• Speaking Biblically

    Speaking Biblically

    It is not often that a twelve year old takes an interest in the Bible, so when one sat in our office and began to leaf through the Old Testament, I was pleasantly surprised. Even more surprising was that he was quizzing the youth workers on its contents. I have to admit that this particular version of the Holy Writ was in fact an illustrated, comic-style bible. This did not diminish the fact that a young person who once called Christianity “a load of @#&t” was taking an interest in its contents. In the face of the onslaught of questioning we were facing, I wondered if we would be able…