This eleven-year-old Lutheran lad from Texas ticks off all 66, Old Testament and New -- but that's of course the Protestant version. Better still, he finds Jesus in every one. Joe Carter declares he's "such an impressive preacher he could be mistaken for a Baptist." Not for a Roman Catholic, I think...

David Gibson is the director of Fordham’s Center on Religion & Culture.

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