“The commerce and communion between God and his people is an inherently textual phenomenon. The eternally eloquent God has stooped to speak a word of saving consolation to us,” writes theologian Scott Swain. “Because Scripture is the supreme locus of God’s self-communication in the world, Christians are ‘people of the book.’ The Lord gathers, nourishes, defends, and guides his people through this book; and his people assemble around, feed upon, find shelter in, and follow after the words of this book.”
