Making Sense out of Scripture
by Steven H. Shussett

Imagine an era when the worship service was conducted in a language that you did not speak. The time you now spend listening to the sermon, being engaged in liturgy and singing hymns might well be far less full, and far less fulfilling. This was the reality for most people when Latin was the Church’s mother tongue, and for those in attendance, minds might well drift to other things—as might ours today.

Seeing and Hearing Scripture
The stained glass windows that we might acknowledge only for their beauty also provided an opportunity for our forbears to learn something as well. Few people could read until well after the Protestant Reformation, but by taking in the stories told in the windows, worshippers could take in something of the Bible itself.

How can we make the most of reading the Bible, employing all of our senses? Find out in the May/June 2007 issue of Horizons!

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Steve Shussett is the teaching presbyter of Lehigh Presbytery.

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