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 | | From: | JPF | | Subject: | The B-I-B-L-E | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:04:50 GMT |
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 | God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a
distance by unaided minds. He spoke a book and lives in his spoken
words, constantly speaking his words and causing the power of them to
persist across the years. A. W. Tozer
The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it
has hands, it lays hold on me. - Martin Luther
The Bible is my church. It is always open, and there is my High Priest
ever waiting to receive me. There I have my confessional, my
thanksgiving, my psalm of praise, a field of promises, and a
congregation of whom the world is not worthy-prophets and apostles, and
martyrs and confessors-in short, all I can want, there I find.
- Charlotte Elliot
The Bible - banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently
attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals
have attempted to discredit it; dictators of every age have outlawed it
and executed those who read it. Yet soldiers carry it into battle
believing it more powerful than their weapons. Fragments of it smuggled
into solitary prison cells have transformed ruthless killers into gentle
saints.
- Charles Colson
In regard to this great book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God
has given to man. All the good Savior gave to the world was
communicated through this book. But for it we could not know right from
wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter,
are to be found portrayed in it.
- Abraham Lincoln
Its critics, who claimed it to be filled with forgery, fiction, and
unfulfilled promises, are finding that the difficulties lie with
themselves, and not the Bible. Greater and more careful scholarship has
shown that apparent contradictions were caused by incorrect translations
rather than divine inconsistencies. It was man and not the Bible that
needed correcting. It is the blueprint of the Master Architect.
- Billy Graham
One night I was so lonely I couldn't sleep. I decided to try meditating
on Psalm 36. As I read the words, vivid images began to fill my mind. I
pictured myself sitting at the edge of a beautiful flowing river of
God's delights with a demitasse cup. I filled my cup and took a sip.
It was wonderful. Then I heard the Lord say, "Carole, why don't you
jump right in?" That night I found that when you ask God for daily
insights from his Word, it's as if he taps you on the shoulder and says,
"This is just for you today."
- Carole Mayhall, Can a Busy Christian Develop Her Spiritual Life?
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