A Quote from The Blue Parakeet

I like Scot McKnight’s fear of and fascination for the Bible that he expresses in this introduction to his book:

“I have learned that when we take our hands off the pages of the Bible, read and listen to its words, and enter into its story by faith, something happens.  It renews and continues to renew its powers.  It becomes what it was meant to be, something both more intimate than an old pair of jeans and more unusual than alien creatures, something like a familiar stranger or an unpredictable neighbor or a pet lion whose presence invigorates its surroundings. Something like the glory of the ocean, which on the surface appears gentle and strolling and pleasant to observe, but under that surface there’s a vibrant, teeming, swirling, dynamic world full of beauty and wonder. Or perhaps listening to the Bible is like having the most powerful person in the world sit down with you for coffee as a friend and chat with you.”

Anyone who feels like they’ve got the whole Bible thing worked out probably also thinks the collar and leash they’ve got on Aslan is going to hold.