Handling the Bible in Love and Faith
by Kirsten Birkett, Church Society:
I want people to be convinced that the word of God is good. God is so generous, and his word saves and enriches and fulfils life. God will offer anyone the opportunity to approach him, unashamedly, in Christ. He will teach us all to let go of the old ways of hate, and separation, and disunity. His welcome is universal and unconditional.
We know this from the Bible; and it is from the Bible that Christians have always learned not just how to come to God, but how to live as he would have us live. He teaches us through Christ, whose apostles were led by his Spirit into all truth, so they could write down everything we need to know to be followers of Christ. The books of the New Testament were chosen to be included as Scripture, alongside the Old Testament, because they contained what the early Christians knew to be apostolic teaching. The Reformers were not perfect, but they came back firmly to this understanding that the Bible is God’s word, written by humans but inspired by God, and it is to be our standard. The Church of England was founded on this basis, as the Articles make entirely clear.
So why is there so much disagreement about what we should do?
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