Does the Bible’s silence give man permission, or does it forbid unauthorized action?

In this episode of the Biblical Christianity Podcast, we begin a four-part series on hermeneutics by examining the dangerous argument: “The Bible doesn’t say we can’t.”

This discussion tackles the silence of Scripture, biblical authority, instrumental music, unauthorized worship, the new hermeneutic, and the growing tendency to treat God’s silence as permission rather than prohibition.

Using passages such as Hebrews 7:11–14, Leviticus 10:1–3, Deuteronomy 4:2, 1 Peter 4:11, and 2 Timothy 2:15, we show that when God specifies what He wants, man has no authority to add what God has not approved.

The issue is not whether the Bible lists every possible prohibition. The issue is whether the practice is authorized by what God has revealed.