Cheyenne Mountain, El Paso County - “God-Breathed”

 

 God has breathed life into all of Scripture. It is useful for teaching us what is true. It is useful for correcting our mistakes. It is useful for making our lives whole again. It is useful for training us to do what is right.

2 Timothy 3:16

Pikes Peak Summit - “My Soul Yearns for You”

 

Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws,we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. 

My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Isaiah 26:8-9

Old Fall Rivers Road, Rocky Mountains - He Who Drinks Will Never Thirst

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

John 4:14

Rock Ledge Ranch, Colorado Springs - “A Light Unto Our Path”

Inerrancy of Scripture

Whereas inspiration concerns the origin of the Bible’s authority, inerrancy describes its nature. By inerrancy we refer not only to the Bible’s being “without error” but also to its inability to err (we might helpfully illustrate this point by comparing it to the distinction between Jesus’ sinlessness or being without sin, on the one hand, and his impeccability or inability to sin on the other). Inerrancy, positively defined, refers to a central and crucial property of the Bible, namely, its utter truthfulness.

The basis for the doctrine of biblical inerrancy is located both in the nature of God and in the Bible’s teaching about itself. First, if God is perfect—all-knowing, all-wise, all-good—it follows that God speaks the truth. God does not tell lies; God is not ignorant. God’s Word is thus free from all error arising either from conscious deceit or unconscious ignorance. Such is the unanimous confession of the psalmist, the prophets, the Lord Jesus and the apostles. Second, the Bible presents itself as the Word of God written. Thus, in addition to its humanity (which is never denied), the Bible also enjoys the privileges and prerogatives of its status as God’s Word. God’s Word is thus wholly reliable, a trustworthy guide to reality, a light unto our path.

C S Lewis Institute

American Mother’s Chapel, Colorado Springs - “Come Now”

 

Learn to do good; Seek justice, 
correct oppression; 
Bring justice to the fatherless, 
plead the widow’s cause. 

 “Come now, let us reason together, 

says the Lord: 
though your sins are like scarlet, 
they shall be as white as snow; 
though they are red like crimson, 
they shall become like wool. 
 If you are willing and obedient, 
you shall eat the good of the land; 
 but if you refuse and rebel, 
you shall be eaten by the sword; 
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Isaiah 1:17-20

“The Woods are Lovely, Dark, and Deep”

 

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep. 

~ Robert Frost

Rocky Mountains- “He Sits Above the Circle of the Earth”

 It is He who sits above the circle of the Earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
He brings the princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth, useless.

Isaiah 40:22

Rocky Mountains, Colorado - "To Him Who Overcomes"

 

To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne,

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelations 3:21-22  

Shadow Mountain, Grand Lake - "Here I Am! I Stand at the Door and Knock"

 

Here I am!  I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

Revelation 3:20 NIV

Cascade Falls, Rocky Mountains National Park - "Lord of Heaven and Earth"

 God who made the world and everything in it, 

since He is Lord of heaven and earth, 

does not dwell in temples made with hands.

Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, 

as though He needed anything, since 

He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

Acts 17:24-25 NIV

East Inlet Trail, Rocky Mountains - "Fixing our eyes on Jesus"

 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.  And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.  For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lost heart.

Hebrews 12:1-3 NIV

Pikes Peak Summit - "How Beautiful on the Mountains"

 

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Isaiah 52:7

Adams Falls - "He changes Times and Seasons"

 

He changes times and seasons;
he deposes kings and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.

Daniel 2:21 

Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountains - "I Form Light and Create Darkness"

 

I form the light and create darkness,

I bring prosperity and create disaster;

I, the LORD, do all these things.

Isaiah 45:7 

East Inlet Trail - "Itching Ears"

 

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.  Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.  They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn to myths.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

Lake Granby, Colorado - "Remember the Former Things"

Remember the former things, those of long ago;

    I am God, and there is no other;

    I am God, and there is none like me.

    I make known the end from the beginning,

    from ancient times; what is still to come.

I say, 'My purpose will stand,

    and I will do all that I please."

Isaiah 46:9-10 

Rocky Mountains National Park - "Unfailing Love"

"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Isaiah 54:10  NIV
 

Colorado River and River Run Trail - "My Eyes are Fixed on You"

 But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge--do not give me over to death.

Psalm 141:8 NIV

Pike's Peak, Colorado Springs, Colorado - "A Refuge for the Oppressed"

The LORD also will be a 

refuge for the oppressed,

A refuge in times of

trouble.

And those who know Your

name will put their trust

 in You;

For You, LORD, have not

forsaken those who seek

You.

Psalm 

Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado - " Look Up into Heaven, Who Created the Stars?"

 

He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name.  Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.

Isaiah 40:26