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I would say maybe more fully, a summary of the will and character and works of God. And there is doubtless more.

Using the bible right is a challenge and we’ve clashed over it, yes.

I think having knocked my head good and hard spiritually against WRONG ways to use the bible, has formed part of my background.

I see it now as kind of like the manual that comes with an aircraft. It’s useless without a serious attempt to actually fly the aircraft. Knowing it inside and out can never substitute for flying the aircraft, and flying it well. And it may even happen that someone might come along and fortuitously figure out some things about flying the aircraft without even reading the manual, perhaps because he heard some of the whispers of the aircraft’s builder.

And this is why the spiritual vision of Hindus doesn’t shock me as much as it used to. I will never become a Hindu, no. Christ remains the Name Above All Names and shows it, and He is the One to whom I have allegiance. I find that Hindus will listen to gospel if respectfully presented. The grace of God sure gets past the karma problem, and I have already started to let on to them about that. To them, it is an astounding blessing they do not yet fully grasp.