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My Hill to Die On - Red Letter Bibles (Patreon)

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Red letter Bibles! The words of Christ! Surely, the part of the Bible you should read! Or… is that a bad way to look at it? Kaitlyn is aiming at Red letter Bibles and questions if it malforms our views of scripture.

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Mary Masthe1st

Just wondering, don’t we need more gospels in the church today?

Brad M

I agree with the general issues with Red Letter Bibles. It implies that Jesus' words are more important than the rest of the text when the content of the gospel is communicated through Jesus' words AND actions. The entire Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit, and we shouldn't think that Jesus' words are somehow "more inspired." However, as an Anglican who centers the Gospel reading in Eucharist services, I really think this practice is important because this kind of worship shapes our theology (Lex orandi, lex credendi). Christian worship needs to be Christocentric. This is one way we distinguish Christian worship from other forms of worship that accept the New Testament like Muslim worship. Processing the Cross and Gospel into the middle of the congregation illustrates that Jesus' life and teachings are the center of the Church. It's not meant to say that the Gospels are better than the rest of the Bible - just that the story of Jesus is the theological center of the Bible. We have Old Testament and New Testament readings as well, and centering the Gospel helps us remember that we need to read the Bible as a whole and through the lens of the Gospel. The Old Testament reading and the New Testament reading is always read *through* the Gospels.

Julia Ruggieri
>>187673128

Bingo! But, according to THP team, as an Anglican/Episcopalian I don’t hold an orthodox view of Scripture. Pot meet black kettle.

Ryan Mueller

Like many other Anglicans, I am totally in agreement regarding the red letter bible. I do not use one. I will never again use one. However, like many others, I do want to push back on the liturgical point. Standing for the Gospel reading in the Anglican liturgy has more to do with honoring the Christ whom is represented by the reading than it does with elevating the Gospels in particular, which I think is what Skye was getting at. It's the same deal as bowing at the name of Jesus (thank you, Bishop Laud!). We don't do that to the exclusion of worshiping the Father or the Spirit, just as the procession of the Gospel book (also known as "the sequence") does not elevate it necessarily above the OT or Epistle readings. It's also worth mentioning that the very fact that we have OT readings in almost every service (there are a handful of principle feast days that do replace the OT reading with a reading from Acts, at least in the ACNA lectionary) puts us miles ahead of non-liturgical Churches in terms of our relationship to the entirety of Scripture. I will absolutely grant that my parish, being populated by a significant number of theologians, philosophers, and theology students (and rectored by an analytic theologian who takes theological education very seriously who has no problem correcting his parishioners in our errors) is likely in the vast minority, but I seriously doubt that most of us would say that the sequence elevates the gospel such that the OT and Epistle are lowered. The sequence is also only for the Holy Eucharist so those who keep the Daily Office are even better acquainted with a view of scripture that sees both OT readings, the Epistle reading, and the Gospel reading as equivalent.

Ryan Mueller
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One other thing: Everything in the Anglican liturgy either points to the Lordship of Christ or functions to knit us as the church together in communion--the sequence does both. When I turn to face the deacon as he or she reads the gospel, I look and I see Mark, Rich, Jim, Natalie, Ann, Bonnie etc. and am reminded that we are a community that is patterned around Christ, not merely a collection of individuals following the teaching of our rector.

Kyle Adcox

Kaitlyn, have you flipped!? This is the very reason we have this virus called The MAGA Republican these days! The MAGA REPUBLICAN doesn't obey the teachings of Jesus ever! Kaitlyn, you're killing your credibility with me; What is the the matter with you!?

Scott Hale

And what church does she go to where people “just jump to the words of Jesus if they don’t like what else they’re reading”?? I WISH our church had this problem — getting folks to actually follow the words of Jesus (rather than just spouting the blessings of Proverbs or the militancy of David) is a continual, exhausting endeavor for me as a pastor.