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The Daily Article

Woman completes handwritten Bible: Surprising good news and the path to the transforming joy of Jesus

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, News, Daily News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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A woman in South Carolina recently finished a nine-year-long project of copying the entire Bible by hand. In The Daily Article for August 5, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison explains why her story is especially noteworthy, focuses on some surprising good news, identifies three enemies of joy, and describes the path to the transforming joy of Jesus.

Today's Daily Article was written and narrated by Dr. Jim Denison.

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This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for culture-changing Christians.

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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

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Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Dennis Informed, and this is the Daily

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Article podcast for Thursday, August 5th, 2021. The title is, Woman Completes Handwritten

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Bible, surprising good news, and the path to the transforming joy of Jesus. Caroline Campbell

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has written the entire Bible by hand, completing in June a project that began nine years earlier.

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Her mother estimates that the completed manuscript, which is compiled in 43 binders, is more than 10,000 pages.

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Caroline serves as a greeter at her church in South Carolina and regularly visits church members and nursing homes.

0:55.1

She got a job a few years ago at a restaurant where the franchise owner said after meeting her,

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this girl is a star. Her personality shines. She's a true star and her star radiates. Her attitude

1:06.6

makes hours better. Since completing her handwritten Bible, Carolina has received some attention

1:12.1

in the media and is happy to hear she's inspired others to love God's word as she does.

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She recently received a letter from a seminary student on the West Coast who told her he is going

1:22.6

to begin writing out the Bible by hand too. All this helps Caroline fulfill her mission, as she told Christianity

1:29.1

today, I want to inspire people to learn the Bible. By the way, Caroline has Down syndrome.

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It can be easy to become discouraged by the day's news. However, bad news is not the only news.

1:46.4

And focusing on the positive is vital, not only for our mental and spiritual health, but for our witness in our fallen culture. To that

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end, I encourage you to watch a recent video by Dr. Dave Arnott, a professor of management who teaches

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economics at Dallas Baptist University, and is the author of four books.

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I've embedded that video in my website version of this article, which you can find at denison

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forum.org.

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