Holy Scripture.
It's power, it's persuasion, it's life.
The biblical writers were revealing their God to us. In their day, in their time, in their mixed theology, with their limited understanding of science, medicine, psychology, etc. It is amazing and, as I read the scriptures, I stand in awe. But not of the written words or of the men who penned them. But of the God who inspired them. His spirit moving, changing, transforming, inciting, and turning over tables, time and again.
The church throughout the ages has held onto this storehouse of revelation and feels, rightly so, that it is the keeper and guardian of this treasure. Some denominations feel, within it's bound volume, lies the original, tried and true literal voice of God. And nothing in this mean, old, bad world is going to touch it. What is sad, there are so many in this world that don't want to. A good part don’t even acknowledge it and those of us that do have fallen out of step with it.
As the church, what do we do? Hold the dusty tome and let it die this slow death, society has relegated it to? Or let it out and let it do all the things it was created to do. It is tougher than we ever dreamed possible, and therein lies my hope.
The Holy Scripture has withstood the stupidity of the religious for thousands of years. It can surely take us on.
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