2 Timothy 3:16-17 is one of those snippets of scripture you get taught to memorise when you're a young evangelical. I haven't read it for a while but it formed part of our readings on Sunday morning and it struck me that I had learnt it without thinking clearly about what it means. Now's my chance to make up for that lack. Here's the passage. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work . We were taught that this verse was a key indication that we should believe the Bible in its entirety. It was often combined with a passing reference in 2 Peter 3:16
'Contemplating the teeming life of the shore, we have an uneasy sense of the communication of some universal truth that lies just beyond our grasp.' - Rachel Carson