Back to: How We Got The Bible
The purpose of the book you’re reading right now is to deepen your trust in the Bible by helping you to understand how God’s written revelation made the journey from the mind of God to the sixty-six texts in your Bible today.
Timothy Paul Jones, PhD
This volume provides an overview of how the Bible was first inspired, canonized, read as sacred literature, copied in ancient Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, and translated into the languages of the world.
Philip W. Comfort
Knowing something of the early history of writing and the origin of ancient books will provide an interesting background for the history of the Bible and at the same time contribute immeasurably to an understanding of the life situations in which the Word of God had its birth.
Neil Lightfoot
Of all the forms of the Word of God, the focus of our study in systematic theology is God’s Word in written form, that is, the Bible. This is the form of God’s Word that is available for study, for public inspection, for repeated examination, and as a basis for mutual discussion. It tells us about and points us to the Word of God as a person, namely Jesus Christ, whom we do not now have present in bodily form on earth. Thus, we are no longer able to observe and imitate his life and teachings firsthand.
Wayne Grudem
Building on a Solid Foundation
When I came to a point of decision early in life, one of the questions I had to tackle head-on dealt with the origins and source of what my faith was about to be built upon.
If I was going to live my life -and bet my eternity – as a follower of Christ in obedience to His Word – I needed to know if the foundation was solid truth.
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:24-25 ESV