My comment comes from the reading over the weekend page 144 of Give praise to God. I am not in agreement with Duncan/Johnson, on the point that scripture should be read, "by Those responsible for the preaching of the word". I feel that this may be a slight enproachment in regards to the priesthood of believers. The PCA Book of Church order, almost seems to indicate those with out the theological training are not qualified to read scripture to the church body.
I say this with some reservation. I think that passages read in corporate setting should be selected for the benefit of the body, and the reader should not trivially choose, "Whatever God has laid on his heart". Instead the reading might be something chosen by the pastor, as he has seen fit to read either as part of the order of service for the day or as part of a larger scale reading in the corporate body of the church.
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