12 FALL 2014
IN THE CLASSROOM
WHAT DO WE BELIEVE ABOUT SCRIPTURE? WE CANNOT ASSUME
THAT EVEN THOSE WHO PROFESS TO BE CHRISTIANS WILL ANSWER A
QUESTION AS SEEMINGLY FUNDAMENTAL AS THIS IN THE SAME WAY.
THE QUESTION ITSELF ASSUMES THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE—OR THE
CHURCH—MEAN BY "SCRIPTURE." SINCE ITS ORIGIN, THE CHURCH
HAS HELD ITS SACRED WRITINGS TO BE NOTHING LESS THAN THE WORD
OF GOD, YET ALSO THE WORDS OF HUMAN BEINGS.
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