Pastor Joynt's Devotionals

Questions Week 12, Day 4

HEBREWS 1:1-4

The scope of scripture also helps me trust its wisdom. The Bible has 66 books and includes material and insights from many eras and multiple cultural settings. The sheer scope and variety of it is staggering, as it covers millennia, but yet it remains a single story, about a single great character, our amazing God and his redemption of this world. No other volume has this diversity and this unity.

Moreover, the originality of the Bible impresses me. The gospels are a new form of literature, and within them the parables are a new kind of communication. The Bible’s narratives, even when they draw on universal themes or traditional material, are distinctive.

Have you ever thought about the marvelous diversity, unity, and originality of the Bible?

FAMILY TIME—

The  Bible is an ocean so deep scholars cannot reach the bottom and a play pool babies can paddle in!

What is deep and what is simple in the Bible?

Questions Week 12, Day 3

PSALM 19:7-11

If the Bible were not reliable and trustworthy, would its influence be so deep and pervasive? No other book has been translated into more languages or received such intense study and scrutiny. No book has impacted the English language more than the Bible, providing so many key phrases and insights. No other book contains such clear inspiration for the rule of law, individual rights and democratic political institutions. Where else do we find a measure for social life that focuses on the needs of the least and the lost? The psalms have inspired music and poetry in every generation. The characters of the Bible are three dimensional and evocative and have crossed time and culture to illuminate the lives of millions. Nowhere else does the complexity, beauty, and tragedy of human life come across in such a profound way.

What is unique to you about the Bible?

Thank God for scripture.

FAMILY TIME—

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