English: Bible in candlelight. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Crisis of Scripture... Growing up in traditional Christian Reformed churches and attending Christian schools all of my life, the Bible holds a special place for me. Before this starts to sound like I'm holier than all of you, let me be clear that I have never really been great with daily personal devotions and even struggle at times now. That being said, there have been very few days in my life where the Bible has not been opened whether in personal or family devotions, in class, or at church. I've grown up hearing the language of the Bible as "God's Word," "inspired by God," and "God-breathed." The circles I've been in recognize human authorship, but for myself (and I'm guessing for the majority of my brothers and sisters) "God-breathed" means that God spoke words to men to be written down. That being said, I recognize that the canon (which books are h
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