The Source Matters

  How much would you pay for a baseball? Not a baseball made of gold—one made of leather with red stitching just like any other baseball. You can get a whole bag of baseballs from a place like Wal-Mart for about $20. So what is the maximum you would pay for a baseball? What if I told you the ball had been used in a Major League Baseball game? What if I told you the ball had been hit for a home run? What if I told you the ball was Mark McGwire’s 70th home run from the 1998 season? Well, someone paid $3 million for that particular baseball. Why? What made that ball so valuable? It was deemed valuable because of the person with whom it was connected. The source matters! What makes the Bible different from any other book? It is from God. “All Scripture is breathed out…