A third-grade Sunday school teacher was giving a lesson on the commandment, "Honor thy father and mother." "Now, does anyone know a commandment for brothers and sisters?" she asked. One sharp girl raised her hand and said, "Thou salt not kill." (1)

A first and second grade class Sunday teacher says that when she asked what the two main divisions of the Bible are, one little boy responded "The Old Intestine and the New Intestine." (2)

Every page of this Book is filled with part of the Adventure. From the story of Creation on the first page to the story of our final redemption on the last page. Sure, some of it is boring lists of genealogies. Some of it is rituals of sacrifice that ended 2000 years ago. But those parts are all part of the Book.

Most of us get bogged down because of those …