Holy Scripture

He must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it. (Titus 1:9)

Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

• "If there were any word of God beside the Scripture, we could never be certain of God's Word; and if we be uncertain of God's Word, the devil might bring in among us a new word, a new doctrine, a new faith, a new church, a new god, yea himself to be a god. If the Church and the Christian faith did not stay itself upon the Word of God certain, as upon a sure and strong foundation, no man could know whether he had a right faith, and whether he were in the true Church of Christ, or in the synagogue of Satan."  -- Archbishop Thomas Cranmer

• "The Bible never blinks at unpleasant facts. It is not afraid to call things by real names even when those names are short and hard. One of those straight, unflinching words is sin. The Bible is an awakener to the danger of sin. Whenever people get too confident of their own goodness, it is a sure sign that they are not the people of that Book. No one who reads the Bible is able to forget his need of salvation. Looking into the mirror of the Bible, men with uneasy consciences know that they have not merely made polite mistakes to be perfumed by psychological terms, but they have sinned. The Bible is like a sentinel standing guard against the tendency to take evil too lightly."  -- The Rt. Rev. J. Milton Richardson

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