Quotes by William Jennings Bryan that I found while studying for my final exam:
“If a man believes that he is a descendant of the ape, he can go to the zoo and speculate on how far he has come; if he believes the Bible, he goes to church and considers how far he has to go.”
Another one: “It is better to trust in the Rock of Ages, than to know the age of rocks.”
I think my new favorite psalm is Psalm 25, the ESV version:
http://www.esvbible.org/Psalm+25/
Bekah
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Yes, that is a wonderful Psalm, Bekah. It is one of the Psalms that I read during some of my darkest days, when it became so clear that we have to experience some degree of what the biblical writers suffered in order to perceive their meaning and their hearts. It was amazing to see, for the first time ever, while reading through the Psalms at that dark time, how very hated and hurt was the man who wrote that and other Psalms. Before that time, I had always read past all of his pain and confusion without really feeling it, but during that time, I couldn’t read past it. There was too much of a connection.
One verse in the ESV Psalm 25 that might be translated differently is verse 14, though what is there in the ESV is fine, I am sure. Those translators had it, “The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him”, but a more literal rendering might be better, such as “The secret counsel of the Lord is for those who fear Him.”
Daddy