Done well,
the public reading of scripture is more than just Bible reading.
Scripture does do something to us in worship, which is why it is a scandal that Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and other traditions have more
public reading of Scripture in their services than we Bible - oriented evangelical Protestants.
Public readings of scripture now tend to deemphasise sound - scripture readings in worship tend to be almost mechanistic and without passion or drama.
Until I come, devote yourself to
the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
In I Timothy 4:13, Paul exhorts Timothy to «give attention to
the public reading of scripture» until he arrives.
Not exact matches
President - Elect Donald Trump's pro-life platform against abortion, along with his support for traditional family values, marriage as stated in the Bible as one man and one woman instead
of same - sex marriage, in favor
of prayer and the
reading of sacred
scripture in our
public schools, and his promise to appoint conservative judges to the United States Supreme Court made Evangelicals and even Democrats who espouse those positions to support Donald Trump.