Grace Has A Grand Laughter In It.

He [christ] Even Restored The Severed Ear Of The Soldier Who Came To Arrest Him - A Fact That Allows Us To Hope The Resurrection Will Reflect A Considerable Attention To Detail.

I Am Delighted If People Find That Kind Of Sustenance In Novels, But Perhaps It's Because They Don't Read The Scripture That They Are Comparing It To, Which Would Perhaps Provide Deeper Sustenance Than Many Contemporary Novels.

Fact Explains Nothing. On The Contrary, It Is Fact That Requires Explanation.

Anybody Who Has Read Any Biblical Scholarship Knows That Every Scholar Struggles Over Completely Intractable Problems With The Original Texts, Or What They Have To Work From. It's One Of The Great, Powerful, Mysterious Objects That Have Come Down Through History. This Does Not Translate Into Literal Interpretation For Me.

This Is An Interesting Planet. It Deserves All The Attention You Can Give It.