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Article: Bible 101: Loving the living language of Scripture
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- Canadian Mennonite
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- September 3, 2007
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"How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path"
"I delight in the way of your decrees. I will meditate on your precepts, fix my eyes on your ways. I will not forget your word."
"Truly I love your commandments more than gold, more than fine gold. Truly I direct my steps by all your precepts. Your decrees are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them"
How appropriate that the Psalmist, in so many ways, values and cherishes the language of our faith. But is this how we regularly talk about the Bible-about its language or its message? I find the language of this psalm (Psalm 119) so refreshing and inspiring. There is a ...