seen as God’s gift to the church. Scripture was the central, but not the only, vehicle by which Christians were able to live and worship faithfully before the Triune God. Moreover, faithful living, thinking, and worshiping shaped the ways in which Christians interpreted Scripture. This was because, ultimately, scriptural interpretation, worship, and Christian faith and life were all ordered and directed toward helping Christians achieve their proper end (or goal; Greek telos) in God. Nevertheless,