It is filled with practical truths that will make you a better person.Now we are starting to scratch the surface a little. The Bible has impacted painters like Michael Angelo and Vincent Van Gogh, poets like John Donne and William Shakespeare, political activists like William Wilberforce and Martin Luther King, Jr., and musicians like Bach and Beethoven. These are some anemic examples that don’t even scratch the surface, really, but you get the idea. Did you know the Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the constitution) was derived from the biblical principle of individual soul liberty as articulated by the Rhode Island Baptists? How about the expression, “turn the other cheek?” That comes from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:39). Have you ever heard of the expression “by the skin of my teeth?” It comes from Job 19:20. Many of our quotations, philosophies, and ethics have been derived from the Bible.
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