earlier versions, while affirming the historicity of the text and its true historical setting. It is just that they don’t make history their only pursuit. In the liturgy, at the conclusion of the Old Testament and Epistle Readings, is this response: A: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.106 The Scripture reading is God speaking in the present moment. “This is [not just was, and certainly not might somehow become] the Word of the Lord.” Reading the Bible theologically is really an old-school