that one is Christian. Most of us have our own anecdotal evidence for how a plain reading of a biblical passage has been used to support sheer nonsense; the Internet is bristling with additional, viable exemplars of my point. This recommends the practice of theological formation as a prerequisite or corequisite for practicing the craft of biblical interpretation. It also proposes at least two contenders for the title “The Great Problem Facing the Church”: is the church’s great problem biblical illiteracy,