“Don’t let the Bible become just another textbook.” At the time, I thought his comment was needless and silly. It didn’t take long, however, for the Bible to become simply a resource for a term paper, a dorm Bible study, or a sermon. And now, after years of teaching, a new insight from the Bible can easily become a profound point to be noted for a lecture, rather than a new insight about the way of God in my life and world. “Sacred reading” is vital—literally—in order to ensure that our Bible study