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The premise

It was never addressed to me. It was absolutely meant for me.

Every page of the Bible carries someone else’s address. This is one lay reader learning to read Scripture in its own ancient world — and finding that the more ancient we let the text be, the more clearly it speaks into now.

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On Revelation · The story behind a song

Always the Lamb

A book that calls itself an unveiling has been handled for generations as a concealment. The way in is not through the lock — but through the curtain.

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The convictions

A few things this book is — that we forget at our peril.

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You can have full intellectual and moral integrity and full confidence in the Bible at the same time. I don’t believe you have to choose.

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