Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-653) and indexes.

The personal-word model -- Lordship and the word -- Modern views of revelation -- Revelation and reason -- Revelation and history -- Revelation and human subjectivity -- Revelation and God himself -- What is the word of God? -- God's word as his controlling power -- God's word as his meaningful authority -- God's word as his personal presence -- The media of God's word -- God's revelation through events -- God's revelation through words : the divine Voice -- God's revelation through words : prophets and apostles -- The permanence of God's word -- God's written words in the Old Testament -- Respect for God's written words in the Old Testament -- Jesus' view of the Old Testament -- The apostles' view of the Old Testament -- The New Testament as God's written words -- The canon of Scripture -- The inspiration of Scripture -- The content of Scripture -- Scripture's authority, its content, and its purpose -- The inerrancy of Scripture -- The phenomena of Scripture -- Bible problems -- The clarity of Scripture -- The necessity of Scripture -- The comprehensiveness of Scripture -- The sufficiency of Scripture -- The transmission of Scripture -- Translations and editions of Scripture -- Teaching and preaching -- Sacraments -- Theology -- Confessions, creeds, traditions -- Human reception of Scripture -- The interpretation of Scripture -- Assurance -- Person-revelation : the divine witness -- Human beings as revelation -- Writing on the heart -- Summary and organizational reflections.

'The Word of God' is a multi-faceted concept. God speaks but Word is one of Jesus's names. God's personal communications take other forms, through prophets, apostles, and the written Word. Frame investigates them all.--From publisher description.