Scripture: John 4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Leading Question: Why is the Word of God as found in Scripture more powerful than our own words?

Over 100 years ago, a popular American preacher, P. T. Forsyth, wrote some intriguing words about the Bible.

“I do not believe in verbal inspiration. I am with the critics in principle. But the true minister ought to find the words and phrases of the Bible so full of spiritual food and felicity that he has some difficulty in not believing in verbal inspiration.” – P. T. Forsyth, Positive Preaching and the Modern Mind (1907), 38; Eerdmans reprint, ...