Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch
Friday, July 5, 2024
Earlier this week Shelley and I were in a thrift store in Vancouver, Washington. On top of a bookshelf was perched this imposing tome, its title promising everything important to know about life.
Looking at the design of the book, you’ve probably suspected—as I did—that it isn’t exactly recent. Sure enough, here’s a shot of the title page. Take a look at the date at the bottom:
1962 means that this book and its contents are 62 years old! I’m sure its compilers meant well, but can you imagine how little of its “essential knowledge” is actually usable anymore? A friend in the medical field recently told me that a couple of decades ago, pretty much all this person had learned in school had had to be revised and in some cases reversed, simply because better information had been discovered.
The Bible is a far older book, having been written over a period of 1600 years, concluding in the early 90s AD. But its wisdom—which includes its moral teachings, its history, its poetry, and its prophecy—is still as fresh as ever. Far from being relegated to a thrift store shelf off which no one has bothered to acquire it, God’s Word is treasured by billions as a dependable guide to the past, present and especially the future.
To review what the Bible says about itself, click the link just below: