ago remains apt. Christians must come to terms with the “irreverent doctrine” of the incarnation if they wish to see Scripture as it really is.5 In fact, the Christian faith itself, according to Lewis, is an “incurably irreverent religion” in that incarnation is the central, principle operative (though differently so) in both Christ and Scripture. When seen in this light, exploring what “God speaks truth” means cannot and must not be undertaken apart from a warm embrace of the idioms, attitudes,