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“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin Luther

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Page 1: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin Luther

Page 2: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin Luther

Page 3: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“To read Scripture is to risk transformation, conversion, an exchange of masters.” -William Willimon

Page 4: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“To read Scripture is to risk transformation, conversion, an exchange of masters.” -William Willimon

Page 5: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic… Do not defend God’s word, but testify to it… Trust to the Word. It is a ship loaded to the very limits of her capacity!” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Page 6: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic… Do not defend God’s word, but testify to it… Trust to the Word. It is a ship loaded to the very limits of her capacity!” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Page 7: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“If we are not interested in the Word of God, can we really be interested in God?” -Robert Godfrey

Page 8: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“If we are not interested in the Word of God, can we really be interested in God?” -Robert Godfrey

Page 9: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Page 10: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Page 11: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“Never let good books take the place of the Bible. Drink from the Well, not from the streams that flow from the Well.” -Amy Carmichael

Page 12: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“Never let good books take the place of the Bible. Drink from the Well, not from the streams that flow from the Well.” -Amy Carmichael

Page 13: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“The Word of God I think of as a straight edge, which shows up our own crookedness. We can't really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.” -Elisabeth Elliot

Page 14: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“The Word of God I think of as a straight edge, which shows up our own crookedness. We can't really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.” -Elisabeth Elliot

Page 15: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, ‘It is talking to me, and about me.’” -Soren Kierkegaard

Page 16: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, ‘It is talking to me, and about me.’” -Soren Kierkegaard

Page 17: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.” -A.W. Tozer

Page 18: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.” -A.W. Tozer

Page 19: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.” -Martin Luther

Page 20: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.” -Martin Luther

Page 21: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

"Scripture is like a river...broad and deep, shallow enough here for the lamb to go wading, but deep enough there for the elephant to swim.” -Gregory the Great

Page 22: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

"Scripture is like a river...broad and deep, shallow enough here for the lamb to go wading, but deep enough there for the elephant to swim.” -Gregory the Great

Page 23: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“When I study the Bible, I prepare myself to talk to others. When I read the Bible, God talks to me.” -D. L. Moody

Page 24: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“When I study the Bible, I prepare myself to talk to others. When I read the Bible, God talks to me.” -D. L. Moody

Page 25: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“The Bible is the cradle wherein the Christ is laid.” -Martin Luther

Page 26: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“The Bible is the cradle wherein the Christ is laid.” -Martin Luther

Page 27: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.” -Harper Lee

Page 28: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.” -Harper Lee

Page 29: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“I believe that the Bible alone is the answer to all our questions, and that we need only to ask repeatedly and a little humbly, in order to receive this answer. One cannot simply read the Bible, like oth-er books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Page 30: “The Bible is alive.. - The Presbytery of Shenango ... · PDF file“The Bible is alive...it speaks to me...it has feet, it runs after me...it has hands, it lays hold of me." -Martin

“I believe that the Bible alone is the answer to all our questions, and that we need only to ask repeatedly and a little humbly, in order to receive this answer. One cannot simply read the Bible, like oth-er books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer