Reading Scripture as the Church Humanity and a contributor to the

and a contributor to the forthcoming Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia (Eerdmans)

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best-selling author Russell Moore (Onward

Stott profoundly shaped evangelicalism's contemporary understanding of Christianity through an approach to the Christian life founded on the word

popular radio host and pastor Crawford Loritts challenges us to live fully for Christ

Reading Scripture as the Church Humanity and a contributor to theThe Bible is meant to be read in the church, by the church, as the church. Although the practice of reading Scripture has often become separated from its ecclesial context, theologian Derek Taylor argues that it rightly belongs to the disciplines of the community of faith. He finds a leading example of this approach in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who regarded the reading of Scripture as an inherently communal exercise of discipleship. In