Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks where we connect the Bible to your life in the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Keith Simon. I'm Tanya Wilmouth.

And I'm Patrick Miller.

Today we have a special guest sharing one of his favorite verses.

It's his second time on our podcast.

Taylor Gray is a pastor at Linden Life Fellowship and he is also a indie rapper and a poet.

He is the co-host of the Make It Plain Podcast, which looks at the life and writings of Malcolm X and explores what we as Christians can learn from that.

I've learned a lot from Taylor and I'm excited for you to hear from him today.

Hello, my name is Taylor Gray, and today I have the privilege of sharing with you a little

bit about my favorite Bible verse.

This is a really tough one for me because there can be several different passages that come to mind and the selection can even be seasonal.

But I will say this, there's been one particular verse that stood out in my mind and has been instrumental in shaping my growth as a follower of Christ.

And it's in the book of Jeremiah chapter 9.

What I'll do is I'll read the new King James version because for me it's important

that I hold on to translations of particular verses that spoke to me in different ways.

And this first in particular, the language of the King James is often criticized and maybe discarded

for our time today, but the new King James captures this pretty well.

So let me read, this is Jeremiah chapter 9 verses 23 and 24 it says

this thus says the Lord let not the wise man glory in his wisdom.

Let not the mighty man glory in his might,

nor let the rich man glory in his riches.

But let him who glories glory in this, that he his riches

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