Sola Scriptura

The protestant reformation took flight with Martin Luther's thorough reading of the epistle to the Romans. The power and authority of the Scripture electrified and liberated Luther. The "church" would never be the same. Because of Luther's rejection of papal authority and Roman church tradition - the notion of sola scriptura - meaning, faith by Scripture alone took root. RC Sproul writes, "The true canon of Scripture is the rule of God that contains the whole counsel of God, nothing less and nothing more... The Old Testament reveals the character of God...Perhaps we are living in the most antinomian period in church history. It is a time when attention to the law of God is not considered all that important." Agreeing with Sproul - how is it our protestant heritage of thorough life defining searching of the Scripture has been abandoned and an emotional idolatry of Scripture has replaced it. Are not we told of a "lacking" and "blind" faith (2 Pet 1:9) which does not wholly embrace all the precepts given by our Lord in Scripture?
So often, we live a life separate from Scripture. Although we consider Scripture to be true and accurate - in most cases of life, it really does not provide the insight or answers we are looking for. Yet Paul states in Romans 4:3 - "For what saith the Scripture?" Should not the very course of our life be established from the foundations of Biblical teaching. James told us, "for that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that." From a bird's eye view - Christianity appears to reflect a life absent of personal Scriptural devotion and guidance and vessels looking to deny self, live or die for Christ, and give our will to the Lord as a willing sacrifice - acceptable unto Him.