Commmitments restated, assumptions rejected and replaced
Commitments restated
The God testified to in the Old Tesatment is the same God testified to in the New Testament
This God is made fully known to us in Christ, what we can know about God, is known correctly/truly through Christ
Scripture contains all thing necessary for salvation
No comment about things which do not pertain to salvation, (e.g. evolution)
If it isn't in scripture, we need not believe it (assuming this isn't self-referentially incoherent)
The truth of Christ may be contained in places other than scripture, too (e.g. icons, sacraments, songs...)
Rejected assumptions
Scripture demands to be read as a unitary whole (internal unity)
Finding truth in scripture means finding the one correct interpretation (probably what the author intended) (monosemy).
Scriptural truth comes only (or primarily) in propositional packages
Local contradictions defeat the larger truth of scripture
The human authors of scripture do not lie, have agendas, make errors, etc.; God cannot redeem our sin for saving purposes
Knowledge saves (either "plain" or "hidden")
Replacement assumptions
The uniting (but not unifying!) factor is Christ (external unity)
Jesus always offered the cure appropriate to the disease; scripture contains the cures, but in ways appropriate to our problems--which probably aren't the ways we want them.
Contradictions are invitation to engagement, not cause to reject or ignore (or take up mental gymnastics)
Inspiration does not mean divine dictation; humans make errors, lie, and have agendas; God works with/through our sin to save us