Scripture in and through which God performs many other speech acts. Moreover, it is the work of the Holy Spirit to continually break through our complacent prejudices and shortages of wisdom in and through the words of the Bible. It is not enough to affirm the role of the Spirit in the production of Scripture (see Eph. 3:5 and 2 Pet. 1:20–21 above); it is equally necessary to listen for and to hear what the Spirit says (present tense) to the churches. Word and Spirit. As this slogan becomes practice