'The Bible is an amazing book; its formation no less than extraordinary. Thirty to forty authors penned its words using three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek) over a period of 1,500 years'sixty generations. No other book in history comes close to equaling these remarkable characteristics.' Commissioner William W. Francis, International Secretary for the Americas and the Caribbean, introduces Living Portraits Speaking Still by rekindling a sense of awe and admiration for the greatest of all publications'the Bible. Living Portraits chooses to group its eighteen Bible studies not by simple chronology but by theme, as a curator might display an artist's paintings, each ?gallery? identifying a different aspect of God. Living Portraits Speaking Still illuminates the Bible as seen through vivid depictions of the men and women who still speak to our hearts and minds today, and our own spiritual awareness is brightened as we are reminded of the eternal truths that guide our daily living. Within the wide spectrums of time, language, and circumstance, the writers of Living Portraits'like the writers of the Bible'present a unified, progressive revelation from God to all who will listen. It is, ultimately, a portrait of the eternal God in whose essence we find life and love and reason for being.