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“We do have truth. It is the story of God handed down in Scripture, in the church, and in its ministry of worship. The antidote to an intellectual spirituality is not an anti-intellectual spirituality but a spirituality rooted in God’s story that stands on its own. What I mean by this is that God’s story is a vision of reality that does not need to be supported by reason, science, or any other discipline.”

“The Christian way of knowing,” I continued, “is reflection on Scripture within community.”

When someone asks me the question, “Do you have a personal relationship with God?” I always answer, “You’re asking the wrong question. What is important here is not that I in and of myself achieve or create a personal relationship with God, but that God has a personal relationship with me through Jesus Christ, which I affirm and nourish.”