediate task. Their superiors are deliberately not telling them everything, not because the information isn't available or important, but because it's not necessary for that private's specific duties, and might even be a security risk if widely disseminated. How John Frame Applies this to Sufficiency and Clarity: Frame...

I found this at:  Encouragement to Those with Unconverted Family and Friends  Reprinted from “The Autobiography of George Müller” pp. 135-138 For the encouragement of believers who are tried by having unconverted relatives and friends, I will relate the following circumstance which I know is true. Baron von Kamp, who lived in Prussia, had been a disciple of the Lord Jesus for many years. In the year 1806, great financial distress came upon many thousands of weavers in the area. They had no employment because the whole continent was in an unsettled state from the war. The baron believed that it was the will of the Lord to use his wealth to furnish these poor weavers with work in order to save them from complete ruin. There was not only no prospect of personal gain, but rather the certain prospect of immense loss. Nevertheless, he found employment for about six-thousand weavers. But the baron was not content with this. He also wanted to minister to the souls of these weavers. He...