To ignore what can be learned by attending to scriptural interpretation for most of church history--including, if not especailly, by broadly orthodox Christians who were not American evangelicals--is foolish and arrogant. One need not be bound to accept every biblical interpretation rendered in every age of the church to nonetheless benefit enormously from the long experience and possible insights of Bible-reading, theologically reflecting believers across two millennia.
Christian Smith, The Bible Made Impossible (Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2011), 155.
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