RECENTLY, I FOUND MYSELF in front of a group of Christians fielding questions about the nature of Scripture—what the Bible is and why it matters. I was struck by how many members of the crowd, though they believed and appreciated the Bible, really lacked sufficient grounding in the Holy Scriptures. They did not really grasp what the Bible is and why it matters. Do you?
While most Americans grant the Bible unique status, and most churchgoers think of it—to some degree—as a book from God, confessional evangelicals believe the Bible is much more than that. We believe it is God’s Word.
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