Reading the Bible in 2025
Presbyterians interpret the Bible through a Reformed lens, balancing Scripture with reason, tradition, and experience. This approach allows for a critical and thoughtful engagement with the text, appreciating its complexity while remaining open to its transformative power. To read the Bible, then, is not merely to read a book. It is to open oneself to God’s grace, to the wisdom of the Christian tradition, and to the ongoing work of the Spirit in shaping lives and communities. It is to participate in a story that continues to inspire, challenge, and call us to something greater.
Reading & Heuristics
Someone recently asked me if I keep a list of books I’ve read, am reading, or plan to read. In fact, I used to be much better about this. In college, I was fastidious about keeping a tidy LibraryThings account. I toyed around with Goodreads, too. In reality, however, I think there’s something about record-keeping for its own sake that elicits jouissance. I don’t value my opinions highly enough to offer reviews of things with any reliable regularity.