Why Believe the Bible?
Overview
We live in a culture that more and more questions authority, truth claims, and traditional beliefs. So what are we to believe about the authority and trustworthiness of a book that is thousands of years old? Is God’s Word truly inerrant? How is it different from other religious texts? Why should we trust its claims? In Why Believe the Bible?, esteemed Bible teacher John MacArthur asks—and definitively answers—these questions and many more. Skeptics, new Christians, and longtime believers will find in this accessible book clear answers to vexing questions about the book that has arguably had more impact on the world than all other books combined. This resource includes a Bible reading plan with study tips and an appendix with helpful tools for Bible study.
Top Highlights
“If God is our ultimate authority and His character is flawless, and if He inspired the writers of Scripture to put down His thoughts while still allowing them freedom of personal expression, then the Bible is flawless and it becomes our ultimate authority—our only rule for faith and practice.” (Page 13)
“Perhaps the strongest objective argument for the validity of Scripture comes from fulfilled Bible prophecy” (Page 28)
“‘The Bible is God’s infallible Word, the only rule of faith and practice.’” (Page 12)
“Group 3 sees the Bible much differently. For them the Scriptures are alive, literally popping with exciting truths. This group doesn’t live by bread alone, ‘but on every word that comes from the mouth of God’ (Matt. 4:4).” (Page 11)
“The Bible is flawless because it was authored (inspired) by a God who is flawless.” (Page 12)
- Title: Why Believe the Bible?
- Author: John F. MacArthur
- Edition: Second Edition
- Publisher: Regal
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Evidences, authority, etc
- ISBNs: 9781441228116, 9780830745647, 9780801017940, 144122811X, 0830745645, 0801017947
- Resource ID: LLS:WHYBLVBBL2NDD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:48:50Z
John MacArthur (b. 1939) is a Calvinist theologian, author, editor, and teacher. He is a popular conference speaker and the president of both The Master's College and The Master's Seminary. He has also served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969. Best known for his expository exegesis of the Bible, Logos has collected more than 3,000 of his sermons in the John MacArthur Sermon Archive and offers the complete MacArthur New Testament Commentary.
MacArthur’s pulpit ministry extends around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You. In addition to producing daily radio programs for nearly 2,000 English and Spanish radio outlets worldwide, Grace to You distributes books, software, and CDs by John MacArthur. He has written hundreds of books and study guides, including the bestselling John MacArthur Essential Bible Study Library and the MacArthur Study Bible. He is also the author of notable titles like Different by Design and Twelve Ordinary Men.