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OUR DAILY BREAD         Wed., Aug. 30, 1995 
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READ:  Psalm 119:89-96 
 
         
                 TRUTH THAT ENDURES 
                   
          "The Scripture cannot be broken." 
 
                         -- John 10:35 
 
Is the Bible grossly outdated?  Must it "be  
rewritten to be of value today?"  That's the 
opinion of a Texas businessman who has donated 
$1.5 million to Oregon State University. 
 
The man, an alumnus of the school, gave the 
money to further the work of Marcus Borg, a 
professor who contends that most of the words 
attributed to Jesus in the Gospels were not  
spoken by our Lord. 
 
Although it is sad that so much money is being 
devoted to such a cause, we need not be unduly 
alarmed.  The Bible has been attacked throughout 
the centuries.  And many powerful people have 
dedicated their enormous resources to wiping out 
our faith. 
 
All such efforts have failed, however.  The  
teachings of Scripture, including the priceless 
words of Jesus, are indestructible, timeless, 
and transcultural, giving needed guidance to all 
peoples in all centuries. 
 
Scripture doesn't need to be rewritten.  It needs  
only to be gratefully embraced as God's age-abiding 
truth and then obediently put into practice. 
 
                                -- Vernon C. Grounds 
 
             We search the world for truth; 
        We cull the good, the pure, the beautiful, 
          From graven stone and written scroll, 
         From all old flower-fields of the soul; 
             And weary seekers of the best, 
           We come back laden from our quest 
            To find that all the sages said 
            Is in the Book our mothers read. 
 
                                -- Whittier 
 
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             THOUGHT FOR THE DAY             
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             The Bible may be old 
         but its truths are always new. 
 
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Jeremiah 40-42

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