To say that the Word of God is in the biblical text doesn't mean that you can take verses from the text at will and call them "God's words" It means that if we enter the text and feel the flow if its arguments, get its twists and turns, God's revelation can happen to us.


on denominations: Some see this as a division to be remedied, but there's another way to see it, as diversification to be celebrated. What if the Christian faith is supposed to exist in a variety of forms rather than just one imperial one? what if it is both more stable and more agile, more responsive to the Holy Spirit when it exists in these many forms? and what if , instead of arguing about which form is correct and legistimate, we were to honor, appreciate, and validate one another and see ourselves as servants of one grander mission...