Includes bibliographical references (p. 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 -- 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 -- Epilogue.

'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