October 30, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, October 30.
There’s an old expression - “Chapter and Verse!” You don’t hear it much anymore. My daughters wouldn’t know it, but my parents certainly did. It typically appeared in conversations that included specifications and details. One person would ask, “Is that accurate?” And the other would reply, “Chapter and Verse!” The phrase obviously finds its roots in the layout of the Bible.
But throughout most of the Bible’s existence, it had no literary divisions. Chapters didn’t first appear until the 1200’s, and the first copy of God’s Word to contain both chapters and verses was the Geneva Bible, published in 1560 - a relatively modern change. My library includes a Bible with no sections, other than the books. It’s not old, just a modern novelty. The Psalms are just one, long unbroken poem. Talk about being hard to find a particular verse! I’m sure you have a favorite verse of scripture, but do you have a favorite chapter? Here’s some of mine.
*Genesis 1 - The creation story
*Psalm 150 - An amazing doxology
*Ecclesiastes 3 - It’s about time
*Isaiah 6 - A prophet’s vision of worship
*Matthew 5 - The sermon on the mountain
*Luke 2 - A Bethlehem baby
*I Corinthians 13 - The greatest of these is love
*Ephesians 6 - Put on the armor of God
*Psalm 23 - The Shepherd’s psalm
And then there’s the passage that many theologians (and some regular folks like you and me) believe to be the greatest chapter in the Word - Romans 8. It ends with these words. “I’m convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation shall be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Words of comfort, words of hope, words of truth... Chapter and Verse!
Meet you back here on Monday,
David
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