The Eclipse of Christ by Scripture

Are we more in love with the Bible as the word of God than we are with the Lord Jesus Christ himself? This article draws a distinction between the living "word of God"—God's contemporary revelation that challenges and changes us—and "scripture," the archived record that we are too easily tempted to venerate and manipulate in its place. Jesus is presented as the Word made flesh, God's final and unmistakable revelation, greater than the prophets and the Old Covenant that pointed toward him. We are challenged to recognise that the scriptures are a signpost testifying to Christ, not a substitute for coming to him; so we must ask whether we are "Bibladelphians" or Christadelphians.