This is the way the Bible has been read by most Christians for most of the Christian centuries, but it is not commonly read that way today. The reading style employed more often than not by contemporary Christians is fast, reductive, information-gathering and, above all, practical. We read for what we can get out of it, what we can put to use, what we think we can use—and right now. “We . . . we . . . we . . . we . . .” all the way home. If we are serious about following Jesus and living out the gift of his life in detail in our bodies and circumstances, we must swim against this whitewater
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