Poetry Can Deepen Our Understanding of Scripture

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Poetry Can Deepen Our Understanding of Scripture

Poetry Aloud

Apr 28, 2023

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It is a sorrow of mine to consider that most people who speak English and who have graduated from our colleges and universities know very little of their language’s poetic heritage; a greater sorrow to consider that Christians themselves know little about it. We have had many centuries of poetic meditation upon Scripture, in our own language, but we pre…

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