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Whenever we pick up the Bible, read it, put it down, and say, "That's just what I thought," we are probably in trouble.

If God has a best friend (and why not?), then surely it is Moses. (pg. 46)

Yet accurate speech about anything, and especially about God, is in fact a rhythm of silence and speech, speaking and listening.

From a biblical perspective, salvation is a subcategory of revelation - or better, salvation is a consequence of revelation fully received.

...consider how [the Proverbs] define success: the establishment of righteousness, justice and equity. (pg. 95)

The resurrection produces a "conversion of the imagination" that causes us to understand everything else differently.

Worship is a vigorous act of reordering our desires in the light of God's burning desire for the wellness of all creation. (pg. 152)

The fourth-century Greek theologian St. John Chrysostom said that Job's greatest trial was that his wife was not taken. (pg. 125)

The Song [of Solomon] captures the ecstatic aspect of love that is the main subject of the whole Bible. (pg. 67)

The danger of Christians reading the Bible confessionally is that we run the risk of reading alone.