You can impress from a distance, but you can only impact up close.

Never traffic in unpracticed truth.

In the midst of a generation screaming for answers, Christians are stuttering.

Maybe you've attended church for five, ten, or even twenty years, but you've never cracked open the Bible to prepare yourself for effectiveness as His instrument. You've been under the Word, but not in it for yourself.

The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity but to help you conform to Christ's image. Not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Saviour. Not to fill your head with a collection of biblicalfacts but to transform your life.

So it is with scripture. The word of God is there, able to transform your life. But you must probe for it. You have to penetrate the surface with more than just a cursory glance.

The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure.