On the recordNovember 14, 2017
I thank the gentleman. I have a riddle for everyone. What is the most dangerous book ever published? What is the most powerful book ever written? What is the most cited book by Presidents and our Nation's Founders? What is the most prized possession that I own? The Bible. It is a controversial book. Many people have it on their shelf at home, or it gathers dust on some end table, and people think it is a pretty innocuous book. But more people have lost their lives over this book than any other book ever written. Many rulers have ordered the gathering and burning of all Bibles in the country, and, even today, in countries like North Korea, possession of a Bible results in death or sentence to a labor camp. Why? Well, because it is more than a historic book, although it is; and it is more than a collection of wise advice and spellbounding stories, which it is. It has the audacity to claim something radical and all-inspiring at the same time. It claims to be the Word of God. Now, as a result, it changes lives. The Bible reveals a plan. It starts right out with these words: ``In the beginning, God made. . . .'' That changes everything. That sets the stage saying that we are not here by chance, that there is a loving God who has a design, and we are a part of it. It makes a difference if we have a plan. It reveals that plan. It also gives us a purpose. Part of the Psalms in 139 says, we are ``fearfully and wonderfully made'' by a loving God.…
