The Inexhaustible Riches Hidden in Scripture
Harry Melvill, in his Golden Lecture of 1850, marveled at a truth that should stagger every believer: the Bible never exhausts itself. A miner descends...
This is historical examples on the sufficiency of Scripture and meditation on God's Word, drawing on Psalms 119:148.
Harry Melvill, in his Golden Lecture of 1850, marveled at a truth that should stagger every believer: the Bible never exhausts itself. A miner descends into earth's darkness seeking precious metals, extracting what he finds, then moving forward—the vein runs out. But the Word of Yahweh knows no such depletion. The psalmist cried out at midnight, his eyes opened (paqach) before the watches, meditating upon God's promises.…
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