Q uoting a verse from scripture is a good thing to do, don’t you think? It never hurts for someone to read God’s word. But it isn’t quite that simple. Open a Christian non-fiction book and you are likely to find many references to Bible verses. Sometimes, those verses are just references to tell you were to look to find supporting evidence for what the author is saying. Other times, it may be a quote taken from the Bible. Open a Christian novel and you may find that the author has put a few of their favorite verses at the beginning of each chapter. Or maybe one of the characters recites a verse to another character. I have a love for God’s word and yet I find that I often skip over some of the verses authors include in their work. I figure there are a couple of ways I can look at that. I can take a self-deprecating attitude and say that I don’t love the scriptures as much as I should. Or I can look for another reason. The thing we need to ask ourselves is why devout Christians who ...
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