The next chapter in Franke’s book is Chapter 8, “Scripture As the Word of God.” And technically, everything should be okay, because the words are all okay, but everything is so darn parsed, and I think I recognize maneuvering room when I see it.
Correct. So why does it clank? Why does it clank like an Abrams tank going over a tin bridge? Things like this can be technically correct, and still seem off, like the band leader counting off, “ONEtwothree4.” Or like a man proposing to his dear love Natalie, and having it come out, “naTAlie, woodJA CONsent to marREE me? This DecemBER?” All the information is there, but she would still be justified in thinking that he was making fun of her.
Like a man introducing the key note speaker at a conference, and by the end of the introduction, we all know a lot more about the introducer than we do about that other guy, whoever he is.