To the Journal editor:

Anyone who professes faith in God, and His Son Jesus Christ, will at some point (more than once) be confronted with, “How can you believe that stuff? The Bible is so old, people and culture have changed so much that that stuff is simply out of date! It’s irrelevant!”

Well, for openers, I grant some issues the Bible does not address: Will it help me ride my bicycle any better? Will the windows on my house be any cleaner? Will the cost of airline tickets decrease? Will medical care become more affordable? Will spinach taste any better — if I read the Bible? No.

Neither will my Chevrolet Equinox pull a twenty-ton trailer to New York City. In other words, we need to read the Bible for what the Bible was designed to do. Yes, culture has changed. But! God is the same yesterday, today, forever.

The holiness of both God and man, and the purpose and discernment of God’s will for one’s life are central Biblical issues. Plus, only in the Bible are we presented with the truths of Eternal Destiny and Eternal Salvation!

The wording may be old, but Truth is timeless. Eternal values undergird all relationships; we violate them and brokenness and emptiness ensue, without fail.

Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another–showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way.

Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us. 2 Timothy 3:16,17. The Message translation.

The Bible may be old, but Truth is timeless. Blessings on your walking in Truth.