A Spritual Anchor

There is wisdom in the desire fundamentalists have to set absolute limits on belief. The Bible acts as an anchor when encountering the mystery of God. The mystical aspect of Christianity is dangerous. The Holy Spirit, without the rest of the Trinity can lead to flights of fancy as the fullness of God rolls in like a tidal wave, and the power to see opens one up to a strange and alien world that can toss one about. A spiritual anchor is needed, something that can help give form and function to the experience. The Bible, even on my model, serves such a limiting factor. Be defining questions and giving the shape of the conversation, it allows us to avoid a religion of chaos. Faith in Christ does the same. If Jesus is the very form of God then He is also the Big Picture, the true shape of the overall, serving as a picture that allows us to put together the jigsaw puzzle that is our individual encounters with the Divine.