There are thirty books of the Bible in this paragraph.\u00a0 Can you find\u00a0them?\u00a0 This is\u00a0a mos<\/strong>t remark<\/strong>able puzzle.\u00a0 It was found by a gentleman\u00a0in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu\u00a0ke<\/strong>eping him occupied for hours.\u00a0 He enjoyed it so much he passed it\u00a0on to some friends.\u00a0 One friend from Illinois worked on this while\u00a0fishing from his\u00a0john<\/strong>boat.\u00a0 Another friend studied it while playing\u00a0his banjo.\u00a0 El<\/strong>aine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it\u00a0she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column.\u00a0 Another friend\u00a0judges\u00a0<\/strong>the\u00a0job\u00a0<\/strong>of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews<\/strong>\u00a0a cup of tea to help her nerves.\u00a0 Ther<\/strong>e will be some names that are really\u00a0easy to spot.\u00a0 That’s a fact.\u00a0 S<\/strong>ome people, however, will soon find\u00a0themselves in a\u00a0jam, es<\/strong>pecially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized.\u00a0 Truth<\/strong>fully, from ans<\/strong>wers we get, we are\u00a0forced to admit it us<\/strong>ually takes a minister or scholar to see some of\u00a0them at the w<\/strong>orst.\u00a0 Research has shown that something in our\u00a0genes is<\/strong> responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this\u00a0paragraph.\u00a0 During a recent fundraising event, which featured this\u00a0puzzle, the Alpha Delta\u00a0Phi lemon<\/strong>ade booth set a new sales record. The local paper, the\u00a0Chronicle, s<\/strong>urveyed over 200 patrons who\u00a0reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever\u00a0seen.\u00a0 As\u00a0Daniel\u00a0<\/strong>Humana hum<\/strong>bly puts it, the books are all right here\u00a0in plain view hidden from sight. \u00a0Those a<\/strong>ble to find all of them will hear great lamentations\u00a0<\/strong>from those who have to be shown.\u00a0 One\u00a0revelation\u00a0<\/strong>that may help is that books like\u00a0Timothy\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Samuel\u00a0<\/strong>may\u00a0occur without their\u00a0numbers<\/strong>.\u00a0 Also, keep in mind, that punctuation\u00a0and spaces in the middle of the names are normal.\u00a0 A chi<\/strong>pper attitude\u00a0will help you compete r<\/strong>eally well against those who claim to know the\u00a0answers.\u00a0 Remember, there is no need for a mad\u00a0exodus<\/strong>.\u00a0 There really\u00a0are 30 books of the Bible lurking s<\/strong>omewhere in this paragraph waiting\u00a0to be found!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPuzzle\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Can You Find the Books? Solution Key There are thirty books of the Bible in this paragraph.\u00a0 Can you find\u00a0them?\u00a0 This is\u00a0a most remarkable puzzle.\u00a0 It was found by a gentleman\u00a0in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu\u00a0keeping him occupied for hours.\u00a0 He enjoyed it so much he passed it\u00a0on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8458,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/preparation-for-a-lifetime\/when-the-excitement-dies\/","url_meta":{"origin":27101,"position":0},"title":"When the Excitement Dies","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 27, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"When the Excitement Dies The early years of marriage are filled with novelty. 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