Consolation and provocation as we encounter God
What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on their response in a few sentences. To see all of the responses together as they are posted, bookmark this page.
Consolation and provocation as we encounter God
For me, the Bible serves three functions. It consoles, assuring me via its vast array of stories, poems, and prayers that I am not alone as I lurch unevenly towards the sacred. It provokes, insisting through its defamiliarizing strangeness that I not grow complacent in following Jesus. And it draws me into an ever-evolving encounter with God, revealing to me the heart of my Creator through its mysterious alchemy of Spirit, word, and cruciform love.
