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Bible Puzzle​

THERE ARE 30 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE IN THIS PARAGRAPH
CAN YOU FIND THEM? THIS IS A MOST REMARKABLE PUZZLE. IT WAS FOUND BY A WOMAN IN AN AIRPLANE SEAT POCKET ON A FLIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES TO HONOLULU KEEPING HER OCCUPIED FOR HOURS. SHE ENJOYED IT SO MUCH SHE PASSED IT ON TO SOME FRIENDS. ONE FRIEND FROM ILLINOIS WORKED ON THIS WHILE FISHING FROM HIS JOHN BOAT. ANOTHER FRIEND STUDIED IT WHILE PLAYING THE BANJO. ELAINE TAYLOR A COLUMNIST FRIEND, WAS SO INTRIGUED BY IT SHE MENTIONED IT IN HER WEEKLY NEWSPAPER COLUMN. ANOTHER FRIEND JUDGES THE JOB OF SOLVING THE PUZZLE SO INVOLVING, SHE BREWS A CUP OF TEA TO HELP HER NERVES. THERE WILL BE SOME NAMES THAT ARE REALLY EASY TO SPOT. THAT'S A FACT. SOME PEOPLE, HOWEVER, WILL SOON FIND THEMSELVES IN A JAM, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE BOOK NAMES ARE NOT NECESSARILY RECOGNIZED. TRUTHFULLY, FROM ANSWERS WE GET WE ARE FORCED TO ADMIT IT USUALLY TAKES A MINISTER OR SCHOLAR TO SEE SOME OF THEM AT THE WORST. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT SOMETHING IN OUR GENES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIFFICULTY WE HAVE IN THE BOOKS IN THIS PARAGRAPH. DURING A RECENT FUND RAISING EVENT, WHICH FEATURED THIS PUZZLE, THE ALPHA DELTA PHI LEMONADE BOOTH SET A NEW SALES RECORD. THE LOCAL PAPER, THE CHRONICLE, SURVEYED OVER 200 PATRONS WHO REPORTED THAT THIS PUZZLE WAS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THEY HAD EVER SEEN. AS DANIEL HUMMANA HUMBLY PUTS IT, "THE BOOKS ARE ALL RIGHT THERE IN PLAIN VIEW HIDDEN FROM SIGHT." THOSE ABLE TO FIND ALL OF THEM WILL HEAR GREAT LAMENTATIONS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE TO BE SHOWN. ONE REVELATION THAT MAY HELP IS THAT LIKE TIMOTHY AND SAMUEL MAY OCCUR WITH OUT THE NUMBERS, ALSO, KEEP IN MIND, THAT PUNCTUATION AND SPACES IN THE MIDDLE ARE NORMAL. A CHIPPER ATTITUDE WILL HELP YOU COMPETE; REALLY WELL AGAINST THOSE WHO CLAIM TO KNOW THE ANSWERS. REMEMBER, THERE IS NO NEED FOR A MAD EXODUS, THERE REALLY ARE 30 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE LURKING SOMEWHERE IN THIS PARAGRAPH WAITING TO BE FOUND. I CAPITALIZED ALL THE LETTERS AS NOT TO CAUSE EYE STRAIN
 

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I've seen puzzles like this with country names before. It's pretty lame that a whole bunch of them are actual words in the paragraph. Country names is a little harder because most country names are not also English words, except maybe for Chad or whatever.
 
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I love this kind of puzzle!

THERE ARE 30 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE IN THIS PARAGRAPH
CAN YOU FIND THEM? THIS IS A MOST REMARKABLE PUZZLE. IT WAS FOUND BY A WOMAN IN AN AIRPLANE SEAT POCKET ON A FLIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES TO HONOLULU KEEPING HER OCCUPIED FOR HOURS. SHE ENJOYED IT SO MUCH SHE PASSED IT ON TO SOME FRIENDS. ONE FRIEND FROM ILLINOIS WORKED ON THIS WHILE FISHING FROM HIS JOHN BOAT. ANOTHER FRIEND STUDIED IT WHILE PLAYING THE BANJO. ELAINE TAYLOR A COLUMNIST FRIEND, WAS SO INTRIGUED BY IT SHE MENTIONED IT IN HER WEEKLY NEWSPAPER COLUMN. ANOTHER FRIEND JUDGES THE JOB OF SOLVING THE PUZZLE SO INVOLVING, SHE BREWS A CUP OF TEA TO HELP HER NERVES. THERE WILL BE SOME NAMES THAT ARE REALLY EASY TO SPOT. THAT'S A FACT. SOME PEOPLE, HOWEVER, WILL SOON FIND THEMSELVES IN A JAM, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE BOOK NAMES ARE NOT NECESSARILY RECOGNIZED. TRUTHFULLY, FROM ANSWERS WE GET WE ARE FORCED TO ADMIT IT USUALLY TAKES A MINISTER OR SCHOLAR TO SEE SOME OF THEM AT THE WORST. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT SOMETHING IN OUR GENES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIFFICULTY WE HAVE IN THE BOOKS IN THIS PARAGRAPH. DURING A RECENT FUND RAISING EVENT, WHICH FEATURED THIS PUZZLE, THE ALPHA DELTA PHI LEMONADE BOOTH SET A NEW SALES RECORD. THE LOCAL PAPER, THE CHRONICLE, SURVEYED OVER 200 PATRONS WHO REPORTED THAT THIS PUZZLE WAS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THEY HAD EVER SEEN. AS DANIEL HUMMANA HUMBLY PUTS IT, "THE BOOKS ARE ALL RIGHT THERE IN PLAIN VIEW HIDDEN FROM SIGHT." THOSE ABLE TO FIND ALL OF THEM WILL HEAR GREAT LAMENTATIONS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE TO BE SHOWN. ONE REVELATION THAT MAY HELP IS THAT LIKE TIMOTHY AND SAMUEL MAY OCCUR WITH OUT THE NUMBERS, ALSO, KEEP IN MIND, THAT PUNCTUATION AND SPACES IN THE MIDDLE ARE NORMAL. A CHIPPER ATTITUDE WILL HELP YOU COMPETE; REALLY WELL AGAINST THOSE WHO CLAIM TO KNOW THE ANSWERS. REMEMBER, THERE IS NO NEED FOR A MAD EXODUS, THERE REALLY ARE 30 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE LURKING SOMEWHERE IN THIS PARAGRAPH WAITING TO BE FOUND. I CAPITALIZED ALL THE LETTERS AS NOT TO CAUSE EYE STRAIN
 
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