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Of course it does, but if we read it as the Christian Scientists do — drily, there is no sense of awe. The Word of God as we read in John 1 is more than just the written Word it is Jesus Christ. We celebrate his life with joy just as we silently contemplate His message.

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"Of course it does, but if we read it as the Christian Scientists do — drily, there is no sense of awe."

That's where the higher critical, "don't believe it in the first plact, liberal "christianity" takes you. One can't communicate an indwelling spirit one doesn't have.